You do raise some valid points. The Walt Disney Company will be a much larger company with more operations all over the world. However the lessons learned though merging with Pixar, Lucas Films and Marvel will be helpful. In addition following the model and lessons learned by using Parks and Resorts, movies and television as complements to each other. If they do this correctly the combined company is bigger and better than the sum of its parts.
The actual language is a little bit more complex. The Fox RSNs are kinda separate from the $1 billion.
Reminds me of that old German hymn... O Tannenpony
The value of Sky is much higher than Hulu so if it were a straight trade Disney would have to receive something else or have. Universal pay several billion dollars more. A trade should be all the movie rights for Marvel characters, the themepark rights to all the Marvel Characters and the Spiderman ride. Hulk can be rethemed to something else. This of course would drive Universal fans crazy.
They could retheme it to Transformers, as in Universal Beijing, they seem to be building a land with a Hulk Clone themed to Transformers?
Those really aren’t even comparable to this.
There are only three possible outcomes to what impacut there could be. First, cut to help pay for the acquisition. This is unlikely because Comcast will be upset losing and will have money to spend on the parks. Second, no change and even if Comcast increases ther spending Disney will not respond. The third possible outcome is Disney is extremely upset at Comcast and not only does not cut but with the money from the sell of the RSNs and possibly the 39% of Sky less buying out Comcast and AT&Ts Hulu o we ownership Disney puts that money in Parks and Resorts.
