Disney to cut back on TV, sports biz in India

[praks001]

So they are here do a business and if you incur heavy losses for it for eg a minute population watches a Formula 1 and subscribes dont subscribe to it whats the use of taking this sports properties but then in that case if they do it they should have a reasonable price attached to it. Some time back ZEEL had a golf channel exclusively for premium customers priced very high, there were no takers for it and it was shutdown. After TRAI rules along with COVID everything has taken a hit so effective cost model from a business perspective will be there and so be it. Yes niche sports properties will be gone and they will know it will hit a small section from a viewership perspective.

They can accommodate all popular and niche content by judicioiusly bidding for properties like IPL, BCCI & ICC rights. The bid submitted by Star for both IPL & BCCI are obnoxiously high. They have raised the bar so high that they will themselves struggle to bid for them in the next cycle as they have barely managed to break-even in this rights cycle only. If you remember ESPN-Star at one point held all the rights to major cricketing, football, tennis and premium niche sports. And at that time, cable operators used to under-report subscribers so the subscription revenue was negligible. Even then ESS sucessfully handled all these properties. So they need first need to stop this madness for cricketing properties.

 

[Rajpatil98]

I think next channel in shutdown list is star bharat whose top shows barely get 0.3 ratings

 

[KAR]

Looking at the interview i feel Disney plans to combin Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ into a single app.
Disney would reveal its plans regarding the same
during their Investor Day. We have to wait.

Source

 

[RdX]

Is The Walt Disney Company looking at writing off Fox Star, its film studio business in India? Senior industry sources, many of them former Disney-Star employees, confirm that the American media giant known for its iconic movie franchises such as Star Wars, The Incredibles and The Lion King, isn't interested in the film business in India.

The Walt Disney Company, says a former employee, has taken a call not to greenlight any new films in India, as it doesn't see value in the business. "The studio business in India has too many stakeholders and often doesn't allow the studio to own the IP, and Disney's business model globally is driven by IPs. Fox Star will either be written off or reduced to a mere distribution company," he explains. The media giant is known to have asked a large number of Fox Star employees to resign. "They were asked to resign on the same day when Uday Shankar's resignation was announced," confirms yet another former Disney-Star employee.
End of the road for Fox Star Studios ?

 

[KAR]

FOX Star is not shutting please don't spread fake News.
Fox Star Studios shutting down? No truth to this rumour : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama

 

[RdX]

Is The Walt Disney Company looking at writing off Fox Star, its film studio business in India? Senior industry sources, many of them former Disney-Star employees, confirm that the American media giant known for its iconic movie franchises such as Star Wars, The Incredibles and The Lion King, isn't interested in the film business in India.

The Walt Disney Company, says a former employee, has taken a call not to greenlight any new films in India, as it doesn't see value in the business. "The studio business in India has too many stakeholders and often doesn't allow the studio to own the IP, and Disney's business model globally is driven by IPs. Fox Star will either be written off or reduced to a mere distribution company," he explains. The media giant is known to have asked a large number of Fox Star employees to resign. "They were asked to resign on the same day when Uday Shankar's resignation was announced," confirms yet another former Disney-Star employee.
End of the road for Fox Star Studios ?

FOX Star is not shutting please don't spread fake News.
Fox Star Studios shutting down? No truth to this rumour : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama

Who told fox Star studios shutting down first read full article in I shared my quote in link of official business today

 

[WizarD]

Regional Sports channels offering something special shows, Live Regional language players names graphics in South Sports channels, I hope they will not Shutdown sports channels, if they Shutdown Regional Sports channels then they Should Shutdown Star Sports Hindi too

For airing IPL, ISL, PKL matches, separate regional channel is not required, only production in regional languages is required.
The matches can be aired on Suvarna Plus, Maa Movies, Jalsha Movies, Asianet Plus etc.
Other than the time of live matches, those sports channels are not watched by majority.

 

[JollyLNB]

separate regional channel is now required

not* required

The matches can be aired on Suvarna Plus, Maa Movies, Jalsha Movies, Asianet Plus etc.

Only Marathi does not have a secondary channel from Star. This is another reason to fast-track the launch of Pravah Movies.

 

[marvel44]

They can accommodate all popular and niche content by judicioiusly bidding for properties like IPL, BCCI & ICC rights. The bid submitted by Star for both IPL & BCCI are obnoxiously high. They have raised the bar so high that they will themselves struggle to bid for them in the next cycle as they have barely managed to break-even in this rights cycle only. If you remember ESPN-Star at one point held all the rights to major cricketing, football, tennis and premium niche sports. And at that time, cable operators used to under-report subscribers so the subscription revenue was negligible. Even then ESS sucessfully handled all these properties. So they need first need to stop this madness for cricketing properties.

Buddy pls do some research before saying something. For both BCCI and IPL rights they outbid the competition with minimum difference only. IPL they outbid by just mere 300 crores which is 1 crore per match, and BCCI rights are not a closed bid, in e-auction Sony and Reliance also went toe to toe with Star. Your assumption of Star bidding very high totally wrong buddy. The main problem for them is premium sports which they are not producing ROI like EPL, Formula 1 etc etc. They will cut back on those. Also Star was the only one involved and poured money into developing Indian leagues PKL, ISL and PBL.

 

[WizarD]

not* required

Only Marathi does not have a secondary channel from Star. This is another reason to fast-track the launch of Pravah Movies.

Thanks for the correction (I touched the wrong word suggestion as I typed ).

Star could've used Star Sports Marathi license to launch that movie channel.