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Ben Gilbert: belief

25 Nov 2019 Acquired Disney, Plus

“Best I can tell right now I think ESPN cable affiliate fees are responsible from somewhere around 25% of Disney's revenue.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Speaker
Ben Gilbert
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
25 Nov 2019
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Disney, Plus

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…Let's save it for the analysis. A very auspicious beginning that it is off to. Now, lots of questions still remain in the future, but here we are now at the end of 2019 and this company looks so different than it did when Bob took over as CEO. Back then, it was “as animation goes, so goes Disney,” and the lion's share of the revenue and profits came from ESPN carriage and advertising deals which were intermediated through pay TV providers. Best I can tell right now I think ESPN cable affiliate fees are responsible from somewhere around 25% of Disney's revenue. Yeah.…

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