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What the launch of the “Hulu for sports” platform means for Disney and for sports TV

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Tim Mulligan

7 Feb 2024

Hulu for sports

Today, ESPN (a Disney subsidiary), Fox, and Warner Bros Discovery announced : “...an understanding on principal terms to form a new joint venture (JV) to build an innovative new platform to house a compelling streaming sports service.

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Murdoch versus Iger | Why Fox’s focus on live programming has a key role in streaming TV

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Tim Mulligan

21 Sep 2023

Rupert Murdoch’s decision to step down as chairman of Fox News and Fox Corporation is the culminating act in a 70-year media career spanning print to TV. It comes four years after Murdoch clinched the deal of his career – selling all of 21stCentury Fox except for Fox News and Fox Sports to Disney in 2019.

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Fox brings its FIFA World Cup 2022 coverage into the streaming era

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Tim Mulligan

20 Sep 2022

FIFA World Cup 2022

Last week, Fox subsidiary Tubi launched a dedicated linear channel for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 tournament. Alongside using Fox’s US broadcast rights to live stream all tournament matches and highlights, the free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel will provide series and films focusing on previous world cups.

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German Bundesliga faces 20% decline in value for its international rights

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Alistair Taylor

1 Oct 2020

German business publisher Sponsors has announced the German Football League (DFL) is facing a 20% decline in the total value of its overseas’ broadcast rights for the 2020/21 campaign. This is down from the €250 million ($292 million USD) that Bundesliga International (the league’s international sales operation) generated last year.

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Play for the World – EA Aims to Fill Void via FIFA Stay and Play Cup

Alistair Taylor

16 Apr 2020

In 2003, FIFA updated its primary logo to include the words ‘For the Game. For the World.’ Fast forward 17 years and governments around the world are instructing their citizens to stay inside. Now it is almost as if Nike consulted FIFA on its latest marketing campaign ‘Play Inside, Play for the World’, imploring enamored fans to play for the 7.

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The Show Must Go On – NFL Throws Screen Pass at COVID-19 with NFL Draft

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Alistair Taylor

2 Apr 2020

The NFL’s commissioner Roger Goodell announced to all 32 teams in a memo on March 26th that the NFL draft will go ahead as scheduled from the 23 rd to 25 th of April, despite growing pressures resulting from COVID-19 to postpone the event.

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Peacock Goes for Gold

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Alistair Taylor

23 Jan 2020

On the 16 th of January , Comcast (owner of NBCUniversal) unveiled further details of its direct to consumer (D2C) proposition, Peacock. Peacock is set to debut on the 15 th of April exclusively for Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex customers, before being rolled out nationally across the US on July 15 th .

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Welcome to the Post-Peak Emmys

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Tim Mulligan

27 Sep 2019

Digital audiences

Sunday night saw the 71 st Emmy Awards broadcast live on Fox. Traditionally the Emmys have been the cornerstone of TV production credibility alongside the BAFTAs. However, the Oscars of the TV industry is facing two existential challenges which threaten its relevance: plummeting ratings, and the ongoing encroachment of the streaming services.

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Is YouTube MLB’s Answer to Tap into Younger Audience?

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Alistair Taylor

29 Jul 2019

cable consumption

On July 18 th , Google-owned YouTube livestreamed the first of its exclusive Major League Baseball (MLB) matches, acquired through a partnership announced with the MLB at the end of April 2019 . YouTube’s first exclusive live game distribution deal with the MLB covers 13 games during the second half of the MLB’s 2019 regular season.

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Is Cricket the New ‘Greatest Show on Turf’?

Alistair Taylor

19 Jun 2019

21st Century Fox

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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The US Sports Betting Market Is Heating Up After Fox Plays its Strategic Hand

Tim Mulligan

14 May 2019

Fox Corporation – the successor company to 21st Century Fox – has made its first decisive move since completing the $71 billion sale of 21stCentury Fox’s non-news and sports network assets in March.

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Fox News to ‘New Fox’: What is Left After Disney Deal

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Alistair Taylor

1 Apr 2019

On the 20th March 2019 , The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of Rupert Murdoch’s 21 st Century Fox became official. What did Disney acquire? The $71.3 billion merger significantly strengthens Disney’s value proposition as a service, solidifying its position as the world’s largest media conglomerate.

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

Tim Mulligan

21 Nov 2018

21st Century Fox

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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Why AT&T is Renewing Its Fox Distribution Relationship

Tim Mulligan

19 Nov 2018

Yesterday , leading US telco AT&T publicly announced the multi-year renewal of its programme distribution deal with Fox Networks Group. AT&T negotiated the deal with 21stCentury Fox assets, which will go to Disney once their takeover of Fox is finalised early in 2019.

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DC Universe Is The First Strategic Move In The Next Round of Direct-To-Consumer Offerings

Alistair Taylor

25 Jul 2018

Warner Bro’s long awaited DC Universe subscription video on demand (SVOD) service is nearing its grand unveiling, having now decided upon a pricing plan. This is the latest of a long list of examples where networks and operators have realised the growing consumer shift from traditional pay-TV to online streaming.

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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

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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Why Comcast is bidding for Sky

Mark Mulligan

27 Feb 2018

In a dramatic development Tuesday, US telco giant Comcast announced it is bidding £22.1 billion ($31 billion) for UK pay-TV operator Sky. This is a 16% premium to the existing takeover bid currently undergoing regulatory review from 21st Century Fox.

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Disney, Netflix and the Squeezed Middle: The Real Story Behind Net Neutrality

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Mark Mulligan

15 Dec 2017

Unless you have been hiding under a rock this last couple of weeks you’ll have heard at least something about the build up to the decision over turning net neutrality in the US, a decision that was confirmed yesterday.

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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

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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Netflix Is Now The Fifth Highest Ranked TV Network For Show Fandom

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Tim Mulligan

28 Sep 2017

We are proud to announce the inaugural results of our new TV Show Brand Tracker. The findings reveal how streaming is impacting TV show audiences and which networks are performing best. Based on data from more than 60 TV shows across the US, Canada, Australia and the UK, CBS’s The Big Bang Theory is the leading TV show in terms of audience fandom, followed by NCIS (also CBS), with the BBC’s Sherlock in third place.

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