Sports-first streaming TV service fuboTV hired Ben Grad to the newly created position of North American head of content strategy and acquisition, effective immediately.

Reporting to CFO Joel Armijo, Grad will head content acquisition strategy, packaging, affiliate relations and contract negotiations with fuboTV's North American content partners. Moreover, he will oversee fuboTV's development of a new analytics platform.

Grad worked for 10 years at Verizon Communications Inc., most recently as executive director of content strategy and acquisition.