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Archives for October 2023

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Welcome to the future of sports broadcasting.

On Monday night, NHL and NBA fans in Detroit, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Dallas, and other places covered by Bally Sports (which operates regional sports networks spun off in the big Fox / Disney deal), who subscribe just to watch their local teams got mostly error messages instead of games.

In a statement to the Detroit Free Press, Bally Sports SVP/GM Greg Hammaren blamed the outage on Okta and problems with its Auth0 platform.

Of course, it’s not Okta that still blacked out local access to the games via other platforms despite the outage.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Loki season 2 looks like it’s going out with a bang.

Somehow (see: the relentless passage of time) Loki season two is already two episodes out from its big finale. And this new teaser Marvel’s just dropped makes it seem like the Asgardian god of mischief (and friends) are going to be busy as hell keeping the universe from falling apart as this latest chapter draws to a close.

That’s one pricey subscription

Netflix is at an all-time high. Disney is cracking down on password sharing. And Apple TV Plus has doubled its prices. Will the streaming squeeze ever end?

Emma Roth
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Daredevil: Born Again has found its showrunner.

Marvel’s new Daredevil: Born Again Disney Plus series seemed to be in trouble earlier this month when the studio dismissed co-head writers Chris Ord and Matt Corman, and announced that it planned to bring on a proper showrunner to lead the project.

It wasn’t clear then just how long the hunt for a showrunner might take, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel has just tapped Dario Scardapane — who showran Netflix’s The Punisher — to step in.

‘Daredevil’ TV Series Lands New Showrunner, Directors (Exclusive)

[The Hollywood Reporter]

Meet the dwarfs from Disney’s live-action Snow White, which has been delayedMeet the dwarfs from Disney’s live-action Snow White, which has been delayed
Disney’s cozy life sim won’t be free to play after allDisney’s cozy life sim won’t be free to play after all
Disney says subscribers are happy to sit through some adsDisney says subscribers are happy to sit through some ads
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Charter lost 320,000 subscribers after its feud with Disney.

During an earnings call on Friday, Charter CFO Jessica Fischer said that loss was still “less” than what the company initially expected. Charter execs also seem pretty optimistic about its cable bundle with Disney, with CEO Chris Winfrey saying the deal marks a “significant step forward for the video ecosystem.”

Charter Loses 320K Video Customers in Q3, Citing Disney Carriage Dispute

[The Hollywood Reporter]

Alex Cranz
Alex Cranz
Doctor Who’s next three adventures finally have release dates.

“The Star Beast” will air on November 25.

“Wild Blue Yonder” will air December 2.

“The Giggle” will air December 9.

All three episodes will air on BBC in the UK, and Disney Plus in the US and elsewhere. They’ll also mark the official return of David Tennant as the Doctor (it’s complicated), Russell T. Davies as showrunner, and Catherine Tate as the best of the modern companions, Donna Noble.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Disney finally revealed how many billions ESPN pulls in.

The Front Office Sports Today podcast has a segment digging into the annual 8-K financial report released by Disney this week.

For the first time, it includes ESPN’s revenue and profit details — handy timing if you’re hoping someone will buy a part of the sports network — showing that even with the cable market much smaller than it was a few years ago, in 2022 it had $16 billion in revenue and $2.9 billion in profit. That probably explains why Netflix is about to test a live sporting event too.

Disney’s Gargoyles may live again — for real this timeDisney’s Gargoyles may live again — for real this time
Disney courts TikTokers with a card game and quizzesDisney courts TikTokers with a card game and quizzes
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
These little droids could cause a lot of trouble.

Disney recently showed off bipedal droids that look exactly like something you’d see in a Star Wars movie, and now Disney’s Imagineers are testing the droids at Disneyland, as reported by Disneyland News Today. I love them!!

Today is the last day to save on Disney Plus and Hulu before the price hikeToday is the last day to save on Disney Plus and Hulu before the price hike
Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Imagine if Disney became a big video game company — by buying a big video game company.

It’s a genuine possibility, according to Thomas Buckley’s incredibly juicy reporting over at Bloomberg that’s so chock-full of details about Disney’s CEO we already linked to it earlier today:

Iger’s deputies are pushing him to consider a bolder transformation of Disney from gaming licensee to gaming giant through, say, an acquisition of Electronic Arts. But, as with everything else, he’s been noncommittal.

Bloomberg’s big Bob Iger piece

[Bloomberg]

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