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Disney
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Disney preps SVOD service launch with exec reorg
The Walt Disney Company has reorganised its marketing executives as it steps ups its plans…
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US Justice Department approves Disney’s $71.3bn Fox bid
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved Disney’s bid for Fox assets, so long…
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Disney’s Mark Endemano departs amid restructure
Disney’s head of international TV and digital sales, Mark Endemano, has left the company as…
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TBI Weekly: Disney may win the Fox race
This week, the bidding war between Disney and Comcast for Fox assets got all the…
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Disney’s odds look promising as it ups Fox bid to $71.3bn
Disney has upped its bid for Twenty First Century Fox’s film and television assets to…
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UK accepts 21CF-Sky terms after Disney sweetens Sky News pledge
The UK government has accepted deal terms between 21st Century Fox and Sky, following an…
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Endemol Shine hires banks for possible $4bn sale
Endemol Shine Group, the production company co-owned by 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management,…
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Comcast confirms bid for Fox’s TV and studio assets
As widely expected, Comcast has made a firm bid for 21st Century Fox’s TV and…
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UK gov’t sets scene for Sky bidding war between Fox and Comcast
The UK government has approved 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky on the condition that…
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Hulu reorganises leading teams, eliminates chief content officer role
Hulu has launched a major reorganisation across its top teams in content, technology, marketing and…
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TBI Weekly: UK broadcasters band together
As major global entertainment companies increasingly pursue M&A activity to fend off the threat of…
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Fox sets shareholder vote on Disney
Fox has set a shareholder vote on July 10 to determine the $52 billion sale…
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Netflix & OTT services drive record $748bn brand value for 2018
Entertainment brands such as Netflix have aided a 21% growth in brand value to $748…
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Netflix value surpasses Disney for the first time
Netflix stock market value rose to a record $153 billion on Thursday, temporarily surpassing Disney…
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TBI Weekly: Does Netflix outgrowing Disney/Comcast value mean TV domination?
In one week, Netflix has managed to make a landmark TV deal with the Obamas…
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Comcast prepares all-cash offer for 21st Century Fox
Comcast has confirmed that it is considering making an all-cash offer for the Fox assets…
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Comcast preps Fox offensive with new bid
Comcast isreportedly preparing a new bid for 21st Century Fox. Separately, the US cable and programming…
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TBI Weekly: Comcast joins the M&A race
This week, Comcast kicked off a bidding war by formally offering £22bn for Sky and…
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Comcast makes rival £22bn cash bid for Sky
Comcast has made a firm cash offer for Sky that values the pay TV operator…
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Disney/Fox deal to close by Spring/Summer 2019
Peter Rice, president of 21st Century Fox, has told staffers that the merger between Fox…
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UK regulator says Disney must buy Sky under Fox deal
Disney will be required to make a mandatory offer for all of Sky after completing its…
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Fox looks to sell Sky News to Disney
Twenty-First Century Fox has proposed selling Sky News to Disney on completion of its buyout…
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TBI Weekly: The billion dollar US pay TV drop
This week, damning numbers hinting US pay TV may face significant trouble in its near…
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TBI Weekly: The OTT ‘arms race’ heats up
This week, it seems that almost every major TV player is claiming their stake in…
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Netflix to bring in $15bn in sub fees for 2018, says CEO
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has stated that Netflix is set to earn around $15bn (£10.8bn)…
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Report: Fox News to launch subscription streaming service
Fox News is reportedly planning to launch a standalone subscription streaming service later this year…
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Freeform Summit: Sony reboots Party of Five
During the first-ever Freeform Summit, from Disney’s young adult television network, Sony Pictures Television has…
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TBI’s top ten stories of 2017
In many ways, 2017 was a landmark year for television and the wider world, with…
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Pixar founder on leave after ‘unwanted hugs’ accusation
John Lasseter, the chief creative officer for Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, will take…
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TBI Weekly: the Mouse chases the Fox
It was revealed this week that Fox has been in talks with Disney about selling some of…