Now the Justice Department has sued to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger on the grounds it would harm our consumers more than it will help. I wonder how it might affect Comcast's buyout with 20th Century Fox.
Fox will wait and see what happens in the AT&T lawsuit.Now the Justice Department has sued to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger on the grounds it would harm our consumers more than it will help. I wonder how it might affect Comcast's buyout with 20th Century Fox.
Fox will wait and see what happens in the AT&T lawsuit.
AT&T has legal precedents on its side and should win the case.
i.e. Comcast owns NBCUniversal, Time Warner used to own Time Warner Cable.
There's never been a general legal ban on content companies and distribution companies owning each other (only movie studios were banned from owning movie theaters because they shut out other movie studios).
Once AT&T/Time Warner suit is finished, there should be a bidding war for the Fox "for sale assets".
I don’t like this and don’t think it should be allowed, but the precedent that the DoJ has already shown for trusts and oligopolies should allow this to go through.
Looks like Disney is about to be the first to acquire 21st Century Fox. Comcast really needs to speed things up.
Disney And Fox Have Reportedly Reentered Negotiations; An Official Announcement Could Be Imminent
I still don't get why Fox wants to sell off their entertainment division. It's not like they're losing money like Sony or Paramount.
:frustrated"Looks like Disney is about to be the first to acquire 21st Century Fox. Comcast really needs to speed things up.
Disney And Fox Have Reportedly Reentered Negotiations; An Official Announcement Could Be Imminent
I really hope a sale - to either Disney or Comcast - does not come to pass. It would be bad for filmmakers, who will have one less avenue to pursue to get a movie made, and it would be bad for film fans in general; a studio only has so many viable spots into which they can slot movie releases in a given year, and the end result of a Disney or Comcast purchase would be that fewer movies get made and released each year.
Or Comcast realized there are better things to acquire and partner with than 21st Century Fox.
I really hope a sale - to either Disney or Comcast - does not come to pass. It would be bad for filmmakers, who will have one less avenue to pursue to get a movie made, and it would be bad for film fans in general; a studio only has so many viable spots into which they can slot movie releases in a given year, and the end result of a Disney or Comcast purchase would be that fewer movies get made and released each year.
Comcast cable shows in general are fine....its their international sales of shows that are hurting. That currently is their biggest downfall.I can't think of any company Comcast wants to acquire that are better to benefit them financially as much as Disney buying up Marvel and Comcast buying up DWA. Nintendo is the only choice since it has a connection with Universal in regards to the theme parks, but Japanese law generally prohibits non-Japanese companies from acquiring Japanese corporations. That's about it. Fox has a lot of varieties Comcast/Universal really needs to boost its cable entertainment ratings and especially the theme park industry, given the fact Universal theme parks already have the Springfield Area and uses AHS for HHN. Also, Comcast doesn't generally release as much popular franchise movies as Disney did, so out of the two, it might not be so bad.
It's because those assets are currently devalued in the market place. You really need scale to compete with Netflix or Disney in the movie/tv production space. Fox doesn't have scale like those others do.I still don't get why Fox wants to sell off their entertainment division. It's not like they're losing money like Sony or Paramount.
Comcast cable shows in general are fine....its their international sales of shows that are hurting. That currently is their biggest downfall.
False, as of 2011, around 28% of Japanese corporations were partially and fully owned by foreign entities. Its also how Comcast bought up Geneon Entertainment which was a Japanese company.
Comcast wants to buy way more East Asian companies hints the huge increase in M&A based jobs in Tokyo as well as more content managers for Asia in particular in additional to NBCUniversal producing korean television shows
If Universal was to buy any Japanese companies, it would be something like Level 5 gaming (Yokai Watch and the growingly popular tv show internationally, Professor Layton, some other popular games), Studio Ghibli (Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away), Sanrio (Hello Kitty), Kodasha (Fairy Tail, Seven Deadly Sins) or Shueisha (Shonen Jump: Naruto, One Piece, Dragon Ball, etc) where they can utilize their current partnerships and appearances in the parks, their already in place media presence, as well as way fewer anti-trust issues.
There is also interest again in Comcast for ITV (Black Mirror, Misfits and other UK based shows).
The biggest thing is whoever buys Fox get Fox's share of Hulu which then gives them majority control on Hulu.
It’s almost like the two leaks were done by Fox to get Disney to come back to the table or something.