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RE: Disney - FOX deal likely to consummate by "mid-2019"
(04-13-2018 10:57 AM)stever20 Wrote:  
(04-13-2018 09:02 AM)ken d Wrote:  
(04-13-2018 08:54 AM)MissouriStateBears Wrote:  
(04-13-2018 07:56 AM)ken d Wrote:  
(04-13-2018 07:49 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  Very. From Sporting News:

"Disney will acquire all 22 Fox Sports Regional Networks that carry local coverage of no fewer than 44 MLB, NBA and NHL teams across the U.S.

That doesn't include the RSNs' carriage of college football and basketball, plus the WNBA and MLS."

Analysts say that of the $52B Disney is paying for the FOX properties, about $22B is for those regional sports networks. They carry a LOT of content, and could help bolster ESPN content and streaming moves.

So, potentially Fox Sports would free up assets now devoted to pro sports, which they could now use to expand coverage of college sports. Would that be a correct reading of this?

FOX, FS1 and FS2 contracts are different than those of the regionals. This doesn't free up any space on those networks.

What it does it bolster ESPN's new app. All those RSN streaming rights are going to go to that app and a lot of the ESPN3 games will get moved to those networks.

What it frees up most for Fox, it seems to me, is money with which to bid for more desirable college properties than they now have on FS1 and FS2.

The problem that Fox has now is with college properties- they're next cycle going to be playing defense quite a bit. They already have Big Ten, Big 12, and Pac 12.

I'd say it frees up money to go after pro stuff quite frankly. NHL and then getting more of the MLB.

Do you think this signals that Fox intends to back away some from competition with ESPN for college sports? That wouldn't bode well for any conferences that have come to rely on megabucks from their media deals. No reason for ESPN to continue to bid high if Fox isn't pushing them to do so.

But if Fox wants to pursue more MLB and NHL, why would they now be selling off all they currently have? And why would ESPN be buying them if they thought Fox was going to turn around and compete with them for those same assets?
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