Disney Says No. Comcast Says Yes. What Is Going On?
Comcast and The Walt Disney Company hate each other. You should know that by now, but I’m saying it again just to be clear. A few years ago, Comcast behaved like a petulant child...
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Disney Expects Its Battle With Comcast Over Hulu’s Value to be Resolved in Fiscal 2025
On the day that The Walt Disney Company reached profitability in streaming for the first time, Deadline reported that the company is still at an impasse with Comcast over its purchase of Hulu. As...
Disney and Comcast Appoint Third Party Evaluator in Hulu Valuation Dispute
When Disney CEO Bob Iger returned to the company in 2022, he had a decision to make. Beginning in 2024, Disney had the ability to buy out Comcast’s stake in the streaming service Hulu...
Cable and Streaming Are the Same Thing to Disney
Cable and streaming are the same thing. I feel like Professor Frink swearing that “Pi is exactly three” when I say that, as it feels like an innately dishonest statement. From Disney’s perspective, I...
Comcast Announces New Bundle That Will Package Netflix, Peacock, and AppleTV+
Hot on the heels of the news that Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up to create a new streaming bundle, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts has unveiled plans for StreamSaver, a new bundle...
Unable to Reach a Deal, Disney and Comcast Will Seek a Third Party For a Valuation of Hulu
Bob Iger made perhaps the biggest decision since his return to The Walt Disney Company in 2022 last year when he decided that Disney would buy out Comacast’s stake in Hulu and fully integrate...
Disney Makes First Payment For Comcast’s Stake in Hulu
Disney and Comcast are one step closer to closing the deal for Comcast’s stake in Hulu. At a press conference on Monday, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh revealed that his company had received the first...
Comcast and Disney Hire Investment Banks To Appraise Hulu
With Bob Iger having come to the conclusion that Disney is best served buying out Comcast’s stock in Hulu, the question facing the two companies is how much is the streamer worth? For those...
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Comments On The Disney-Charter Deadlock
As Spectrum subscribers remain blacked out from Disney’s channels for the seventh straight day, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts chimed in on the ongoing Disney-Charter deadlock. While noting that Comcast doesn’t see its own business...
Disney and Comcast Agree To Move Up Hulu Sale Negotiations
One of the biggest questions looming over the future of streaming is when, and for how much, Comcast will sell its one-third stake of Hulu to Disney. Under a 2019 agreement, Disney currently owns...
