What does his ego have to do with wanting to shed underperforming divisions? Or are you saying if Disney turned ESPN into a right-wing cable network everything would be better?
What a bizarre concept either way.
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Iger floats possibility of Disney selling ABC
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What a bizarre concept either way.
NBC is pretty cautious about that type of move after the 2009 Tonight Show fiasco. Younger people generally stream rather than watch OTA talk shows, and generally Fallon gets an older audience nowadays. It is hard to think in hypotheticals, but Jay might have weathered the storm better. (Until he chose to retire, of course, which might have already been.)
What are you talking about? What 'new' Fox? Fox Sports still have several cable sports channels including FS1, FS2, and an entire sports division. And OTA means Over The Air. Not sure what you mean about adding more sports to just Over The Air.
What division of Fox? O&O stations? Cable news? Business? Are you just a big Fox News fan, and that's why you sing their praises?
So Professor, what's that formula exactly?
Really? What sports does ABC have exclusivity with? NBC has the Olympics, Superbowl in their turn, PGA, and Thursday Night Football.
Really? Why?
Apparently, to the less informed, that translates to "ego"....
Comcast interested in owning part of ESPN? A Bank of America pundit thinks so:
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Could Comcast Buy Part of ESPN? A Bank of America Expert Thinks So... | Cord Cutters News
Recently in an interview with CNBC, Disney CEO Bob Iger left an option open to sell some of its TV assets as it struggles with cord cutting. TV networks are seeing their ad revenue drop as advertisers cut back on their spending, hitting Disney hard in its TV business. This, plus the ever-growing...
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I mentioned nothing close to that. Why dump ABC when we see the success fox is having with live sports, and Disney has the advantage of having espn in their portfolio. His comments on dumping abc are beyond shortsighted
He would keep ESPN though.
I’m not going to repeat everything I just said. You’re entitled to your opinion. But you assuming I’m right wing, based off what I said is truly nonsense
I know that
I actually work in tv and have for years and know and experienced more than you ever have
That was early on. He did well until 2017 or so during the Trump years, when he fell to 3rd place among the major hosts who were a lot more outspoken. My point is probably moot though, as Jay was on the record saying he is glad to be out of late night in this political climate, so he would have been gone by now anyway.
Because rights fees for sports teams have grown out of control the past several years. That's why several RSN's are in serious financial trouble because ad revenue has been declining while teams/leagues are upping the rights rates to cover the increases in player salaries. At some point, the rights fees exceed any revenue available from carrying games.
But you haven't explained why.
Somehow I doubt that. Because the things you say would indicate otherwise. Either that or you are in a lower-level maintenance role that's apart from the business perspective because you sure don't seem like you know much about the business.
But you didn't say anything, other than Fox is the greatest thing ever, and ABC should be more like Fox. What the Hell does that mean to you?
Actually I’ve been a main news anchor/sports director for a few years now in my market. What do you do for a living?
I'm the DOT at a major TV network in Washington D.C. Prior to that, I was VP/CIO of a large TV group.
So to be clear, you have more knowledge and insight than the executives of their own companies. Ok...um, sure.
It comes off more like somewhat delusional Fox cheerleading than anything with all of these posts.
Don’t put words in my mouth.
Ah I see why you’re feelings are hurt over this. 👋
Local TV stations in small and medium markets get as much as 50% of their revenue from cable carriage fees. With the decline in cable subscriptions, that will decline. Many stations do not have operating margins wide enough to sustain a big loss in those fees.
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