Disney Theatrical Announces a Changing of the Guard
Thomas Schumacher is relinquishing his role overseeing the division’s business operations.
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Disney, Challenged Elsewhere, Plans to Spend $60 Billion on Parks and Cruises
Amid uncertainty for the company’s film and TV divisions, the investment over the next decade doubles the outlay in the last 10 years.
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Cable TV Is on Life Support, but a New Bundle Is Coming Alive
A funny thing happened in recent weeks, as the media industry wrung its hands over the long-anticipated death of the lucrative cable-TV bundle: Hundreds of thousands of people turned to a different bundle. Take Christopher Antoniacci of Anna Maria …
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The New Stakes in Pay-TV Battles to Come
Disney’s deal with Charter will give it more streaming customers, but it also reflects concessions that other content providers will have to make in the future.
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Disney and Charter Reach Agreement, Ending Cable Standoff
The standoff between the two companies had raised questions about the future of the cable bundle.
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Comcast and Disney Agree to Speed Up Hulu Deal
Disney is poised to own the entirety of the Hulu streaming service, which has more than 48 million total subscribers.
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Why Charter and Disney Are Fighting, and What It Means for Viewers
Messy negotiations between the cable giant Charter Communications and the Walt Disney Company, which owns channels including ESPN and FX, prompted Charter on Friday to proclaim that the business model for cable TV was fundamentally broken. The tussle …
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For Disney, Streaming Losses and TV’s Decline Are a One-Two Punch
The company has lost more than $11 billion on streaming since 2019 and experienced a sharp decline in its traditional TV business for the second straight quarter.
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