The Disney-Fox deal is finally complete
After more than a year of legal wrangling, asset maneuvering, and even some international intrigue, Disney’s deal to...
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Disney continues to lose money on streaming as it builds up ESPN+, prepares for Disney+ launch
ESPN+ continues to cost Disney money nearly a year into its launch.
Bob Iger leaves Brazil without regulatory approval for Disney-Fox deal, but it’s still going to happen
The deal is now being held up by anti-trust concerns in Brazil.
Liberty Media is now apparently bidding for the former Fox RSNs, and Sinclair and Apollo Global now apparently aren’t
As one bidder enters, two others apparently leave.
Bob Iger touts 2 million paid ESPN+ subscribers, hints at a bundle deal for ESPN+ and Disney+
As per Iger, ESPN+'s subscriber numbers so far are strong, and consumers may eventually be able to combine ESPN+ with Disney+ and Hulu at a discount.
Disney’s investment in Hulu resulted in a $580 million loss last fiscal year
Combined, Disney's investment in all streaming resulted in over a billion dollars in losses over the last fiscal year.
Verizon and Disney strike carriage agreement, keeping ESPN and ABC stations on Fios, but there’s a Cox-Nexstar blackout looming (UPDATED)
While the Verizon-Disney dispute has been resolved, the Cox-Nexstar one is still ongoing, and has a midnight deadline.
Disney and Verizon Fios prep for potential carriage standoff right before NFL and CFB playoffs
Their current contract ends at the end of this year.
Despite initial reports, Charter did not submit any bids for Fox RSNs, leaving Disney with few suitors
As we know now, the first round of bidding for the 22 Fox regional sports networks that Disney...
After disappointing first round of bids, Disney looking to sell the FSNs piece-by-piece, brick-by-brick
Charter has emerged as a potential suitor, but for only one RSN.
The first round of bidding for the Fox RSNs was a confusing, muddled affair, with Amazon not fully involved and digital rights debate
It turns out Amazon may not have put in a full bid for the whole RSN package after all, and other bidders were reportedly confused about what MLB digital rights were included.
The Yankees intend to buy YES Network back from Fox & Disney at ‘fair-market value’
When Disney bought 21st Century Fox’s movie and television assets for $71.3 billion, it came with a caveat from...
Bids for the Fox Sports RSNs were due last week, but neither Fox nor Comcast seem interested (yet)
If Fox Sports and NBC Sports are out, who's in?
One private equity firm pursuing the Fox regional sports networks is trying to land LeBron’s Uninterrupted as “a strategic partner”
"Apollo's talks with James' multimedia platform have focused on a strategic partnership deal that could see James contributing and advising on content for the networks."
Stephanie McMahon: ‘There’s no reason [WWE] can’t be as big [as] or bigger than Disney’
Those are some bold claims for a company with an estimated market capitalization of $5.8 billion, about 1/30th of Disney’s $172.7 billion.
