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Starwars a great asset for Disney and I think they got a bargain. The content will be monetizable for a long time, they can monetize this in theme parks, video games, eventually virtual reality....Disney is already the Berskhire of best in class entertainment IP and assets.

 

I'll be grumpy again, but I find Star Wars being milked to extinction. There's too much mediocre to crappy SW content especially if you also account for all the games.

 

I'd say the same about Marvel superheroes properties. There has been a super wave of superhero movies and huge monetization of these, but IMO it's getting very saturated and overproduced. Remember how superhero movies were in deep craphole in 90s? Nothing says we can't see this again.

 

There's something to be said about past Disney approach when they released a movie and then the movie was pulled from distribution for 15 years or so until new generation came. You wanted to see "The Lion King" five years after release? Tough luck, wait another 10 years.

This is clearly impossible in the current day, but it was a smart approach.

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Starwars a great asset for Disney and I think they got a bargain. The content will be monetizable for a long time, they can monetize this in theme parks, video games, eventually virtual reality....Disney is already the Berskhire of best in class entertainment IP and assets.

 

I'll be grumpy again, but I find Star Wars being milked to extinction. There's too much mediocre to crappy SW content especially if you also account for all the games.

 

I'd say the same about Marvel superheroes properties. There has been a super wave of superhero movies and huge monetization of these, but IMO it's getting very saturated and overproduced. Remember how superhero movies were in deep craphole in 90s? Nothing says we can't see this again.

 

There's something to be said about past Disney approach when they released a movie and then the movie was pulled from distribution for 15 years or so until new generation came. You wanted to see "The Lion King" five years after release? Tough luck, wait another 10 years.

This is clearly impossible in the current day, but it was a smart approach.

 

I think you make fair points but I'd argue there is really no better home for story franchises.

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I don't understand why the market overlooked Disney+ until announcement?  I thought this might've already founds its way into the price?

 

Netflix clearly has the lead in distribution, but a niche A+ product should do well relative to the on-and-off content found on NFLX

 

HBO NOW might also have a future ;) 

 

there is plenty of room to pick and choose and still pay less than the cable bundle!

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An indication that they are further positioning themselves to hold a pure play competitor to Netflix? This seems relevant. In a world where streaming platforms (Apple, Disney etc..) are crowding into the market, content ownership and creation will be the differentiating factor. Seems like that earlier graphic highlights the point that content is something the Disney empire has.

 

I am waiting until after earnings (and the short term noise about the "studios" business) to buy in but I think there is a lot of upside is here.

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Anyone has a view about the Star India and Hotsar within Disney, acquired through Fox transction? Star India seems to be the lead video provider in India. HotStar, their DTC product,  has 300M monthly active users. India seems to be poised for a long runway of economic growth and digital video business  growth.

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Anyone has a view about the Star India and Hotsar within Disney, acquired through Fox transction? Star India seems to be the lead video provider in India. HotStar, their DTC product,  has 300M monthly active users. India seems to be poised for a long runway of economic growth and digital video business  growth.

 

My friend from India says Hotstar has a couple advantages over Netflix and Prime video, namely more local language content and more importantly sports like cricket.  Additionally its mobile first and most watch on their phones so less shared accounts and more relevent to future trends. 

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-06/disney-fires-shot-at-netflix-with-13-a-month-streaming-bundle

 

Non-investor personal view:

 

- Not gonna buy DIS bundle, since I don't watch sports and I hate ads, so Hulu part is worthless.

- Might sub to Disney+ for Marvel/Lucas opportunistically to watch what I have not seen and then unsub. Although might just watch through Netflix DVD service.

 

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/29/disney-sells-its-stake-in-yes-network-to-investor-group-that-includes-amazon.html

 

Disney sold its stake in the YES Network to an investor group that includes Amazon, the company announced Thursday.

 

The total enterprise value of the stake is $3.47 billion, according to the announcement.

 

The Yankees and Sinclair Broadcast Group are also part of the investor group.

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