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...Disney urged affected subscribers to consider signing up for Hulu, the streaming service in which it has a majority stake, along with Comcast....
...The company, which merged with rival Discovery last year, has long been rumoured as a potential takeover candidate, with Comcast seen as the most likely buyer....
...The price is a steep increase over Raw’s current deal with Comcast’s USA Network. More importantly, this marks Netflix’s plunge into pricey live programming, an area it had long eschewed....
...The loss of Comcast marks a particular blow, as Yaccarino worked as the head of advertising at one of its subsidiaries, NBCUniversal, before joining X....
...Amusement parks have been huge boons for the likes of Disney and Comcast....
...Comcast said the investigation into the complaint was led by outside counsel....
...Disney promoted subscriptions to its direct-to-consumer streaming service, Hulu, in which it holds a majority stake alongside Comcast....
...Comcast has its own streaming service, Peacock, which has about 20mn paying subscribers. Buying Hulu could catapult Comcast from a bit part to a leader in the streaming wars....
...“That theory comes up that, well, they’re just going to wait and sell it to [Comcast]....
...This is what they did in 2018, selling 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets to Disney and its Sky European pay-TV business to Comcast, both for what are generally agreed to be very good prices....
...A large media acquirer — such as Comcast, Fox or Disney — could avoid paying these fees by owning WWE outright....
...WWE makes most of its money by selling the TV rights to broadcasters such as Comcast and Fox. Its flagship event is WrestleMania, which took place last weekend in Los Angeles....
...Yaccarino, who had been rumoured as a candidate to take over as chief executive of NBCUniversal after the departure of Jeff Shell last month, said on Friday: “It has been an absolute honour to be part of Comcast...
...Smart reads Streaming wars The Wall Street Journal dug into the high-stakes battle for Hulu between the streaming platform’s begrudging co-owners Disney and Comcast, complete with legal threats and duelling...
...Several large US networks, including Paramount’s CBS, Comcast’s NBC and Disney’s ABC, were not interested in bidding for its rights given their existing commitments to the established pro tour, the PGA....
...Chapek said he would “love” to settle the matter but that Comcast has seemed reluctant. “We have talked to them numerous times over the past year-plus,” he said....
...The fortified US media group was supposed to be a serious rival to the likes of Disney, Netflix and Comcast. For now, it looks like the latest M&A meltdown....
...Traditional media players like Disney, Paramount, and Comcast have long bought up rights to the most popular sporting events to attract and retain subscribers, but are now faced with growing competition...
...college sports: realignment of popular football- and basketball-playing universities into new conferences has led to the renegotiation of broadcast rights, as the new Big Ten deal, inked last week with CBS, Comcast...
...Within the past two years, Disney, Apple, WarnerMedia, Comcast, Discovery and others have launched streaming services with global ambitions....
...Even after recovering somewhat in the past few weeks, the stock prices of the largest media groups — Disney, Netflix, Comcast, Spotify, Roku, Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros Discovery, The New York Times and...
...Walt Disney and Comcast have long touted their digital streaming services. This is where most investor interest lies....
...“I don’t think there is anyone in the investment community who anticipated [Comcast’s] Peacock losing two and a half-billion dollars”. The impact has been harsh and sudden....
...Newer entrants such as Apple and Amazon, as well as traditional media giants such as Disney-owned ESPN and Comcast’s Sky, have fuelled the market....
...Warner Bros Discovery will face a formidable competitor in Sky, itself owned by US telecoms group Comcast. Some commentators believe the tie-up is unlikely to have much impact for BT, however....
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