A Spirited Valentine ...

[HauntedMansionFLA]

P&R currently is second in production of Spendable Cash, Media networks is still #1 but ESPN is pulling that down,

Remember Disney charges a huge nut for each subscriber and the Disney properties are sold as a 'bundle' to the cableco's How long that continues is an interesting question.

From Statista - 2016 Revenue By Segment

https://www.statista.com/statistics/193140/revenue-of-the-walt-disney-company-by-operating-segment/

It will be interesting to see the numbers come the end of 2018. They have to come up with some sort of streaming system.

 

[zakattack99]

Iger is now on Twitter

@RobertIger

Disney buying Twitter confirmed!

 

[Rteetz]

Disney buying Twitter confirmed!

Or Presidential run confirmed...

 

[ford91exploder]

It will be interesting to see the numbers come the end of 2018. They have to come up with some sort of streaming system.

The problem is that Disney is unwilling to make the upfront and continuing tech investments that streaming implies, You cant do streaming by buying the gear and assuming you can run it for the next decade, Streaming is expensive and the gear used has a economic life of about 2-3 years so you cant play tax games with it.

For an example look at Akamai who hosts many of the worldwide streaming sites including FIFA

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...ll-year-2015-financial-results-300217658.html

 

[ford91exploder]

Or Presidential run confirmed...

Twitter, It has the 'incredibly stupid' scent which characterizes DIsney tech deals

 

[jpeden]

Iger is now on Twitter

@RobertIger

Oh good - maybe someone can tweet him a picture of the one-ply toilet paper they expect guest to use in the parks since he never steps foot in the Swamps unless PR mandates his command performances to satisfy the blog brigade.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

The problem is that Disney is unwilling to make the upfront and continuing tech investments that streaming implies, You cant do streaming by buying the gear and assuming you can run it for the next decade, Streaming is expensive and the gear used has a economic life of about 2-3 years so you cant play tax games with it.

For an example look at Akamai who hosts many of the worldwide streaming sites including FIFA

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...ll-year-2015-financial-results-300217658.html

Would it be the same type of investment and upkeep they made for the MagicBands?

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

Another round of significant layoffs coming for ESPN...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysom...viewership-continues-to-decline/#6fa6eea97bf8

 

[LAKid53]

Another round of significant layoffs coming for ESPN...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysom...viewership-continues-to-decline/#6fa6eea97bf8

Disney's considering buying Netflix?! Nooooooooooooo!!!!!

 

[Mike S]

Disney's considering buying Netflix?! Nooooooooooooo!!!!!

I'd actually like that. All of their movies will be on there then.

 

[drizgirl]

I'd actually like that. All of their movies will be on there then.

You mean for an "upcharge"?

 

[LAKid53]

I'd actually like that. All of their movies will be on there then.

Yeah....and hope they don't turn it into one of their Disney channels.....

 

[Quinnmac000]

I'd actually like that. All of their movies will be on there then.

Most of their films are already on there due to the deal already made last year. The issue is if Dis was to take over Netflix they may prioritize their shows and movies over shows from outside studios which leads to other companies creating their own infrastructure to counter that with Netflix becoming solely Disney and every other company having their own meaning the consumers lose.

 

[LAKid53]

Most of their films are already on there due to the deal already made last year. The issue is if Dis was to take over Netflix they may prioritize their shows and movies over shows from outside studios which leads to other companies creating their own infrastructure to counter that with Netflix becoming solely Disney and every other company having their own meaning the consumers lose.

All while paying $50 a month......

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

Disney's considering buying Netflix?! Nooooooooooooo!!!!!

But that's Iger's MO.

 

[Mike S]

You mean for an "upcharge"?

Yeah....and hope they don't turn it into one of their Disney channels.....

Most of their films are already on there due to the deal already made last year. The issue is if Dis was to take over Netflix they may prioritize their shows and movies over shows from outside studios which leads to other companies creating their own infrastructure to counter that with Netflix becoming solely Disney and every other company having their own meaning the consumers lose.

All while paying $50 a month......

Ok, I get it. Lol.

 

[ford91exploder]

Would it be the same type of investment and upkeep they made for the MagicBands?

A couple orders of magnitude greater investment would be required with DIRECT connectivity to all major and regional ISP's Data centers geographically isolated with redundant power/cooling/internet with no 'shared segments' You are probably talking about start up costs on the order of 10-20 billion dollars plus 5-7 billion per year to run them exclusive of content licenses.

 

[ford91exploder]

Another round of significant layoffs coming for ESPN...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysom...viewership-continues-to-decline/#6fa6eea97bf8

The brilliant strategy of firing the on air personalities who actually attract the eyeballs instead of firing useless management - Yeah that will fix the decline in viewership tallies take away the content people watch...

 

[brb1006]

Recent photo of Disneyland Paris preparing for it's 25th Anniversary for next month

 

[brb1006]