What Disney Got, and Gave Up, to Make a Deal With Spectrum
What Disney Got, and Gave Up, to Make a Deal With Spectrum
admin 2023/09/12 02:29Walden, the co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, and Pitaro, the chairman of ESPN, talk about what the Spectrum deal means for their Disney divisions.
If there is one key takeaway from the Walt Disney Co.-Charter Spectrum carriage dispute, it’s that the pay TV business is undergoing a period of significant change, and the distributors and entertainment companies will need to get creative in order to get deals done.
The result in the Disney-Spectrum dispute marks a major shift in linear bundled offerings, with the basic tier of Disney+ being included for Spectrum Select TV subscribers at no extra charge to them (Spectrum is paying Disney a “wholesale” rate) and ESPN+ being added to a new tier of TV service more focused on sports fans.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney...
If there is one key takeaway from the Walt Disney Co.-Charter Spectrum carriage dispute, it’s that the pay TV business is undergoing a period of significant change, and the distributors and entertainment companies will need to get creative in order to get deals done.
The result in the Disney-Spectrum dispute marks a major shift in linear bundled offerings, with the basic tier of Disney+ being included for Spectrum Select TV subscribers at no extra charge to them (Spectrum is paying Disney a “wholesale” rate) and ESPN+ being added to a new tier of TV service more focused on sports fans.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney...
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