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As football season nears, Spectrum customers may lose ESPN and Disney-owned channels

Spectrum cable customers are expected to lose Disney-owned cable channels like ESPN as the college football season is about to start.

By Chris Novak OnAug 31, 2023 18
Credit: Mike Windle/Getty Images for ESPN

Disney

Bob Iger focused on ESPN’s Direct to Consumer transition, but not too soon

NBA local Bally Sports Diamond Sports

Tech companies reportedly interested in NBA local media rights if Diamond Sports bankruptcy worsens

If the Bally Sports RSNs are dropped by Comcast and/or DirecTV, tech companies could be poised to strike.

By Joe Lucia OnAug 8, 2023 0
ESPN

Tech companies also rumored as possible ESPN strategic partners

Add a litany of tech companies to the list of possible “strategic partners” for ESPN. Per the New...

By Joe Lucia OnAug 1, 2023 0
Comcast president Mike Cavanagh. (Comcast.)

Comcast

Comcast’s Mike Cavanagh says idea of them taking an ESPN stake is ‘very improbable’

ESPN

ESPN ‘strategic partners’ seem likely to be private equity firms

John Ourand of Sports Business Journal found, after consultation with sources, that private equity seems likely to be the "strategic partner" ESPN might work with.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 15, 2023 1
Bob Iger on CNBC in July 2023.

ABC

Bob Iger says ABC ‘may not be core’ to Disney, which could have major ESPN and sports implications

Former Golden State Warriors president Bob Myers

ESPN reportedly in talks with former Golden State Warriors executive Bob Myers

Myers would be a huge boost to ESPN's NBA coverage.

By Sam Neumann OnJun 1, 2023 0
Nate Silver in 2015 on NY1.

Nate Silver says Disney layoffs have ‘substantially impacted’ FiveThirtyEight, and he expects he’ll be leaving

"My contract is up soon and I expect that I'll be leaving at the end of it."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 25, 2023 5
A look at Digital Center 2 on the ESPN Bristol, CT campus in June 2020. (Photo by Allen Kee / ESPN Images)

First round of ESPN layoffs starts, includes 43-year vet Mike Soltys

This looks to be the first of three waves of ESPN layoffs, with another one also focusing not on on-air talent by the summer, followed by cutbacks to on-air talent.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 24, 2023 7
Pat McAfee

Pat McAfee launches speculation after posting photo with Disney CEO Bob Iger

"#UpToSomethingSZN"

By Jessica Kleinschmidt OnApr 20, 2023 0
ESPN

ESPN layoffs reportedly set to come in three rounds, with massive paycuts also floated for on-air talent

"I do think they're going to go to some other people who make big numbers and say 'You can stay, but we're going to cut you in half.' People are going to have decisions to make on that."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 19, 2023 14
Adam Silver on ESPN's NBA Today in 2021.

Adam Silver denies interest in running Disney, says ‘I have no intention of going anywhere’

"I love my job at the NBA. I have no intention of going anywhere."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 30, 2023 4
Feb 15, 2020; Chicago, Illinois, USA; NBA commissioner Adam Silver speaks at a press conference during NBA All Star Saturday Night at United Center.

NBA’s Adam Silver reportedly on short list to eventually replace Bob Iger

The NBA commissioner is notably among a list of names already being put forward as Bob Iger's next successor.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 4, 2023 3
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Disney

ESPN executive moves may further reduce Disney spinoff or sale discussion

The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.

Disney+ cancels highly-anticipated ‘Mighty Ducks’ series & ‘Big Shot’

The two shows lasted just two seasons on the Disney+ streaming platform before they were given the ax.

By Kevin Harrish OnFeb 18, 2023 0
Disney CEO Bob Iger.

A Disney spinoff of ESPN and ABC is again being floated, with one analyst calling it “reasonably probable”

"Spinning [off] ESPN/ABC is the best path forward, and we see it as a reasonably probable late-’23 event."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 20, 2022 6
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.

Anonymous Disney exec cites The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers and Big Shot renewals as questionable Peter Rice decisions

"A senior Disney official cited Mr. Rice’s decision to renew two struggling shows on the Disney+ streaming service—“The Mighty Ducks” and “Big Shot”—as examples of questionable deal-making. Both shows cost more than $50 million and neither had shown the type of success that merited additional seasons."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 14, 2022 0

LeBron James will produce series adaptation of Kwame Alexander’s The Crossover at Disney+

The 2015 Newbery Medal-winning book has an official home for its television adaptation.

By Jay Rigdon OnJan 20, 2022 0
ESPN

ESPN was in 76 million households at the end of Disney’s fiscal 2021, down eight million from the previous year

While linear ESPN saw large losses, ESPN+ added almost 7 million subscribers.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 25, 2021 0
The Disney+/ESPN+/Hulu bundle.

Hulu Live TV subscribers will have ESPN+ and Disney+ added to their account, along with a $5 rate hike

It's pretty easy to see what Disney's goal is here.

By Jay Rigdon OnNov 19, 2021 0
Emilio Estevez at a 2019 premiere of The Public.

Emilio Estevez says “I am not anti-vaxx…I’m anti-bully,” cites “creative differences” for Mighty Ducks: Game Changers exit

Estevez says "My exit from the show was due to a myriad of creative differences – any other narrative is false," but he doesn't actually address if he met the vaccine mandate that would have been required for him to continue on the show.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 8, 2021 0
Emilio Estevez on "The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers."

Emilio Estevez is off “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” after refusing to provide assurances he’d comply with vaccine mandate

Deadline's Nellie Andreeva reported ABC Signature "made the decision not to pick up Estevez’s option for Season 2 after weeks of back and forth with his team over the show’s Covid vaccination requirement."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 5, 2021 0
Allison Williams leaves ESPN.

Allison Williams is leaving ESPN over COVID-19 vaccine mandate, says “I am so morally and ethically not aligned with this.”

"In addition to the medical apprehensions regarding my desire to have another child in regards to receiving this injection¹, I am also so morally and ethically not aligned with this. And I've had to really dig deep and analyze my values and my morals, and ultimately I need to put them first."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 16, 2021 3
Disney and the NCTC.

Disney extension with NCTC includes continued/expanded ACC Network carriage, ability to market ESPN+ and Disney+

"Our new deal with the NCTC will allow member operators to continue serving their customers across the country by delivering Disney’s robust and expansive portfolio of networks, which includes the addition of the ACC Network."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 19, 2021 0

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