Rodan75
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And honestly what good is Comcast stock to the Murdoch Trust when Roberts is CEO for life.
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News Disney and Fox come to terms -- announcement soon; huge IP acquisition
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And honestly what good is Comcast stock to the Murdoch Trust when Roberts is CEO for life.
I foresee WDW and the other parks going to a "membership" model like Costco or Sam's Club.
This will be "Walt's Club" and it'll cost you $1,000 per family unit just to be able to make resort reservations, buy park tickets, or book a cruise vacation.
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No it was several other analysts. The funny part was seeing the reactions of the different CNBC hosts. It is funny watching them. It's almost like watching MSNBC and Foxnews.Oh, you mean Cramer said it so it must be true?
Dunston
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Ah, Kramer. He who has disrespect for doors.Oh, you mean Cramer said it so it must be true?
Lensman
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I can see them wanting to do this. In fact, isn't DVC the Disney incarnation of the "membership" model? In fact, it's even better because it's a 50-year membership with upfront capital (covering construction costs), annual fees (covering maintenance), and creates a captive customer who you're assured with buy your park tickets, eat at your restaurants, buy your souvenirs, and with annual visits raise their kids to be your next generation of super-consumers.
DVC is the timeshare
ToTBellHop
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DVC is a scam? How exactly?
WDW Monorail
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I was listening to this on Fox radio during my long car ride earlier today. Very exciting! Will be a fantastic acquisition for Disney once approved.
happycamperuni
Active Member
Yeah, if they aren't willing to add stock, then they're just raising the price for Disney.
I don't see any way that they make a "serious" counterbid with just cash at this point. Disney has a 50/50 cash/stock bid that can easily be raised. Unless Comcast moves to a similar bid structure, there's no way for them to win.
That is one of the scariest things I’ve read lately, mostly because it seems entirely plausible.
Rodan75
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One thing that Iger highlighted today was that they are 6months into reviewing the Fox books and merger prep. 1. Disney has to feel really confident of what they’ve seen so far and 2. Once you get that deep and like what you see, it is hard to back out. You have envisioned the post merger company and begun to strategize for the future. They likely have tier 1 leadership selected (but not informed or announced).
I don’t know a lot about bond ratings, but some analyst said that Disney would move to junk if they countered one more
Time. Which seemed odd.
Also, with the current outrage against FoxNews, Ben Sherwood should be working to negotiate TV deals (or at least letting them know that ABC studios would be a good home for them) with folks who are looking to bolt. I’m sure there are loopholes that would allow normal competitive talent negotiations while merger review occurs. More talent departures from Disney or Fox would make them look foolish.
I don’t know a lot about bond ratings, but some analyst said that Disney would move to junk if they countered one more
Time. Which seemed odd.
Also, with the current outrage against FoxNews, Ben Sherwood should be working to negotiate TV deals (or at least letting them know that ABC studios would be a good home for them) with folks who are looking to bolt. I’m sure there are loopholes that would allow normal competitive talent negotiations while merger review occurs. More talent departures from Disney or Fox would make them look foolish.
tirian
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You must not have followed the Save Disney campaign in the early 2000s.I swear this is the most exciting disney related thing ever for me. Not the movies, the parks, this bid. Can't wait to see the turnout whether disney "wins" or not.
TwilightZone
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Eh, I like the drama, not the loose money part, but marvel and disney are so popular that they can get back on their feet pretty easy. Iger however...You must not have followed the Save Disney campaign in the early 2000s.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Do you have a link? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Disney is under leveraged at 1.04x as of March 2018. If they close the deal at $38/share they would go to 3.2x or 3.4x (don't remember which one) if the rest of Sky is not purchased, 4x if the rest of Sky is purchased. This is assuming a 50/50 cash/stock transaction. They could definitely go higher. However if most FOX/FOXA shareholders were to choose cash then they'd be way overleveraged.
For comparison, CMCSA is currently at 2.95x as of March 2018. At $35/share for FOX and 6B cash on hand, their leverage was going to go to ~4.5x. Assuming they go up to $45 per share, their leverage would be ~5.1x. It's certainly doable that Comcast can still raise its bid, but whenever leverage gets over 4x people start getting antsy. I know I don't like it, but I can't even vote on it. They could also do a cash/stock counter bid, but their stock is down what? 18% this year? That's the reason they don't want to do a stock/cash transaction because CMCSA is severely undervalued right now.
Stripes
Premium Member
Yeah, that comment about their credit rating being junk is nonsense. Did it come from Greenfield?
Stripes
Premium Member
Yeah, there's no doubt that this deal really tightened Disney's grip on these assets. Even with another bid from Comcast, the odds of Disney winning this are substantially in their favor now.
Twilight_Roxas
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Disney could make there own Halloween theme events for adults & teens even using horror theme mazes with Fox's ips for both Hollywood Studios & Disney California Adventure.
