Ghost93
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Maybe they fear House of Mouse will take away the impact of Once Upon a Studio? I have no idea.
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ESPN Delivers Its Most-Watched 'Monday Night Football' Game Ever with More Than 22.6 Million Viewers - The Walt Disney Company
ESPN’s 2023 Monday Night Football season debut was a record breaker, as more than 22.6 million viewers watched the Buffalo Bills at the New …Read More
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Disney+ Shares Trailer, Poster & Images From Disney’s 'Launchpad' Season 2
'Dashing Through the Snow' to Debut November 17, Exclusively on Disney+
More outsourcing licensing...
Modern Family Re-Runs to Air on New Network This Month
The family sitcom will now air on TBS in addition to Peacock and Hulu.
Disney’s ‘How To Be A Carioca’ From ‘Ice Age’ Director Carlos Saldanha To Screen At Iberseries & Platino Industry In Madrid
Carlos Saldanha's Disney comedy series How to be a Carioca will screen for the first time at the Iberseries & Platino Industria event in October.
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'Ashoka' vs. Other Star Wars Shows: A New Analysis of Disney+ Viewership Trends
As Lucasfilm’s latest Star Wars series Ahsoka draws to a close, one organization has decided to analyze how popular the series is compared to every other Disney+ series in the franchise. The results might shock you. In its first two weeks alone, the Rosario Dawson-led series outperformed the...
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As Lucasfilm’s latest Star Wars series Ahsoka draws to a close, one organization has decided to analyze how popular the series is compared to every other Disney+ series in the franchise. The results might shock you.
In its first two weeks alone, the Rosario Dawson-led series outperformed the average TV show on every subscription service by a factor of 165 in terms of streaming and engagement. What does that mean exactly? If the average show available on subscription streaming services like Peacock, Amazon, or others, received 1,000 views and interactions in the first two weeks, Ahsoka garnered 165,000 views and interactions during the same period.
The data for streaming and engagement was recorded through the movie and TV show tracker Reelgood.
Compared to previous Star Wars spin-offs, Ahsoka ranked third, trailing sllightly behind Obi-Wan Kenobi and Andor. Where Ahsoka had that 165 index score, the other two shows scored 236 and 198 respectively.
Keep in mind that was only in the first two weeks. With all the positive word of mouth going around, we’re sure that viewership and engagement for Ahsoka has only grown.
Interestingly enough, to date the show with the lowest performance is The Mandalorian. In its first two weeks it only outperformed shows other streaming services by a factor a 50. That obviously did not matter because viewership and engagement have only increased since.
To see how all the live-action Star Wars shows have fared, you can check out the graphic down below courtesy of Reelgood.
Disney Entertainment TV Studios Suspend Deals With Producers, Including Yara Shahidi, Justin Hartley & Billy Porter, Will Pay Assistants Amid Strikes
Disney has become the latest entertainment company to suspend additional overall and first-look deals four and a half months into the WGA strike.
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TP2000
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Disney Entertainment TV Studios Suspend Deals With Producers, Including Yara Shahidi, Justin Hartley & Billy Porter, Will Pay Assistants Amid Strikes
Disney has become the latest entertainment company to suspend additional overall and first-look deals four and a half months into the WGA strike.
Billy Porter is in the center of that image, and he's already had the most financial trouble due to the strike. Whatever money he had was apparently being spent on couture clothes and champagne brunches, not on mortgage payments.
So does this mean that Mr. Porter is cut off entirely? Will he be sharing a studio apartment in Van Nuys by Thanksgiving?
Billy Porter says he's selling his house due to financial toll of Hollywood strikes
Billy Porter said he is selling his house because of the financial uncertainty due to the ongoing Hollywood strikes.
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Indy_UK
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See a few reports in the last hour that Disney are having quiet talks about selling ABC to someone like nexstar.
ABC is apparently worth in the region of $4 billion.
Would it even be a good idea to sell them? Could the TV shows be kept and just go into the streaming services?
