Awful Announcing
While the Verizon-Disney dispute has been resolved, the Cox-Nexstar one is still ongoing, and has a midnight deadline.
Their current contract ends at the end of this year.
As we know now, the first round of bidding for the 22 Fox regional sports networks that Disney...
Charter has emerged as a potential suitor, but for only one RSN.
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.
When Disney bought 21st Century Fox’s movie and television assets for $71.3 billion, it came with a caveat from...
If Fox Sports and NBC Sports are out, who's in?
"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."
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.
This is a pairing we did not expect to see involved in the bidding for the Fox RSNs.
This sounds like a small investment for now, but under the right circumstances, it could maybe lead to HQ Trivia-branded content for ESPN+ or ABC.
Erhardt's ad sales responsibilities will go to Disney's Ferro, a further sign of increased Disney-ESPN integration.
ESPN actually saw an operating income increase this time around, a big change from the last couple of years.
Comcast, meanwhile, once again says it had no interest buying the Fox assets at Disney's price.
Comcast will likely pivot to their pursuit of Sky.
