The Walt Disney Company announced on February 25th that Bob Iger, CEO of the company for the past 15 years, will leave his position when his contract ends on December 31st, 2021. The position will be held by Bob Chapek, current Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products. Recently, the group announced its new structure [...]
Bob Iger, CEO at The Walt Disney Company, reported that the company is working on a plan to launch Hulu internationally, as announced two years ago. Iger expressed himself about Hulu at the last analyst conference recently held, where he gave about the Disney+ expansion process and said the plan is to repeat it with [...]
Disney announced it plans to offer a bundle of its three OTT platforms Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ for a USD 12.99 monthly subscription. The new package will go on sale next November 12th, date in which Disney+ is scheduled to be launched in the US, according to what CEO Bob Iger announced on the media [...]
Early this Wednesday, March 20th, The Walt Disney Company officially acquired 20th Century Fox, in an agreement valued at USD 71,300 million. The merger between the two companies took place after sailing their sports networks in Mexico and Brazil, as ordered by the Telecommunications Federal Institute (IFT) and the Economic Defense Administrative Council (CADE). ‘It [...]
Disney+, OTT to be launched at the end of the year, will include all titles produced by Disney throughout its history in its catalog, as confirmed by Bob Iger, CEO of the company, during the annual shareholders meeting that took place last week. ‘Disney+ will put together what we call our catalog products, movies and [...]
Contrary to what happens in the US, Disney’s international business decreased its revenues in 2018. According to Christine McCarthy, CFO of The Walt Disney Company, ‘ESPN international business is so based in Latin America and South America. Currency exchange and fluctuations were what impacted on that’, she pointed. McCarthey reflected about this into the last [...]
Disney will launch its OTT Disney Plus at the end of 2019. RBC Capital Markets led an research which determined that it was the company that invested most in content, with a USD 23.8 billion projection for this year. It is followed by AT & T with USD 14.3 billion, and Netflix with USD 14 [...]
Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that ESPN’s new standalone streaming service, ESPN Plus, will cost USD 4.99 per month. It will be launched in Spring in the United States. Iger said that the service will be available along with a relaunch of the ESPN app. ESPN Plus will feature 10,000 sporting events each year, including [...]
