ESPN reportedly moving most feature commentary and analysis behind ESPN+ paywall
Breaking news and reports will still be available on the regular ESPN website.
Breaking news and reports will still be available on the regular ESPN website.
The media networks division, which includes ESPN and ABC, saw a boost in operating income, but a lot of that was about programming costs for the NBA in particular not being applied to Q3. Overall, the media networks saw slight revenue declines, but they seem to have less issues than other Disney divisions.
Rita Ferro and Justin Connolly previously reported to Mayer; they'll now report to Pitaro and Peter Rice.
Pay TV subscriptions fell by record-setting 1.8 million in the first quarter of 2020, according to a new report.
Any new Saturday NFL telecasts would likely be exclusive to Amazon Prime or ESPN+.
ESPN+ will be the new streaming home for PGA Tour Live, including multiple live feeds of events.
The launch of Disney+ has boosted ESPN+ significantly, with a lot of people adding ESPN+ thanks to the bundle with Disney+ and Hulu.
This deal likely wouldn't have worked for both sides without ESPN+. Gaining Big 12 streaming content for that service allowed ESPN to pay more for these championship games than they would have otherwise.
The Last Days Of Knight marries two stories into one documentary with mixed results.
Iger also spoke about variable price plans for specific ESPN Plus services and about OTT entertainment spend replacing some spend in current bundles.
"If we do make this broader transition to a direct-to-consumer model, that is a fantastic local way into consumers' houses and into a relationship with consumers, through their local team."
ESPN will offer full out-of-market MLS streaming through ESPN Plus, which will be cheaper than MLS Live and have other sports content as well.
ESPN had a relatively good quarter, compared to both its past results and what happened at ABC.
After this season, the FA Cup might move to a streaming-only option, and that could mean a free platform like Facebook or a subscription service like ESPN Plus.
Will the newly-purchased networks form the backbone of ESPN's new streaming service? Or did Disney buy at the height of a bubble?
"We don't have less people watching ESPN than last year, we have more. They're just watching in different ways."