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The New, New Fall Season Brings Big Questions For Hulu, Peacock … and Everyone Else (Bloom)
By David Bloom last updated
All of a sudden, both Comcast and Disney say they love Hulu. But do you starve the ones you really love?
Bob Chapek on Disney Plus: 'We Way Underestimated How Much Fuel the Beast Needs'
By Daniel Frankel published
Pegging his company's DTC content budget at around $16 billion, the CEO said Disney will look to expand its streaming ambition by amortizing increased costs on linear TV and theatrical channels
Disney Imagineers a Great Headline, But the Coming Months May Be More Complicated (Bloom)
By David Bloom last updated
The three Disney-owned streaming services now have ever-so-slightly more subscribers together than Netflix does all by itself. Did someone in Burbank just come up with a perfect distraction?
Disney Should Spin Off ESPN, Merge Hulu Into Disney Plus, Activist Investor Urges
By Daniel Frankel last updated
Daniel Loeb sends a letter to Bob Chapek after his Third Point hedge fund secures a new stake in the conglomerate
Disney Officially Runs Down Netflix in Global Subscriber Scale
By Daniel Frankel last updated
Both companies tout around 221 million paid streaming customers worldwide
Walmart Reportedly in Talks with Disney, Paramount and Comcast About Adding Streaming to Walmart+
By Daniel Frankel published
The New York Times says Walmart is thinking about adding a streaming component to its online membership service
#BoycottHulu Starts Trending as Cowed Disney Gets Blasted by Dems For Not Streaming Their Midterm Election Ads
By Daniel Frankel published
Disney, which controls JV Hulu, remains demure to Dems amid culture-war battle with Ron DeSantis and the far right in Florida
ESPN Plus Raises Standalone Price by $3 a Month, But Disney Bundle Price Is Unchanged
By Daniel Frankel published
Monthly subscription price will rise to $9.99 starting August 23
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