Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox

Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by rhino369 on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:02AM (#15923297)

Disney is also developing their own streaming service. They see the writing on the wall. In 20 years, broadcast and cable will be dead. Probably within 10.

They can roll their own streaming service (because there isn't any decent ones to buy). But content is expensive.

If the launch with Disney&Fox content while denying Netflix any Disney and Fox content, they'll have a shot at surviving.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by maxerickson on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:30AM (#15923561)

After the merger, Disney will be the majority owner of Hulu.

https://www.recode.net/2017/12/14/16771712/hulu-disney-acqui...

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by ocdtrekkie on Thursday December 14, 2017 @09:45AM (#15922591)

The "big five" studios decreasing to the "big four" is not a good thing either. I feel like people have decided that because they really want an Avengers/X-Men movie (I want one too), it's okay that one of the largest companies on the planet is buying out one of their largest competitors.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by vlunkr on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:35AM (#15923036)

I like Disney, obviously they make great movies, but I don’t want _everything_ to be made by Disney. Personally I think their superhero movies have gotten much too formulaic, and I’m worried for what’s going to happen to Star Wars after they keep putting them out every year. We need more creators out there trying new things, and it doesn’t help that Disney wants to collect every recognizable character.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by michaelchisari on Thursday December 14, 2017 @06:46PM (#15928483)

If Thor: Ragnarok and early reviews of The Last Jedi are any indication, though, they're not afraid to experiment and break the formula. Especially as the brand recognition increases, they've taken and are starting to take some big risks as it pertains to blockbusters.

The real out-of-the-ordinary films are always going to come from studios like A24. We'll never get a 150 million art film (Blade Runner 2049 notwithstanding), but it's a little much to expect that.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by matt-attack on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:59AM (#15923263)

Most consider that there are 6 “majors” in Hollywood. Disney, Fox, Warners, Paramount, and Sony.

Which one did you exclude by stating there are only five?

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by ocdtrekkie on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:14AM (#15923399)

...You just listed five. Although you are right, there are currently six. (Universal is the other one.)

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by basch on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:02PM (#15926368)

Fox was for sale. Either Disney or Comcast was going to end up with it.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by dagw on Thursday December 14, 2017 @09:53AM (#15922654)

broadcast distribution and news/sports are being spun off

Is that official? Disney has bet (and lost) a lot of money on sports broadcast over the past few years. I could see them trying to consolidate at least Fox sports into their current bet on sports.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by exelius on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:01AM (#15922723)

It's in the top line of the press release:

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire...

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by Mindwipe on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:10AM (#15922796)

The US network is being spun off.

But for instance they will own Sky - the biggest commercial broadcaster in Europe, and the UK's second biggest ISP...

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by EnderMB on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:42AM (#15923101)

In addition to this, Sky Sports is pretty much the only game in town in the UK when it comes to sports. Sky hold an insane amount of power in football, to the point where if they want a game to be played at a different time/day the fixture will change. The sheer amount of money in the Premier League today is down to Sky.

This is a linear market that I think Disney will be really interested in. It's an area where Netflix haven't entered (to my knowledge), and it's an area that no one can seem to do well.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by stordoff on Thursday December 14, 2017 @01:13PM (#15924786)

BT Sport has made some in-roads, but Sky is definitely a dominate player.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by stordoff on Thursday December 14, 2017 @01:15PM (#15924816)

IIRC, it's the only only pay-TV provider available in large parts of the UK (cable TV is only available in about 60% of the country last time I checked).

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by sailfast on Thursday December 14, 2017 @09:55AM (#15922669)

In the press release they indicate FS1 / FS2 will stay with the broadcast news and broadcast networks. They will keep the regional sports networks.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by exelius on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:05AM (#15922767)

Yeah, RSNs are a different game. Sports in general is in decline; the RSNs are likely included to fill out ESPN's content deals to build a national sports streaming service. Things like Big 10 network have enough restrictions that the content could not be rebroadcast on ESPN or separate services.

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by mrpippy on Thursday December 14, 2017 @01:30PM (#15925085)

Slightly ironic that ESPN itself has significantly scaled back baseball coverage/studio shows this year, yet they now own RSNs who have rights for 16 (by my count) MLB teams

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Re:Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox by jsmthrowaway on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:16AM (#15923421)

They'd have to then avoid anticompetitive attention due to owning ESPN, though.

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