Tag: Disney
US: Disney, Sinclair close 21 Fox regional sports deal
Sinclair Broadcast Group finalized its US$9.6 billion purchase of 21 regional sports networks from the Walt Disney Company on Friday August 23, completing a...
US: Disney gains full control of Hulu in Comcast US$27.5B deal
Walt Disney has inked an agreement with Comcast to take full control of video streaming service Hulu, in a US$27.5 billion transaction that will...
US: Disney Closes US$71.3B Fox deal
21st Century Fox (21CF) officially announced on Twitter that the Disney’s acquisition of Fox is complete. The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 21CF became...
Mexico: IFT clears Disney-Fox merger; sets conditions
Mexico´s Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) approved on Tuesday, March 12, the merger operation between entertainment giants The Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century...
Brazil: Disney agrees to sell Fox Sports
Walt Disney accepted a demand by Brazil’s antitrust regulator CADE that it sell local rights for the Fox Sports channel to win approval of...
China: Disney gets approval for Fox buy
China has given unconditional approval to Walt Disney's US$71.3 billion planned takeover of large parts of 21st Century Fox, Disney announced on Monday, November...
EU: Commission wants feedback on Disney deal
The European Commission is seeking feedback on commitments by Disney to end its allegedly anticompetitive contractual agreements with Sky UK that restrict the cross-border...
US: ACA warns DOJ against Disney’s Fox RSN divestitures
The American Cable Association (ACA) has urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to bar Disney from selling Fox’s regional sports networks to any in-market,...
EU: Disney offers concessions to secure approval of Fox deal
The Walt Disney Company has offered antitrust concessions to help secure EU approval of its US$71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets....
US: Fox announces new leadership before Disney merger
Mike Biard has been promoted to President of Operations and Distribution for Fox from his former role as president of distribution for Fox Networks...