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Disney CEO Bob Iger Says WBD and NBCU Spinning Off Cable Networks ‘Gives Us an Advantage'
Disney chief Bob Iger floated the question in an interview on CNBC whether the company’s TV channels — including ABC, the ABC ...
Bob Iger Says Disney Unlikely to Follow Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery in Exiting the TV Channel Business
The CEO also said that Disney+ will "probably" emulate Netflix and stop reporting subscriber numbers at some point, he noted ...
Bob Iger Says WBD, Comcast Splits Give Disney ‘Stronger Hand’ to Stay in Linear TV Business
"These spinoff companies won't have the assets from a streaming perspective that we will have. I think that gives us an ...
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Bob Iger Says Disney’s Linear Networks Are ‘Not a Burden at All’
After once saying that the linear TV business “may not be core” to Disney, CEO Bob ... Iger’s comments come as Disney competitor Comcast has unveiled plans to spin off its cable network ...
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Here’s Why These Cable Network Spinoffs Give Disney an ‘Advantage’
Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal announced plans to spinoff their cable networks, a move that Disney CEO Bob ...
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Why Bob Iger’s strategy for the next decade of growth at Disney promises a magic carpet ride for the Magic Kingdom’s future
Already, we have shown how, in terms of their past performance, Peltz and Disney CEO Bob Iger could ... and leaning into the cable-to-streaming migration early on. When Iger launched the flagship ...
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Bob Iger Tweaks Disney’s Strategy on Streaming
de la Merced and Ephrat Livni Even if Bob Iger ... is under pressure from cable cord-cutting and the rising cost of sports broadcast rights. Mr. Iger touted the sports network’s new online ...
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Ousted Disney CEO Bob Chapek rips Bob Iger’s plan to find strategic partner for ESPN
Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek is breaking ... which chronicles the network’s digital strategy, published Thursday. After Chapek was fired in November 2022, former CEO Iger returned to the ...