I have been on the side of those who thought this was inevitable. The Puck News folks have been advising Disney to pay for Hulu by swapping ESPN plus a big chunk of debt. The article here does not get into the details of the financial arrangements, but I suppose if it included the ESPN swap it would have been mentioned. Still, that is quite a cash outlay at a difficult time for Disney.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 at 2:08 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > It has been planned for some time (and NBC programming is off of the > streamer), but Iger was making noises earlier this year about Disney > refocusing to the basics, which started some chatter that the more adult > Hulu wouldn't fit with Disney+--however, they are going ahead with the > buyout, which they are estimating will be over $8B when the deal closes > next year: > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hulu-disney-comcast-deal-full-control-1235579832/ > > It is possible that Hulu could be repositioned as a hub within Disney+, as > is their Star hub overseas (and separate streamer Star+ in Latin America) > and possibly renamed Star for uniformity's sake, but considering that > Republicans would probably go into a tizzy of the thought of Tommy Lee's > talking penis from "Pam and Tommy" on the same home screen as Mickey and > Minnie, maybe not. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b42276a-dcdb-447b-a115-5ebbe4d8ef15n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b42276a-dcdb-447b-a115-5ebbe4d8ef15n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJyHbkOYdbhUdNn3xyT4YAPA_dsm8Fd4FQJNz7AXmWjqQ%40mail.gmail.com.
