Digital TV News: Walt Disney Company

Disney+ partners with AudienceProject for audience measurement
Nov 20, 2024 – Disney+ has partnered with AudienceProject for audience measurement in Europe. Measurement will initially be available to advertisers in the UK, Germany and the Nordics, with more markets to follow.
News categories: AudienceProject, The Walt Disney Company, Morten Kruse Søndergaar, Lucy Gregory, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, Streaming, UK

Disney reports fourth quarter and full year earnings for fiscal 2024
Nov 14, 2024 – The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has reported earnings for the quarter ended September 28, 2024. Disney ended with 122.7 million Disney+ Core subscriptions, up 4.4 million over the prior quarter.
News categories: The Walt Disney Company, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, USA, Worldwide

Reliance and Disney complete India JV transaction
Nov 14, 2024 – Reliance Industries, Viacom 18 Media and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) have announced that the merger of the media and JioCinema businesses of Viacom18 into Star India has become effective.
News categories: The Walt Disney Company, Reliance Industries, Viacom 18, Robert A. Iger, Mukesh D Ambani, Nita M. Ambani, Uday Shankar, Digital TV, India, MandA

Commercial broadcasters launch cross-platform ad measurement in Finland
Oct 22, 2024 – Commercial broadcasters in Finland have launched SpotOn, an advertising measurement system developed by dataBreeders that reports profiled contacts, reach and frequency across devices.
News categories: Screenforce Finland, Riina Aho, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Finland

Pricing of $42.99/month for upcoming Venu Sports streaming service
Aug 1, 2024 – Venu Sports, the upcoming standalone streaming service being built by ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery, will be available at a launch price of $42.99 per month for the service.
News categories: Venu Sports, Pete Distad, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

FuboTV releases results for quarter ended March 31, 2024
May 3, 2024 – FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) has announced results for 1Q 2024. The company closed with 1.511 million paid subscribers in North America, up 18% YoY, and 397,000 subscribers in the Rest of World, up 5% YoY.
News categories: FuboTV, David Gandler, Edgar Bronfman Jr, Digital TV, North America, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

Viacom18 to be merged into Star India
Feb 28, 2024 – Reliance Industries, Viacom 18 Media and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) have signed agreements to create a JV that will combine the businesses of Viacom18 and Star India.
News categories: The Walt Disney Company, Reliance Industries, Bob Iger, Mukesh D Ambani, Nita M. Ambani, Uday Shankar, Digital TV, India, MandA, Streaming

Disney reports earnings for quarter ended December 30, 2023
Feb 7, 2024 – The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has reported results for the quarter ended December 30, 2023. Disney+ Core subscribers decreased sequentially by 1.3 million in the quarter.
News categories: Walt Disney Company, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, USA, Worldwide

ESPN, FOX and WBD forming U.S. sports streaming JV
Feb 6, 2024 – ESPN (NYSE: DIS), FOX (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX) and Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) have announced plans to form a joint platform to house a new streaming sports service for the U.S.
News categories: The Walt Disney Company, FOX, Warner Bros. Discovery, Bob Iger, Lachlan Murdoch, David Zaslav, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA