Movies: New Ideas Welcome II Prequel Reboot

[Kepler]

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ABC is Disney. CBS is Viacom. NBC is Comcast.

I don't know any of this. I assume the boards of those three completely interlock and the largest private stakeholders are the same 10,000 people?

[unofan]

I thought ABC owned ESPN? Are they both owned by Disney?

Jesus, just sell ESPN to NBCS or FoxSports and cut their losses. ESPN is AOL at this point.

ABC is Disney. CBS is Viacom. NBC is Comcast.

[Kepler]

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ESPN is hemorrhaging cash, along with their other cable TV properties. Mostly their ESPN stations, though, because they have huge NBA, NFL, and MLB contracts to go with a decline in subscribers - cord cutters.

I thought ABC owned ESPN? Are they both owned by Disney?

Jesus, just sell ESPN to NBCS or FoxSports and cut their losses. ESPN is AOL at this point.

[St. Clown]

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How can anybody who owns Disney be hurting? Are they paying their execs $1B/day each?

ESPN is hemorrhaging cash, along with their other cable TV properties. Mostly their ESPN stations, though, because they have huge NBA, NFL, and MLB contracts to go with a decline in subscribers - cord cutters.

[Kepler]

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They absolutely will too. Their cash cow is hurting bad (with zero signs of even slowing their losses) and they're desperate for a source of revenue to replace it.

How can anybody who owns Disney be hurting? Are they paying their execs $1B/day each?

[dxmnkd316]

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Well last I heard Star Wars would be pulled from Netflix. (although i think they only have Rogue One anyways) Hulu has Indiana Jones so I would suspect they lose that.

Disney is a "no half measures" style studio...they will pull everything they have the rights too.

They absolutely will too. Their cash cow is hurting bad (with zero signs of even slowing their losses) and they're desperate for a source of revenue to replace it.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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The Dark Tower was ok. Just ok.

I've never read the books, but it's been getting savaged by both the YouTube critics and the dinosaur critics. Imagine if Peter Jackson had made LotR into a single, 90-minute film. You can imagine the nerd-rage already.

Consensus seems to be that if you're going to do this series properly, it should be a multi-season, episodic TV show like they've done with Game of Thrones.

[Handyman]

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And I would think the same question must hold true for other studios owned by Disney. It wouldn't make sense for them to include rated R movies from some of their subsidiaries, given that they're going to market the service as the Disney brand.

They will have multiple "channels" to make it work. When you purchase "Disney" you will also have access to the other streaming services as part of the deal. There will be lots of pop up ads saying "Buy Disney Streaming today for $25.99 and get access to ESPN and Marvel Streaming Channels thrown in!". They will make all sorts of stations based on their various studios and subsidiaries. The more "channels" you make the more bundles you can create which is more revenue streams.

[Handyman]

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That's a different app. Disney offers streaming apps for its channels, and you log in via your cable TV account. This new service will be akin to Netflix, only purely Disney content. The only thing that makes me curious is if it holds true for all of the Marvel and Star Wars movies being released too. While they're owned by Disney, they're also held as separate film studios (Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, respectively).

Well last I heard Star Wars would be pulled from Netflix. (although i think they only have Rogue One anyways) Hulu has Indiana Jones so I would suspect they lose that.

Disney is a "no half measures" style studio...they will pull everything they have the rights too.

[St. Clown]

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That's a really good question and I suspect the distribution agreements are insanely complicated contracts law and yet, as my realtor friend says, "price fixes everything."

And I would think the same question must hold true for other studios owned by Disney. It wouldn't make sense for them to include rated R movies from some of their subsidiaries, given that they're going to market the service as the Disney brand.

[St. Clown]

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They're also supposed to be streaming MLB, NHL, etc.

That'll be a separate product/contract for purchase. Like the Men's Warehouse guy, I guarantee it.

[joecct]

That's a different app. Disney offers streaming apps for its channels, and you log in via your cable TV account. This new service will be akin to Netflix, only purely Disney content. The only thing that makes me curious is if it holds true for all of the Marvel and Star Wars movies being released too. While they're owned by Disney, they're also held as separate film studios (Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, respectively).

They're also supposed to be streaming MLB, NHL, etc.

[Kepler]

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While they're owned by Disney, they're also held as separate film studios (Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, respectively).

That's a really good question and I suspect the distribution agreements are insanely complicated contracts law and yet, as my realtor friend says, "price fixes everything."

[St. Clown]

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Hoping if I'm already being extorted by via the cable company, this new thing will be free.

Pigs will fly, too!!

That's a different app. Disney offers streaming apps for its channels, and you log in via your cable TV account. This new service will be akin to Netflix, only purely Disney content. The only thing that makes me curious is if it holds true for all of the Marvel and Star Wars movies being released too. While they're owned by Disney, they're also held as separate film studios (Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, respectively).

[ScoobyDoo]

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The Dark Tower was ok. Just ok.