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Posted Thursday 6/17/21 at 1:16PM EDT
Disney extends CMA Awards through 2026
The annual country music awards show, which has aired on ABC since 2006, will stay put as part of a...
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Posted Wednesday 6/16/21 at 1:39PM EDT
Disney is reportedly set to pay $22 million a year to keep the CMA Awards on ABC
The Wrap reports that as part of the new deal, Hulu and Disney+ will feature additional programming around the annual...
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Posted Monday 6/14/21 at 11:29PM EDT
Disney won't consider an ad-supported Disney+
“We have no such plans to do that," says Disney CEO Bob Chapek.
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Posted Saturday 6/12/21 at 5:53AM EDT
Netflix's online store could help it take on Disney
As Fast Company's Mark Sullivan notes of the recently launched Netflix.
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Posted Friday 6/04/21 at 12:49AM EDT
Olivia Rodrigo is blazing a trail as a pop star who can say "f*ck" while she's still a Disney employee
"Alongside Zendaya’s Emmy-winning acting, Rodrigo has set forth a new direction for Disney celebrities," says Joseph Longo of the High...
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Posted Wednesday 5/26/21 at 1:23PM EDT
WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer is sticking with Disney and Marvel
Schaeffer has signed a three-year deal with Marvel Studios and the Disney-owned 20th Television to develop new TV projects.
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Posted Friday 5/21/21 at 2:28PM EDT
John Boyega was glad to see Disney get things right, diversity-wise, with Anthony Mackie's Falcon and the Winter Soldier storyline
Boyega, who accused Disney of marginalizing diverse characters in the Star Wars sequels, praised Marvel for its handling of representation...
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Posted Friday 4/23/21 at 1:49AM EDT
ABC sells out its Oscar ad inventory
Despite concerns over low ratings due to the pandemic and late date, the Academy Awards is still considered one of...
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Posted Monday 4/19/21 at 10:21AM EDT
Disney enlists The Simpsons, American Idol and more of its properties to help promote the Oscars
Sunday's Idol episode featured the Top 12 perform Oscar-nominated songs from the past, while Lionel Richie sang his Oscar-winning song...
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Posted Tuesday 3/09/21 at 1:20PM EST
Disney CEO Bob Chapek defends Gina Carano's firing from Star Wars: The Mandalorian, saying it was about values and not politics
Chapek said today during a shareholders meeting he doesn’t “really see Disney as characterizing itself as left-leaning or right-leaning” after...
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Posted Tuesday 3/09/21 at 1:20PM EST
Disney+ surpasses 100 million subscribers less than a year and a half after its launch
Disney's announcement comes two months after revealing it had ended 2020 with 94 million subscribers.
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Posted Friday 2/26/21 at 3:39PM EST
ABC may get back in the Super Bowl rotation as part of a potential new NFL deal with ESPN and Disney
The NFL is denying that a deal has been reached, but Sports Business Journal reports and Variety has confirmed that...
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Posted Tuesday 2/23/21 at 1:11PM EST
Report: NFL wants ESPN to pay $3.5 billion per year for Monday Night Football rights, but ESPN is willing to pay $2.4 billion per year
ESPN currently pays $2 billion a year for the rights to Monday Night Football, which is the most any network...
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Disney+ planning Magic Kingdom universe TV franchise with Ronald D. Moore
The prolific Battlestar Galactica, Outlander and For All Mankind showrunner will help create a potential Disney+ franchise that will explore...
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Posted Saturday 2/20/21 at 5:53AM EST
Report: NFL is asking for a 100% increase in TV rights payments, but Disney is refusing to pay $3.8 billion a year for Monday Night Football
NBC, CBS, Fox and Disney -- which owns ABC and ESPN -- have begun negotiations to renew their NFL TV...