Breaking Disney Shutting Down 18 TV Channels in Southeast Asia

[Raju lal]

Disney says their approach in India is different.

Disney to shut down 100 cable channels as streaming shift continues - SportsPro

CEO Bob Chapek says company will continue to migrate content to Disney+.

www.sportspromedia.com

India will stay as a separate island in Asia. Also note that, Star Network became more aggressive in acquiring movies for their TV channels than it's Ott platform. Disney+Hotstar is currently buying a few movies (only for their Direct Ott release- Multiplex). They are no where near Amazon, Netflix or even Zee5. On the other hand the TV channels are stocking most movies (including big budgets). Recently RRR. Star's south channels are on full swing in purchasing new movies, very mostly Asianet - I think in the last 6 months, if 20 movies sold, 15 are bought by Asianet. We doubted about the future of Star(TV channels), when Disney replaced Fox as Star's parent. But things are going well. Current indications says there is no mass shut down for Star channels in India.

 

[Mayur Hedau]

There was a time when ESPN-Star and Star Cricket later, alone, were sufficient for all the rights. Now they have half the rights and 3 times the number of channels.

I remember they were showing formula E on Hotstar VIP even they have TV rights just because to show IPL highlights on multiple channels. I know motor racing is not that popular in india but unless you promote sports, how people gonna get interested in it??

 

[Ashton Turner]

 

[Zeta Reticuli]

Can we expect changes in india ?

 

[Prithi Deb]

Can we expect changes in india ?

Nope. This only concerns South-East Asia.

 

[Aksgr]

Can we expect changes in india ?

NTO 2.0 will decide.

 

[A4Akash]

Fox Movies, Fox Sports, and Nat Geo People are among channels that will stop broadcasting on pay television services in Vietnam from October.

14 Disney TV channels about to stop broadcasting in Vietnam - VnExpress International

Fox Movies, Fox Sports, and Nat Geo People are among channels that will stop broadcasting on pay television services in Vietnam from October.

e.vnexpress.net

 

[The Lonelier Island]

@Akash J.B. Remove the Breaking Tag.

Mods please create a thread for discussions on International channels. I don't think seperate threads are required for these discussions.

 

[JollyLNB]

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