Slpy3270
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Some more post-merger changes: Peter Chernin is officially parting ways with 20th Century Fox.
He recently produced "Ford v. Ferrari."
He recently produced "Ford v. Ferrari."
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The Integration of Fox into the Disney Corporate Family: Parks, Movies, IPs, Studios
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The split was a mutual and amicable one, driven by the simple fact that Disney rarely brings on third-party partners to finance its feature films.
Huh?
Disney Studios is always partnering with many 3rd party production companies. I sometimes wonder if Disney Studious knows how to make a film any more without the help of some other studio.
If they're splitting with Chernin, it's not because of that reason.
Cant help but wonder if this is a move to try and elevate any anti-trust concerns as well. Given the concerns among critics with how big Disney has gotten. What Disney are doing here is essentially rebooting 20th Century Fox. Dropping the Fox brand is basically stripping the studio of any real value it currently has outside of its IPs which the majority of will or have already moved under Walt Disney Studios or Marvel Studios etc. Losing the Fox name means it loses the industry wide prestige its held for the past 80-90 years. And its now essentially an indie studio owned by Disney thats starting from scratch. I wonder if they'll sell the Fox name to another studio. Maybe Amazon or Netflix or just sell it back to Murdoch or something?
Well everyone knows Disney over paid by 15-20% cause of Comcast. What I still dont get is why Disney had to buy basically the entire 21st Century Fox empire. Its just came with so much bloat. I guess with Murdoch it was an all or nothing deal. But If I was Disney I would have tried to just get the film and tv studios / assets (20TCF,20THTV,FX,NatGeo) and maybe Hulu. Give Starz to someone else like a Comcast who actually has more experience running those sort of operations. And leave out the Fox Sports stuff. Would have been so much cheaper. Maybe leave the Fox brand with Murdoch too.
We'll see....
I can see Disney wanting to keep 20th C and Search separate, though. The first, to keep R-rated films away from the Disney brand. And the second for prestigious art film cred and appearances in film festivals and Oscar bait.
The Grand Inquisitor
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Probably has nothing to do with Fox News. Get over yourself.
Grilled about what?
He's been the one announcing a lot of Fox studio resources (20thC, Searchlight, TV) will be diverted to D+. That's going to make investors happy to see D+ succeed.
Shouldn't that also calm people's fear that Disney is monopolizing the theatrical film space?
Twilight_Roxas
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Disney is not a monopoly.
Twilight_Roxas
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Not the Democrats.
Slpy3270
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HBO Max has ordered a satirical cartoon based off the British royal family...from 20th Century Fox Television.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Uhhh....yeah.
Royal Family Getting Animated Satire Treatment at HBO Max
The royal family is getting the animated satire treatment at HBO Max.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
Uhhh....yeah.
Stripes
Premium Member
...Disney+ and Hulu, from the comments made in earnings calls.
Bob Iger:
Slpy3270
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Disney has agreed to sell FoxNext Games to mobile game developer Scopely.
For the record, FoxNext as a whole is not being sold; only the video game division. The rest of the company is likely being absorbed into other Disney units as we speak.
Also from Variety:
Makes me wonder if Disney Interactive Studios has the rights to The Simpsons Hit and Run and wants to get someone to remake the game.
Scopely to Acquire FoxNext Games from The Walt Disney Company
Scopely to Acquire FoxNext Games from The Walt Disney Company
www.businesswire.com
For the record, FoxNext as a whole is not being sold; only the video game division. The rest of the company is likely being absorbed into other Disney units as we speak.
Also from Variety:
Makes me wonder if Disney Interactive Studios has the rights to The Simpsons Hit and Run and wants to get someone to remake the game.
Twilight_Roxas
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EA still has the game rights to The Simpsons so they would have to get the original creators to remake the game. Hopefully Disney could let Konami remake The Simpsons arcade game.
bartholomr4
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As a comparison for Disney's upcoming Year end results, Comcast released their year end earnings today. Highlights include:
- Sky revenue down 4.7% year over year. Adjusted EBITDA plus 7.1% (post cost savings)
- Parks Revenue up 4.4% year over year (5.9 Billion vs 5.6 Billion). Adjusted EBITDA is flat (0%) change (2.4 Billion vs 2.4 Billion)
- Long Term Debt down 19.4 Billion to 97.7 Billion vs 107.3 Billion
- Scheduled 2020 Debt reduction is 4.5 Billion vs 4.3 Billion in 2019
- Overall Comcast Revenue up to $109 Billion vs 94.5 Billion (Due to consolidation of Sky not present in early 2018)
- Overall Comcast EBITDA 34.5 Billion in 2019 vs 30.165 in 2018 (Mainly due to consolidation of Sky not present in early 2018)
- Earnings per share $3.13 in 2019 vs $2.73 in 2018
Parks were very disappointing. In fact. they basically said to wait until 2021 for an improvement. As an indirect stockholder in my EFTs, I had hoped for better results. Now it's time to see if Galaxy Edge had a positive effect at WDW for the quarter. I expect it did because when I was there in November, the crowds I saw i. HS were the largest I ever saw during that time plus the parking lot was full.
bartholomr4
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I also think the company is struggling to decide on investing in the parks vs in Wireless and Network Upgrades, and paying down debt. We'll see when the 8K comes out in a month or two!