Walt Disney Co.

Multiple Sports
Media

The Walt Disney Company’s board of directors has elected Susan Arnold, its longest-serving member, as its new chair, as Bob Iger severs his ties with the company at the end of the year.
Football
Media

FA Cup broadcast rights in Brazil have been secured by Disney in a long-term agreement, it has been reported
Multiple Sports
Media

Cord-cutting phenomenon continues to hit US sports media titan
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Ken Martin, GreenPark Sports co-founder and chief executive. Fisher and Russo also discuss recent issues surrounding the Walt Disney Co., the awarding of online sports betting licenses in New York, a pair of acquisitions by sports streaming platform fuboTV, the tender process for the Premier League’s US broadcast rights, and leadership issues surrounding the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

The Walt Disney Co.'s previously high-flying direct-to-consumer business posts its weakest growth to date in its latest quarterly earnings report, while the company makes perhaps its strongest endorsement yet of being involved in legal sports betting. US Editor Eric Fisher reports.
Football
Media

The Disney media group has bolstered its football offering in Brazil by acquiring rights to the Conmebol's women’s Copa Libertadores, while Globo-owned pay-television broadcaster SporTV has agreed a d…
NFL
Media

Disney strikes supplemental rights deal for newly reslotted playoff contests
American Football
Media

Out-of-market package remains of high interest to multiple suitors
Football
Media

Disney Group has renewed its exclusive pay-TV rights to broadcast Copa do Nordeste, the Brazilian tournament featuring teams from the Northeast of the country and which is to begin next month
Cricket
Media

ESPN+ has become the new streaming home for Indian Premier League cricket in the United States in the wake of a Walt Disney Co
Multiple Sports
Media

The SABC, the South African public broadcaster, has bolstered its SABC Sport channel thanks to a deal with media group Disney that includes rights to World Athletics events, Top Rank boxing, the Dutch…
Basketball
Fan Engagement

The National Basketball Association's NBA Experience indoor attraction at the Walt Disney World theme park complex in Orlando, Florida, will shut permanently after being forced to close its doors amid…
Ice Hockey
Finance & Law

The National Hockey League has taken up its option to sell its 10-per-cent shareholding in Disney Streaming Services, the interactive media and internet company formerly known as BAMTech Media, to The…
Basketball
Media

Bucks-Suns matchup finishes with fourth lowest viewership in last 35 years
Football
Media

Mexican Liga MX football club Santos Laguna has terminated its rights agreement with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports amid allegations of contractual violation following the Walt Disney Company’s a…
Media

The Walt Disney Co. has announced it will raise the monthly subscription fee for sports streaming service ESPN+ by $1 to $6.99 (€5.89) from August 13.
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview John Levy, theScore founder and chief executive. Eric and Chris also discuss the state of the National Basketball Association amid the ongoing 2021 Finals, the increasing role of ABC in Walt Disney Co.’s sports rights deployment, and the future of the XFL and Canadian Football League following their abandonment of a potential business collaboration.
College Sports
Media

Pact with US college entity expands significantly beyond men's basketball rights