**ITS OFFICIAL** Walt Disney buys 21st Century FOX
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Bleed The Freak
Superstar
folks thought you could just drop cable and still eat
Funny you say that.
I got Direct tv and at&t internet.
I'm out of contract and asked if I could switch to Direct TV now.
But my unlimited internet goes away.....I only get that due to the bundle....even though it's the same company.
What a hustle
And just wait until they charge you more to access certain sites. They’ll be bundling access to sites like cable packagesLowkey the gaming industry helped set the stage for all of this years ago. Charging people 9.99 for xbox Live memberships, 9.99 for playstation plus, charging season passes for any game worth a damn + micro-transactions...
Now we're seeing the carry-over to television. 2 weeks ago ESPN pretty much forced people to download/purchase their $5/month app in order to watch that Terrence Crawford boxing fight.. had ppl who already pay for cable furious bc they were like "why i gotta pay for this espn app when i already pay for all these espn channels?!" I was like damn homie, they doubling down on your wallet like that?
Outside of NBA, I don't watch tv and dropped cable 2+ years ago, and i don't do any of those game memberships. Yet it's been clear what's been happening across all entertainment.
10.99/month netflix
9.99/month for music service like spotify or tidal
9.99/month for game membership like xbox or ps4
12.99/month amazon
9.99/month youtube premium
7.99/month hulu
4.99/month espn app
x.99/month dc comics streaming app
x.99/month for disney/marvel app
14.99/month HBO Now streaming
11.99/month Showtime streaming
+ xx.99/month whatever you pay your internet provider
+ xx.99/month whatever you pay your cable provider
+however many other companies/industries are trying to get in on this
That xx.99/month hustle
I pay for vue plus HBO currently. everything else I try to get off kodiLowkey the gaming industry helped set the stage for all of this years ago. Charging people 9.99 for xbox Live memberships, 9.99 for playstation plus, charging season passes for any game worth a damn + micro-transactions...
Now we're seeing the carry-over to television. 2 weeks ago ESPN pretty much forced people to download/purchase their $5/month app in order to watch that Terrence Crawford boxing fight.. had ppl who already pay for cable furious bc they were like "why i gotta pay for this espn app when i already pay for all these espn channels?!" I was like damn homie, they doubling down on your wallet like that?
Outside of NBA, I don't watch tv and dropped cable 2+ years ago, and i don't do any of those game memberships. Yet it's been clear what's been happening across all entertainment.
10.99/month netflix
9.99/month for music service like spotify or tidal
9.99/month for game membership like xbox or ps4
12.99/month amazon
9.99/month youtube premium
7.99/month hulu
4.99/month espn app
x.99/month dc comics streaming app
x.99/month for disney/marvel app
14.99/month HBO Now streaming
11.99/month Showtime streaming
+ xx.99/month whatever you pay your internet provider
+ xx.99/month whatever you pay your cable provider
+however many other companies/industries are trying to get in on this
That xx.99/month hustle
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
Lowkey the gaming industry helped set the stage for all of this years ago. Charging people 9.99 for xbox Live memberships, 9.99 for playstation plus, charging season passes for any game worth a damn + micro-transactions...
Now we're seeing the carry-over to television. 2 weeks ago ESPN pretty much forced people to download/purchase their $5/month app in order to watch that Terrence Crawford boxing fight.. had ppl who already pay for cable furious bc they were like "why i gotta pay for this espn app when i already pay for all these espn channels?!" I was like damn homie, they doubling down on your wallet like that?
Outside of NBA, I don't watch tv and dropped cable 2+ years ago, and i don't do any of those game memberships. Yet it's been clear what's been happening across all entertainment.
