DIS' streaming profitability and cruise expansion drive multi-year growth, but valuation discount signals caution ahead of Nov. 13 earnings.
Disney's ESPN and Penn Entertainment are bringing their sports betting partnership to a close years earlier than planned. The companies had partnered in 2023 to rebrand and relaunch Penn's sportsbook as ESPN Bet, marking the first time ESPN's brand was on a sports-betting platform.
The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is set to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings next week. Key expectations and potential surprises for DIS will be analyzed ahead of the earnings release. Investors should focus on important metrics and developments in Disney's upcoming report.
Chris Ripley, CEO of TV station giant Sinclair, ripped Disney and YouTube TV's ongoing carriage fight for depriving audiences of local programming and running afoul of regulatory rules.
Disney channels, including ESPN and ABC, are not available on YouTube TV due to a deal dispute. The spat could be more painful for Disney than for YouTube's mammoth parent company.
ESPN, ABC and all the other Disney channels are still not available on YouTube TV as the two companies continue their contract fight.
Disney and YouTube TV are at odds over the value of channels like ESPN. Disney is appealing to YouTube TV subscribers by enlisting top ESPN personalities.
In its last quarter before being acquired by Disney, pay-TV provider Fubo beat Wall Street forecasts and reached 1.63 million North American subscribers.
Disney content has gone dark on YouTube TV, leaving subscribers of the Google-owned live streaming platform without access to major networks like ESPN and ABC.
Disney programming including ESPN, ABC and FX channels went dark on YouTube TV after the companies failed to reach agreement on contract renewal terms.
YouTube TV subscribers lost access to Disney-owned networks including ESPN, ABC and FX late on Thursday night after negotiations between the two companies over carriage fees collapsed. The blackout hit roughly 10 million homes shortly before an 11:59 p.m.
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