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Deadline reports on what they know about the potential Disney/Fox merger. Answers some of my questions.

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Dec 7 '17, 13:56

FX? Disney wants it.

Hulu? Disney wants it. That screws up the Mexican stand-off at the top of Hulu. With Disney already firing up their own streaming service and potentially buying out Fox, that only leaves NBC as the sole entity at Hulu. This may spell the end of Hulu.

Regional sports networks? Disney wants them.

TV and movie production? Disney wants it.

Fox News, Fox Network, Fox Sports? Disney doesn't want them.

Fox Business? Nobody wants them.

http://deadline.com/2017/12/what-happens-to-fox-if-disney-deal-happens-broadcast-news-sports-1202220975/ (deadline.com)

Responses:

They want regional Fox Sports channels but not Fox Sports? That's kind of weird. - David Dec 7, 14:01 12
- They've already got the mommy (ESPN), they want the babies. They don't need another mommy. They'd only get FS1 to kill it. - Mop Dec 7, 14:38
- huh. that's interesting -- nm - Remlik Dec 7, 14:12
- They got rid of Colin Cowherd, why the hell would they want him back? -- nm - Will Hunting, Deposed King of Astronauts Dec 7, 14:06 1
  - and Bayless. They can just fire those guys, though. -- nm - David Dec 7, 14:11
- Comcast is the other suitor. Maybe they worry about anti-trust if they grab all those regional networks too. - spamlet Dec 7, 14:04 6
  - Deadline is saying they DO want the regional networks, just not the primary sports channel. -- nm - David Dec 7, 14:06 5
    - That was unclear. Disney takes the regionals and Comcast takes the national network to merge with NBCSN. - spamlet Dec 7, 14:15 4
      - Actually, I'm now realizing it makes perfect sense in that they can use those outlets for ESPN+. -- nm - David Dec 7, 14:18 3
        
        It is almost like they thought of this. -- nm - Spawndroid Dec 7, 15:49
        
        oh that's smart. -- nm - Remlik Dec 7, 14:22
        
        Yup. -- nm - spamlet Dec 7, 14:20
- I thought I read something about Fox Sports conflicting with ESPN and ABC Sports, but I may be mistaken -- nm - crash davis Dec 7, 14:03

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