ABC is apparently worth in the region of $4 billion.
Would it even be a good idea to sell them? Could the TV shows be kept and just go into the streaming services?
"Walt Disney Co. expects to fall tens of millions of subscribers short of its last publicly stated 2024 target for the Disney+ streaming service, according to people familiar with the matter.
The goal of 215 million to 245 million subscribers was set in August 2022 by then-Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek. In February, returning CEO Bob Iger said Disney would no longer provide subscriber forecasts, matching a decision at Netflix Inc.
Disney+ has been losing customers to price increases, as well as collapsing demand in India after the company failed to win cricket streaming rights. That’s led management to conclude it will fall short of those earlier numbers, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing internal targets.
Wall Street’s focus in the past year has shifted from sign-up numbers at online video platforms to profitability, and Disney has narrowed its losses in its streaming division by hundreds of millions of dollars in recent quarters.
Price increases have helped. Iger has raised the price of Disney+ since its launch in 2019 as part of an effort to reach profitability in the streaming business as early as next year.
The company is still seeking to increase customers to Disney+. A deal announced this week with Charter Communications Inc., the No. 2 US cable provider, will package Disney+ with the Spectrum TV service, adding millions of new customers. Disney will receive a reduced, wholesale price for those subscribers.
In 2020, it set a target for as many as 260 million subscribers by the end of fiscal 2024 for Disney+ and the Hotstar product in India, before lowering the target last year."
www.bloomberg.com
The goal of 215 million to 245 million subscribers was set in August 2022 by then-Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek. In February, returning CEO Bob Iger said Disney would no longer provide subscriber forecasts, matching a decision at Netflix Inc.
Disney+ has been losing customers to price increases, as well as collapsing demand in India after the company failed to win cricket streaming rights. That’s led management to conclude it will fall short of those earlier numbers, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing internal targets.
Wall Street’s focus in the past year has shifted from sign-up numbers at online video platforms to profitability, and Disney has narrowed its losses in its streaming division by hundreds of millions of dollars in recent quarters.
Price increases have helped. Iger has raised the price of Disney+ since its launch in 2019 as part of an effort to reach profitability in the streaming business as early as next year.
The company is still seeking to increase customers to Disney+. A deal announced this week with Charter Communications Inc., the No. 2 US cable provider, will package Disney+ with the Spectrum TV service, adding millions of new customers. Disney will receive a reduced, wholesale price for those subscribers.
In 2020, it set a target for as many as 260 million subscribers by the end of fiscal 2024 for Disney+ and the Hotstar product in India, before lowering the target last year."
Disney to Cut Target for Disney+ Streaming Subscribers
Walt Disney Co. expects to fall tens of millions of subscribers short of its last publicly stated 2024 target for the Disney+ streaming service, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
Serpico Jones
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Yikes.
Like Wall Street and Netflix, Disney has abandoned aiming for a specific number of subs. The goal is being profitable in 2024.
Hulu Launches 'Top 15 Today' List for Most Popular Films and TV Shows - The Walt Disney Company
Hulu has an extensive library of hit films and TV shows that includes The Bear, Schitt’s Creek, Only Murders in the Building, The Kardashians, …Read More
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Disney Partners with Ghetto Film School to Create Short Films in Celebration of Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month - The Walt Disney Company
In celebration of Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month, Disney Entertainment Television (DET) has commissioned four alumni from the award-winning nonprofit Ghetto Film School …Read More
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What’s Next for Freeform After Being Dropped by Charter
Disney's deal with the pay TV giant suggests that, in an accelerated cord-cutting era, no channel is truly safe.
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Disney Irish
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If Disney wanted to sell it, I could see Freeform going to someone like Hallmark Media to pair with their several channels.What’s Next for Freeform After Being Dropped by Charter
Disney's deal with the pay TV giant suggests that, in an accelerated cord-cutting era, no channel is truly safe.
