ESPN swallowing NFL RedZone, Hulu getting integrated, and WrestleMania: Disney’s big streaming swings, explained

The night before Disney exports its profits in the third quarter, the company confirmed that it had concluded a deal with its partner for a long time in sports, the national football league, and the exchange of assets and stocks testifies that the American Football Association gets 10 % of the interest of Disney Espn and Espn/Disney who get several assets flowing from the American Football Association. The value of the NFL share of 10 % in ESPN is between $ 2 billion and $ 3 billion, according to Octagon estimates.

ESPN will get the rights of three additional games in the US Football Association in a season, which was previously broadcast by the American Football Association networks, which means that more higher -rated TV programs in America, the live football broadcast, will be Disney where the company is holed up on its flowing chest. Disney is rebuilding ESPN to survive in linear TV by launching an independent broadcast service, and will now connect the loved content by football fanatics: NFL, NFL Redzone, and NFL Fantasy football. On broadcasting, Netflix and Amazon have gained more rights of the US Football Association over recent years, so Disney’s move shows that she plays defense and some violations also on this front.

Disney also announced an expanded agreement with WWE, another partner in Netflix, which later appeared as a $ 1.6 billion deal that would make Disney home the Marqueee event, Wrestlemania. ESPN said, “ESPN will” be an exclusive home to the WWE Premium Live events, which increases the expansion of the ESPN rights. ” On Disney’s plans in this field, Egar Disney added, “Building ESPN on the prominent digital sport platform through our direct athletic presentation of the expected consumers.”

Disney revealed in her profits that the sports department, on which ESPN was based, witnessed the decrease in revenues by 5 % to $ 4.3 billion, mainly due to the high sports rights fees in the American Professional League and university sports. However, the sector’s profit increased by 29 % to one billion dollars as a merger in its Indian unit, which got rid of some losses from its public budget.

Linter broadcasting in linear television, decrease in film studio

In general, the third quarter profits showed flexibility in the main business sectors of Disney such as broadcasting and leisure parks, even when the traditional TV and cinema studio sections showed. The total revenue for the quarter ending on June 28, 2 % year on an annual basis to 23.7 billion dollars, increased under Wall Street’s expectations, while the profits of the share of the share increased by 16 % to $ 1.61, exceeding the expenses of analysts of $ 1.47. Network before taxes increased by 4 % to $ 3.2 billion.

Disney’s main achievement was the strong performance of her flowing business, which reached a 6 % increase in revenue to $ 6.2 billion and made operating profits of $ 346 million – a major transformation from a loss of $ 19 million in the same quarter of last year.

The subscribers’ measures reflected fixed gains, as Disney+ increased by 1 % over a quarter of a total of 128 million and Hulu with the same margin to 55.5 million subscribers. The Disney+ and Hulu joint base has increased to 183 million, an increase of 2.6 million against the previous quarter. Disney also finished her acquisition of the remaining share in the Comcast Nbcuniversal in June, paving the way for a more strict integration than her commercial marks flowing later this year.

Meanwhile, the recreational studio sector in Disney witnessed the growth of revenues by 1 % to $ 10.7 billion, as it decreased by 15 % in operating income to one billion dollars. Theatrical versions, including the reshaping of the original animation and direct work, low -performance compared to the strong box office width last year with Inside 2. In addition, Disney TV networks, including ABC and Disney, recorded a 15 % decrease on an annual basis in revenues to $ 2.3 billion, confirming the ongoing challenges of cutting wires and low international results after the Star India deal.

In the future, Disney expects that total subscriptions for Disney+ and Hulu will rise by more than 10 million in the next quarter, and partly returns an expanded agreement with Communications Charters.

Parks and entertainment experiences

The Disney Experiments – which covers the entertainment gardens, cruises and consumer products – has canceled strong numbers, and above previous expectations. The revenues of the third quarter increased by 8 % year on an annual basis to 9.1 billion dollars, and it is feared by an increase of 22 % in operating income in local gardens and expertise to $ 1.7 billion. Disney pointed to the spending of strong guests and higher occupancy rates in its gardens and cruise lines, especially in the Walt Disney world, despite the very expected opening of the Erdo Ermal competitor in Orlando. Executive officials emphasized the “continuous flexibility” of Disney Park in the face of the new competition.

The instructions were raised, optimism for 2025

It is worth noting that Disney raised its instructions in the fiscal year 2025, as it offered modified profits of $ 5.85 per share – an increase of 18 % over the previous year. The company also expects the growth of the operating income of the sector of two numbers in entertainment and sports, with an 8 % increase in full general experiences. CEO Bob Egar stressed Disney’s commitment to global expansion, pointing to more active expansion in the park than any time in Disney’s history and highlighting continuous strategic investments in broadcasting, entertainment parks and sports as future growth engines.

“Disney has not ended, and we are excited for the future.”

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