Jason Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Disney could soon sell its TV assets as Iger says business 'may not be core' to the company WWW.CNBC.COM Disney CEO Bob Iger appeared for an interview with CNBC's David Faber the morning after announcing a contract extension through 2026. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 38 minutes ago, Jason said: Disney could soon sell its TV assets as Iger says business 'may not be core' to the company WWW.CNBC.COM Disney CEO Bob Iger appeared for an interview with CNBC's David Faber the morning after announcing a contract extension through 2026. He's referring to its "linear" TV assets (ABC/ESPN/FX/National Geographic), not the streaming assets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Though many of those Tv assets provide content for their streaming assets. It will reduce value of the streaming platforms if they no longer have that content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 In a major twist, Fox buys their TV assets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Once ESPN became its own division, its only a matter of time before it’s sold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 On the one hand I feel like this is a surprise given that there still seems to be a good amount of money in the right forms of linear TV, and it is hard to imagine that linear TV completely disappears terribly soon. If linear TV shrinks it seems like Disney owning that space makes a certain amount of sense. On the other hand, they've already bet the future of the company on streaming, so may as well accelerate that transition as much as possible and put all your resources towards streaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: Though many of those Tv assets provide content for their streaming assets. It will reduce value of the streaming platforms if they no longer have that content. Most of the streming assets produce content for HULU not Disney+. The only way this makes sense is if they divest themselves of their Hulu interest as well and focus solely on Disney+. Wouldn't make sense for them to get rid of their linear TV assests but keep Hulu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 27 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Most of the streming assets produce content for HULU not Disney+. The only way this makes sense is if they divest themselves of their Hulu interest as well and focus solely on Disney+. Wouldn't make sense for them to get rid of their linear TV assests but keep Hulu. some of the more family friendly content from their Tv assets is on both platforms. But I agree, there doesn’t seem to be much reason to keep a stake in Hulu if they no longer own any of the programming on it. Means my bundle of Disney + Hulu + ESPN + goes away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Disney is Reportedly in Talks To Sell Part of ESPN to The NBA, NFL, & MLB As ESPN May Also Take Joint Ownership Of The NFL Network | Cord Cutters News CORDCUTTERSNEWS.COM Recently in an interview with CNBC, Disney CEO Bob Iger left an option open to sell some of its TV assets as it struggles with cord cutting. This included selling part of ESPN to a... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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