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Why the sports broadcast model is now under threat

Alistair Taylor

6 Nov 2020

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair

sports broadcast

The Sinclair Broadcast Group reported its Q3 2020 results earlier this week, which highlighted the detrimental impact sporting investments had on its balance sheet. A 37% year-on-year (YoY) increase in consolidated revenue (to $1.

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Hotstar's potential Disney+ partnership raises brand challenges

Amanda Stears

12 Dec 2019

21CF

21st Century Fox

ad-free

Yesterday Indian streaming service Hotstar published its 2019 India Watch Report . Hotstar (a fully-owned Disney subsidiary since the 21CF acquisition by Disney back in March of this year) now boldly states that its streaming app has reached 400 million app installs, making it one of the most downloaded apps in India of 2019 alongside WhatsApp and TikTok.

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Disney+ Recovers From Initial Blunder to Surpass 10 Million Sign Ups on Debut!

Alistair Taylor

14 Nov 2019

21st Century Fox

all-encompassing offering

AppleTV+. Market saturation

Disney claims unexpected traffic on its newly-launched service was at fault for the buffering and technical issues of Disney+’s launch Tuesday . The issues highlight just how difficult it is transitioning from a media company to a tech player, with technical glitches an enormous issue for digital-native subscribers.

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Is Cricket the New ‘Greatest Show on Turf’?

Alistair Taylor

19 Jun 2019

21st Century Fox

ad skippers

addressable audience

Even before the St. Louis (now LA) Rams were setting records in the NFL during the 1999-2001 seasons, earning the nickname ‘The Greatest Show on Turf’, the Super Bowl was viewed as an unrivalled opportunity to advertise brands, products, and movie trailers to the masses that tune in (or increasingly stream) to watch the showpiece for the world’s most valuable league .

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Disney’s Latest Earnings Are Buoyed by Growth in Their Theme Park and Direct-to-Consumer Revenues

Alistair Taylor

10 May 2019

21st Century Fox

additive service

assets

On Wednesday night the Walt Disney Company reported quarterly earnings for its second fiscal quarter ending March 31st 2019, beating analyst estimates with a 3% increase in year-on-year (YoY) quarterly revenue.

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Can Disney do a Hulu?

Alistair Taylor

12 Apr 2019

21st Century Fox

brand equity

Disney

Disney finally unveiled to investors during a presentation yesterday its much anticipated direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service Disney+, announcing a November 12 th 2019 launch . Disney+ will be an ad-free subscription launching in the US at $6.

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Amazon, Regional Sports and Owning the Local Economy

Georgia Meyer

16 Jan 2019

21st Century Fox

Amazon Prime

ATP

Amazon is reportedly bidding for all 22 US regional sports networks that Disney is putting up for sale (as part of its $73.1 billion deal to buy most of 21st Century Fox). Among the networks is the YES Network, that broadcasts New York Yankees games, as well as an array of professional NBA, NHL and MLB leagues.

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Why 2021 Could Kill TV, Save Apple and Mark the End of Ads in Broadcast Sports

Georgia Meyer

9 Jan 2019

21st Century Fox

apple earnings

Beats

2021–22 are the years when the world’s most expensive premium domestic sports rights come up for renewal. In the US the NFL, MLB and NHL broadcast rights will all be up for tender, whilst in the UK the Premier League (EPL) rights will be up for renewal.

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The Implications Of Amazon’s Bid For Fox’s Regional Sports Networks

Tim Mulligan

21 Nov 2018

21CF

21st Century Fox

AT & T

Hot on the heels of 21CF (21 st Century Fox) securing a renewal of its multi-year distribution deal with the leading US pay TV operator AT&T; 21CF’s regional US Sports networks are now in play. According to CNBC , tech major Amazon is bidding for all 21CF’s 22 regional sports TV networks.

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The State of California Goes Head to Head with The US Department of Justice on Net Neutrality

Tim Mulligan

2 Oct 2018

21st Century Fox

AT & T

California

The Golden State is renowned for doing things differently from the rest of the US and, yesterday, its liberal credentials were reiterated by California Governor Jerry Brown signing net neutrality legislation into state law.

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Ego and Digital Disruption Drive S4 Capital and 21st Century Fox To Shore Up for the Future

Tim Mulligan

11 Jul 2018

21st Century Fox

Comcast

Fox

Today’s increased bid by 21 st Century Fox for the 60.5% of Sky which it does not currently own comes the day after media company S4 Capital successfully won the bidding war for Dutch creative agency MediaMonks.

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With interest in Fox’s video content business, is 2017 the beginning of the end for traditional TV and film companies?

Tim Mulligan

21 Nov 2017

21st Century Fox

Comcast

Fox

Last Friday, media stocks in the US rose on the back of news that 21st Century Fox had been approached by Comcast, Walt Disney Co, Sony and Verizon over the possible sale of its film and international TV assets.

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In the Social Media Age, the Traditional Media Paradigm No Longer Applies

Tim Mulligan

20 Sep 2017

21st Century Fox

Facebook media

Media

The recent decision by Karen Bradley, the UK Culture Secretary, to refer 21stCentury Fox’s bid to take over Sky Plc to the Competition and Markets Authority is a stark reminder of the lag time between world views of regulators, politicians and media pundits, as well as the reality of evolving media consumption.

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Four Companies That Could Buy Spotify

Mark Mulligan

15 Feb 2017

21st Century Fox

Alibaba

amc theatres

For much of 2016 it looked nailed on that Spotify would IPO in 2017 and that the recorded music industry would move onto its next chapter, for better or for worse. The terms of Spotify’s $1 billion debt raise (which mean that Spotify pays an extra 1% on its 5% annual interest payments every six months beyond its previously agreed IPO date) suggest that Spotify was thinking the same way too.

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