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TP2000
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"Walt Disney Co. expects to fall tens of millions of subscribers short of its last publicly stated 2024 target for the Disney+ streaming service, according to people familiar with the matter.
The goal of 215 million to 245 million subscribers was set in August 2022 by then-Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek. In February, returning CEO Bob Iger said Disney would no longer provide subscriber forecasts, matching a decision at Netflix Inc.
Disney to Cut Target for Disney+ Streaming Subscribers
Walt Disney Co. expects to fall tens of millions of subscribers short of its last publicly stated 2024 target for the Disney+ streaming service, according to people familiar with the matter.
Yeah, no kidding. You can't get to 215 Million paid subscribers when your bar graph looks like this...
Reading the excellent CNBC article on Bob Vs. Bob, this info stood out regarding a late 2022 corporate discussion...
"As long as the streaming service was on pace to meet its goal of 215 million to 245 million subscribers by the end of 2024, Chapek believed, the company was in good shape."
And yet here's what subscribers counts look like 9 months later...
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Disney's wildest ride: Iger, Chapek and the making of an epic succession mess
Here's the inside story of the executive chaos at Disney over the past few years — and how it could shape the fate of the iconic entertainment company.www.cnbc.com
Going into the final 3 months of Fiscal '23, Disney+ was 75 Million subscribers short of their '24 goal. And falling.
And so they've got a new business plan starting in 2 weeks based on falling subscriber rates and big discounts via Charter?
Disney Irish
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Nope, since Feb 2023 they've said the focus is on profitability not subscriber growth. Which is why, just like Netflix, they stopped providing subscriber guidance.Yeah, no kidding. You can't get to 215 Million paid subscribers when your bar graph looks like this...
Going into the final 3 months of Fiscal '23, Disney+ was 75 Million subscribers short of their '24 goal. And falling.
And so they've got a new business plan starting in 2 weeks based on falling subscriber rates and big discounts via Charter?
So not a new business plan, same business plan all year.
MoonRakerSCM
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Still droppin' it after Ahsoka.
TP2000
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That's like me with Netflix once I finish the latest season of The Crown.
Whoever made it so easy for streaming customers to cancel, re-subscribe, cancel again, with just a few clicks on the remote is likely regretting that decision.
But that's just one more reason why "The Streaming Industry" just doesn't make sense to me financially for a big legacy studio like Disney. I don't get how Disney+ was ever supposed to make them any money, let alone enough money to cover their bloated budgets of $200 Million and more for their tentpole movies that almost never break even at the Box Office now because America will just wait to see them "for free" on Disney+.
This is not a sustainable business model.
Tha Realest
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At least Netflix has a steady stream of content that people want to see.That's like me with Netflix once I finish the latest season of The Crown.
Whoever made it so easy for streaming customers to cancel, re-subscribe, cancel again, with just a few clicks on the remote is likely regretting that decision.
But that's just one more reason why "The Streaming Industry" just doesn't make sense to me financially for a big legacy studio like Disney. I don't get how Disney+ was ever supposed to make them any money, let alone enough money to cover their bloated budgets of $200 Million and more for their tentpole movies that almost never break even at the Box Office now because America will just wait to see them "for free" on Disney+.
This is not a sustainable business model.
The only original series that’s close to a killer app is Mandalorian, and season 4 hasnt even started production.
Ghost93
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I actually think I would prefer to see Eragon as an animated series geared more toward teens/adults than live-action."An “Eragon” live-action TV series is in early development at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.
The series would be based on the Christopher Paolini young adult novel series “The Inheritance Cycle,” with “Eragon” being the first of the four books in that series.
According to sources, Paolini will serve as co-writer on the series. Bert Salke will executive produce under his Co-Lab 21 banner, with 20th Television producing. Salke is currently under an overall deal with Disney Television Studios, of which 20th TV is a part."
‘Eragon’ TV Series Adaptation in Development at Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE)
An "Eragon" live-action TV series is in development at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively.variety.com