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FOX/Disney deal

mnradiofan said:
Bound to be more than a bit awkward to talk about ABC or Freeform "family friendly" shows next to shows like What We Do In The Shadows, Mayan's MC, and "Always Sunny".

I'm sure they will handle it just fine, but it'll still be jarring. Then again, is there a place at Disney for riskier entertainment? I know they have done it in the past, I just wonder if it fits in with the content vision of Disney, since I highly doubt any FX shows will make the cut for Disney+. Do they compete with themselves and keep Hulu for the more adult fare? It'd be cool if they created a bundle (Get Hulu+ and Disney+ for $20 a month combined, etc), but I just have a feeling that FXNetworks may get "toned down" a bit. If they did, it would be a real shame, as that's the only basic cable group that competes with HBO.
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Upfronts are for advertisers. There is no real issue with being jarring. It presents a message of reaching audiences, and a broad swath of them. FreeForm also is hardly always a “family” channel—see Pretty Little Liars as one example.
 
There was a question on the Cord Cutter News report a few days back: Now that the Disney/Fox deal is done does that make Maggie Simpson a Disney princess??? :rolleyes:
 
Yes. It also makes Cpl. Max Klinger a Disney princess as well!;)
 
https://deadline.com/2019/04/fx-net...to-share-family-guy-with-freeform-1202591604/

An Update FX and Freeform to air off Network shows such as ‘Family Guy’, ‘Bob’s Burgers’, and ‘Family Guy’. Note these shows are all Disney owned though. This is Disney syndicating reruns for their own shows from the 20th Century Fox Division.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, FX Networks has landed off-network rights to hit Fox animated series Family Guy, starting with its 16th (2017-18) season. Beginning next week, Seth MacFarlane’s pop culture phenom will air on the comedy-focused FXX network, joining another blockbuster off-network animated series, The Simpsons.



In a corporate synergy move, the FX network will be sharing Family Guy reruns with new sibling Freeform, which will get small portion of the usage. Family Guy will debut on FXX April 16, airing 5 hours three days a week; its premiere on Freeform will be April 17, airing an hourlong block once a week, on Wednesday. On FXX, Family Guy will air Tuesday (9-11 PM), Thursday (12-1 AM) and Sunday (7-9 PM), paired with The Simpsons, marking the first time the two classic animated comedies have aired together off-network.
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anotherguy said:
They haven't been "Family Friendly" most of the time for several years, even before they changed their name.
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can "family" programming work in a fractured marketplace? during the last days of the Family Channel under Pat Robertson ownership in the 90s, it was airing mostly older skewing reruns that kids had no interest in
 
nomadcowatbk said:
can "family" programming work in a fractured marketplace? during the last days of the Family Channel under Pat Robertson ownership in the 90s, it was airing mostly older skewing reruns that kids had no interest in
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I wouldn’t compare anything that old under Robertson’s tenure to today’s world. Family friendly, like many terms, will mean different things to different people. There are a number of shows across broadcast and cable that could reasonably be called family friendly.
 
https://nypost.com/2019/04/18/mlb-ends-bid-to-buy-disneys-regional-sports-networks/

Major League Baseball won’t get a shot at controlling the nation’s regional sports TV networks, after all.

MLB has resigned itself to becoming a minority investor — as Disney wraps up its auction of the 21 so-called RSNs — giving up on a dream to become the operator of a nationwide chain of sports-focused TV channels, sources told The Post.

“MLB preferred majority but have come to the conclusion that it is not going to be possible and they want to be part of a consortium,” according to a source close to the talks.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred surprised media executives in November when he jumped into the auction. At the time, sources close to MLB said the league was angling to centralize the media rights of MLB’s various teams, boosting its ability to resell games to a fast-growing array of online streaming services.
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Update on the Divested RSN's that went to Disney as a result of the 20th Century Fox deal.
 
The final bids have been taken. Last year, Fox agreed to operate the RSN's for a final MLB Season (mostly, to give time for all staff involved to send out resumes and line up their next jobs)
 
CaliRSoadioFan said:
The final bids have been taken. Last year, Fox agreed to operate the RSN's for a final MLB Season (mostly, to give time for all staff involved to send out resumes and line up their next jobs)
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So what happens to the Fox Sports name once the RSN's finally sell. Will the Fox Sports branding still be licensed through the end of Baseball season or will there be a sudden branding flip.
 
Don CT said:
So what happens to the Fox Sports name once the RSN's finally sell. Will the Fox Sports branding still be licensed through the end of Baseball season or will there be a sudden branding flip.
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Fox Sports is retained by Fox Corporation. These RSNs will take on whatever name buys them.
 
I think that Sinclair or Liberty will be the winning bidder just my opinion or that Disney just spins the RSN's into a different business as DOJ is fine with that than at first when Fox & Disney merger happen that they have to sell it off. I hope that who won the bid winner happens this week and doesn't drag out to the very end.
 
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/s...or-21st-century-foxs-regional-sports-networks

Sinclair named as a top bidder for the divested RSN's that went to Disney

Sinclair Broadcasting Opens a New Window. appears to have emerged as the leading candidate to win the auction of the 21st Century Fox’s Regional Sports Networks Opens a New Window. , having placed what people close to the deal call the top bid to acquire the properties, FOX Business has learned.

The auction, which began in November, came to an end earlier in the week, when bankers at Allen & Co., accepted final bids from several companies including: Liberty Media, the BIG3 basketball league led by hip-hop impresario Ice Cube, and Sinclair, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.

Major League Baseball had been a solo bidder on the networks, known as RSNs, but recently pulled out and joined cable honcho John Malone’s Liberty Media in the bidding war, these people say.

Sinclair is said to have bid around $10 billion for the RSNs, which must be sold as part of Disney’s $71 billion purchase of Fox’s entertainment assets to meet federal regulatory requirements since Disney already owns the cable sports network giant, ESPN. The RSNs are a group of cable networks that provide a variety of sports broadcasting throughout the country.
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Or they may go with the "Marquee" brand name that's attatched to the new Chicago RSN that launches next year. That being said, look for Sinclair to make a BIG push for more Stadium affiliates, and Cable TV clearance. I don't think they will compleatky lock out MLB Network to air games next season, but their will certainly be a decent list of out-of market simulcasts airing both regionally and nationally on Stadium in 2020. (If Sinclair wins out)
 
CaliRadioFan said:
Or they may go with the "Marquee" brand name that's attatched to the new Chicago RSN that launches next year. That being said, look for Sinclair to make a BIG push for more Stadium affiliates, and Cable TV clearance. I don't think they will compleatky lock out MLB Network to air games next season, but their will certainly be a decent list of out-of market simulcasts airing both regionally and nationally on Stadium in 2020. (If Sinclair wins out)
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MLB own's their content no matter what provider might own local rights. MLB Network will never be shut out of games.
 
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