Showbiz Sandbox 647: Disney Teams Up For Sports Streaming Service
February 13, 2024
Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox are teaming up to deliver a new subscription streaming service that will combine all of their sports programming on a non-exclusive basis. It will have 14 channels including ESPN, ABC, FS1, Fox, TNT and TBS. The surprise announcement has generated more questions than answers, especially over whether any antitrust laws are being broken.
Meanwhile, awards season chugs along with the Directors Guild of America handing out its top prize to Christopher Nolan for “Oppenheimer.” Plus, the Oscars add a new category for casting directors.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including why Universal Music pulled all of its music from TikTok, Disney invests in “Fortnite” developer Epic Games and Paramount starts pulling content off its streaming service.
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‘YOLO’ Thrives In Chinese New Year Bow; ‘Wonka’ Nears $600M Worldwide
https://deadline.com/2024/02/yolo-chinese-new-year-movies-wonka-worldwide-international-box-office-1235822097/
Box Office: Worst Super Bowl Weekend in Decades Outside of COVID, ‘Argylle’ Ekes Out $6.5M Lead
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/argylle-box-office-worst-super-bowl-weekend-1235821901/
Relationship Drama ‘Rewind’ Becomes First Filipino Movie To Take $16M At Global Box Office
https://deadline.com/2024/01/rewind-philippines-global-box-office-record-1235808494/
Ed Mintz Dies: CinemaScore Founder & Pioneer In Moviegoing Polling Was 83
https://deadline.com/2024/02/ed-mintz-dead-cinemascore-founder-1235820895/
Warner Music to Lay Off 10% of Staff in Effort to ‘Double Down on Core Business’
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/warner-music-to-lay-off-10-percent-staff-1235901563/
IATSE Negotiating Committee ‘Not Interested’ in Extending Talks Past July 31 Deadline
https://www.indiewire.com/news/business/iatse-will-not-extend-negotiations-strike-1234952637/
“They Should Fear Us”: Teamsters & IATSE Link Arms For March Contract Talks With Studios
“They Should Fear Us”: Teamsters & IATSE Link Arms For March Contract Talks With Studios
Will UMG’s TikTok Licensing Standoff Lead to Music’s Equivalent of the Hollywood Strikes?
https://www.billboard.com/business/tech/tiktok-universal-music-fight-affect-music-industry-1235593862/
Meta Hits Record Revenue of $40.1 Billion in Q4, as Facebook and Other Apps Now Reach Nearly 4 Billion People Monthly
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/meta-q4-2023-earnings-record-revenue-monthly-users-1235894587/
Amazon Advertising Revenue Hits $14.6B in Latest Quarter as Tech Giant Leans Into Ad Deals
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/amazon-q4-2023-earnings-1235812909/
YouTube Ad Sales Soar to $9.2B in Blowout Quarter
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/youtube-q4-2023-earnings-1235810654/
BBC “Considering” Findings From Landmark Study That Trialled Eight-Hour Working Day In Film & TV Drama Production
https://deadline.com/2024/02/bbc-landmark-study-eight-hour-working-day-tv-film-1235820132/
YouTube Says It Has More Than 100 Million Premium and Music Subscribers
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/youtube-100-million-premium-music-subscribers-1235894391/
FX’s John Landgraf Declines to Crown Netflix the Winner of the Streaming Wars
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-landgraf-wont-crown-netflix-winner-streaming-wars-1235821396/
Paramount+ to Remove Some International Originals
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-plus-remove-international-original-content-1235811253/
Strong Earnings, and Taylor Swift, Add to Disney’s Defenses
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/business/dealbook/disney-peltz-earnings-swift.html
Warner, Fox, Disney to Launch Streaming Sports Joint Venture
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-fox-espn-streaming-spots-joint-venture-1235900161/
ESPN Sets Date for Stand-Alone Streaming Product
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/espn-streaming-service-2025-launch-1235818562/
In Major Team-Up, Disney, Warners and Fox Plan Sports Streaming Platform Combining Coverage
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney-warner-bros-discovery-fox-launch-sports-streaming-service-1235817744/
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch Sees New Sports Streaming Venture Reaching “Tens Of Millions” Of Cord-Nevers “Without Undermining The Traditional Bundle”
https://deadline.com/2024/02/fox-lachlan-murdoch-sports-streaming-pay-tv-bundle-1235817708/
Europe’s Public Broadcasters Make A Major Play For Sports Fans With Launch Of Free Streaming Service Eurovision Sport
https://deadline.com/2024/02/eurovision-sport-europe-public-broadcasters-streaming-service-1235814742/
Atlantic Theater Workers Lead Off-Broadway Union Drive
http://broadwayjournal.com/atlantic-theater-workers-lead-off-broadway-union-drive/
Over $150K Raised For Family Of Crew Member Who Died On Marvel Studios’ ‘Wonder Man’ Set
https://deadline.com/2024/02/wonder-man-tv-series-crew-member-dies-accident-1235816662/
Why You’ve Never Been In A Plane Crash
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/05/why-you-ve-never-been-in-a-plane-crash
Mickey Gilbert, Stunt Double for Robert Redford and Gene Wilder, Dies at 87
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mickey-gilbert-dead-stuntman-robert-redford-1235817432/
Carl Weathers, Who Played Apollo Creed in ‘Rocky’ Movies, Dies at 76
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/arts/television/carl-weathers-dead.html
Seiji Ozawa, a Captivating, Transformative Conductor, Dies at 88
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/arts/music/seiji-ozawa-dead.html
Clyde Taylor, Literary Scholar Who Elevated Black Cinema, Dies at 92
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/us/clyde-taylor-dead.html
Chita Rivera, Electrifying Star of Broadway and Beyond, Is Dead at 91
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/theater/chita-rivera-dead.html
Hank Bradford, Stand-Up Comic Turned Head Writer on Carson’s ‘Tonight Show,’ Dies at 88
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hank-bradford-dead-tonight-show-comic-writer-1235817626/
Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, Bassist and Rhythmic Backbone of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Dead at 77
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/aston-family-man-barrett-bassist-bob-marley-amp-the-wailers-dead-obituary-1234960251/
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