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The Fury on 14 December 2017

£39billion.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42353545

The X-men (and F4) are saved.

 

Long live our Disney movie overlords.

 

All they have to do now is buy Sony and not only will they own the entire movie industry but half the gaming sector too.



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Jranation on 14 December 2017

Oh wow!



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XD84 on 14 December 2017

With this deal I hope for a new Simpsons movie.



Veknoid_Outcast on 14 December 2017

Man, the size and scope of Disney's entertainment portfolio is kind of scary.



KrspaceT on 14 December 2017

May they also get the Riordanverse rights too: a musical should not stand as the best adaption of the story forever.



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merman on 14 December 2017

This means Disney’s streaming service will have an absolutely HUGE tv slate.

I can imagine having Xmen back to marvel just sweatens the deal. 

It will be interesting to see how Disney release the Avatar movie slate..

Only worry I have is the smaller FOX studios like Searchlight who might get lost in the transition



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TruckOSaurus on 14 December 2017
merman said:

This means Disney’s streaming service will have an absolutely HUGE tv slate.

I can imagine having Xmen back to marvel just sweatens the deal. 

It will be interesting to see how Disney release the Avatar movie slate..

Only worry I have is the smaller FOX studios like Searchlight who might get lost in the transition

Now that they own 60% of Hulu, people think Disney might put its content there instead of making a brand new service.



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Darwinianevolution on 14 December 2017
BasilZero said:

Here's what each company gets.

 

Disney gets:

• 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox Searchlight movie and television studios

• Majority control (60%) of Hulu

• Several big movie franchises, including X-Men, Avatar and Deadpool

• Major TV franchises, including The Simpsons, This Is Us and Modern Family

• International media businesses, including 350 channels in 170 countries, Star India and 39% of the European pay-TV operator Sky

• FX and National Geographic Partners

• Fox's regional sports networks, including YES

• $13.7 billion of Fox's debt

• An estimated $2 billion in cost savings

• Bob Iger's contract extended through 2021

Fox gets:

• 25% of Disney shares

• $8.5 billion cash dividend from the spun-off company

Fox's spinoff company keeps:

• Fox broadcasting

• Fox News

• Fox Business News

• FS1 & FS2 sports networks

• Big Ten Network

 

 

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/14/media/disney-fox/index.html

Wow, 25% of Disney's shares? That HUGE. No wonder they sold so much to Disney if they were going to get that many shares anyway. How much does Disney itself has in terms of its own shares?



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roadkillers on 14 December 2017

This was made 1 day before the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Why would they do this?



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Pillertriller on 14 December 2017

Sad, i hoped for Sony to buy the movie studios. Disney is annoying in buying everything. And now all the movies will become Kids friendly? lol, when i see what they are doing with star wars... i hope Avatar wont be the next victim..