Earlier this month, Disney announced it was going to be creating a brand new sports streaming service with Warner Brothers Discovery and Fox, which would bring together the companies’ portfolios of sports networks, certain direct-to-consumer (DTC) sports services – including content from all the major professional sports leagues and college sports, into a new app, […]
Earlier this month, Disney’s ESPN, Warner Brothers Discovery and Fox made a surprise announcement that they would be working together on a brand new streaming sports service in the United States that will bring together the three companies’ portfolios of sports networks, certain direct-to-consumer sports services – including content from all the major professional sports […]
Earlier this month, Disney and ESPN made a major surprise announcement that it was going to be partnering with Warner Brothers Discovery and Fox to create a brand new compelling streaming sports service in the United States, that would bring together the companies’ portfolios of sports networks, certain direct-to-consumer sports services – including content from […]
Earlier this week, Disney announced a new partnership with Warner Brothers Discovery and Fox to launch a new untitled sports streaming service, that will offer the full suite of ESPN’s channels. The new platform is going to be launched this fall and will bring together content from all of these companies’ combined assets, including all […]
In the past year, Disney CEO Bob Iger has spoken on many occasions about Disney’s plans to launch a new direct-to-consumer streaming service for ESPN, which would offer everything available on the traditional linear channel and more. While Disney already operates ESPN+, it doesn’t include most of the content from ESPN due to existing contracts. […]
More casting details have been revealed for the upcoming movie adaptation of the Walter Mosley novel, “The Man In My Basement”, which is going to be directed by Nadia Latif, who will be making her feature directorial debut. The film tells the story of Charles Blakey, who is out of work, out of luck and […]
Following on from the success of the launch of Disney+ Originals, “Welcome To Wrexham”, “Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story” and “Save Our Squad With David Beckham”, Disney is now in advance talks to buy a documentary series about Liverpool Football Club manager’s Jurgen Klopps final six months at Anfield. Filming on the project began […]
Disney has announced that ESPN has become the media rights partner for the NFL Flag Championship, which is a new annual showcase featuring boys and girls in one of the world’s fastest-growing sports, flag football. In the inaugural year of the NFL-sanctioned event, ESPN will cover the girls 17U and the boys 14U tournaments (30 […]
Just ahead of Disney’s annual shareholder meeting, the company is currently in the middle of a proxy battle with Activist investor Nelson Peltz and his Trian Fund Management group, which currently owns about $3 billion dollars worth of Walt Disney Company stock. Nelson Peltz started buying up Disney stock following the stock price drop after […]
Disney’s Andscape is developing a new movie adaptation of the Walter Mosley novel, “The Man In My Basement”, which is going to be directed by Nadia Latif, who will be making her feature directorial debut. The film tells the story of Charles Blakey, who is out of work, out of luck and on the verge […]
Last year, it was revealed by Disney CEO Bob Iger that he was looking for a new strategic partner that could help them with distribution or content and that they’d had talks with many potential partners. The major reason for these talks is that Disney is planning on making a full direct-to-consumer version of ESPN, […]
Disney has announced a brand new eight-year agreement between ESPN and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which starts on September 1st 2024. This new deal covers domestic rights to a record 40 NCAA championships – 21 women’s and 19 men’s events – and international rights to those same NCAA championships plus the Division I […]
Today, the United Football League (the “UFL”) was officially revealed, which is a merger of the XFL and USFL. The 2024 season for the UFL is set to kick off on Saturday, 30th March, 2024. Russ Brandon, former President and CEO of the XFL, will lead the UFL as President and CEO. Daryl Johnston, former […]
Disney has announced that two-time Olympic gold medalist and nine-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner will partner exclusively with ESPN and Disney Entertainment Television to share her story through various projects on their platforms. A documentary feature from ESPN Films and scripted series development with ABC Signature are in the works. She will also sit down […]
Disney has announced that the upcoming ESPN documentary, “Shohei Ohtani: Beyond The Dream” is going to be released on Disney+ in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada on Friday 17th November 2023, which is the same day as when the documentary will be released on ESPN+ in the United States. Two legendary […]