10.99/month netflix
9.99/month for music service like spotify or tidal
9.99/month for game membership like xbox or ps4
12.99/month amazon
9.99/month youtube premium
7.99/month hulu
4.99/month espn app
x.99/month dc comics streaming app
x.99/month for disney/marvel app
14.99/month HBO Now streaming
11.99/month Showtime streaming
+ xx.99/month whatever you pay your internet provider
+ xx.99/month whatever you pay your cable provider
+however many other companies/industries are trying to get in on this
That xx.99/month hustle
So again..... I generally ask, if you’re a big Disney person and a lot of their shyt that you love, want to see or have access to is already split between everyone of those mentioned and unmentioned subs.
How is it worse for them to pull all their shyt, put it it under one centralized spot versus have you signed up to multiple ones to get their full catalog?
I do get anyone’s beef and concern but my point is barring you’re gonna stick with Time Warner, DirecTV, Dish, Google and etc.
Why not just get the minimum of what you’re gonna invest the most in and keep it moving?
Not to mention a lot more tech savvy folks, what are you complaining about. I know quite a few people on here and a lot of people IRL that don’t have HBO or etc premium channels but still watch Westworld and etc every week. Truth be told, this shyt ain’t gonna effect this group of folks the most one way or another
Martha
4-5 years ago i could swipe right all day on tinder and make decisions later
Now I download the app and see you gotta do 9.99/month for that
The xx.99/month hustle spread like wildfire
They got the 9.99/month for workout apps now.
Ten buck a month just so I can log my lifting numbers
9.99/month to post in the coli?
Hold on breh do give out any ideas
Bleed The Freak
Superstar
Word is the DOJ will approve it in 2 weeks.
2020 cameos hopefully (or after credit) is a def possibility.
Don't be surprised to hear casting news next year.
Cannot fukking wait.
But y'all can close the door on Namor.... Comcast ain't giving up shyt
2020 cameos hopefully (or after credit) is a def possibility.
Don't be surprised to hear casting news next year.
Cannot fukking wait.
But y'all can close the door on Namor.... Comcast ain't giving up shyt
:marvelkingpin:
Bleed The Freak
Superstar
What I wouldn't give to see after credit Guardians 3
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The crew on the ship
And the Silver Surfer rushes past them and they all got the
face
Screen fades to black
The crew on the ship
And the Silver Surfer rushes past them and they all got the
face
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VOTE!!!
Comcast was said they were willing to go as high as $90 billion. We'll see if they are that crazy. dude hates iger so he may just up it to that
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
Disney has agreed to sell off 21st Century Fox’s 22 regional sports networks to secure Justice Department approval of its acquisition of major 21st Century Fox assets.
The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a complaint in federal court seeking to block Disney from acquiring 22 regional sports networks but announced a settlement agreement with Disney that calls for the divestitures. Anti-trust chief Makan Delrahim and other DOJ officials argued that Disney’s ownership of the national sports powerhouse ESPN created anti-competitive conflicts if it were to also acquire Fox’s regional channels, which serve some 61 million subscribers around the country.
“American consumers have benefitted from head-to-head competition between Disney and Fox’s cable sports programming that ultimately has prevented cable television subscription prices from rising even higher,” said Delrahim, assistant attorney general and head of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. “Today’s settlement will ensure that sports programming competition is preserved in the local markets where Disney and Fox compete for cable and satellite distribution.”
In its complaint, the DOJ asserted: “Disney’s proposed acquisition of Fox’s assets would combine two of the country’s most valuable cable sports properties—Disney’s ESPN franchise of networks and Fox’s portfolio of Regional Sports Networks (“RSNs”)—and thereby likely substantially lessen competition in the multiple Designated Market Areas (“DMAs”) throughout the United States in which these two firms compete.”
If Fox’s RSNs are the Justice Department’s major concern about the Disney-Fox transaction, an divestiture agreement could clear the way for swift approval of the larger transaction. That approval would put Disney in a more advantageous position than Comcast, which is also vying for key Fox assets. Disney last week raised its offer for Fox to $71.3 billion in cash and stock, topping Comcast’s latest all-cash offer of $65 billion, fielded on June 13.
Reps for Disney, Fox and Comcast could not immediately be reached for comment.
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