Report Overview
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Disney gets the final piece of Hulu

- PublisherEnders Analysis.
- Publish Date May 20, 2019
- Sector Media, TV.
- Company 21st Century Fox, Comcast, Hulu, SKY, Walt Disney.
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Disney announced that it would acquire Comcast’s 33% share of Hulu in a put/call agreement that can be enacted by either party from January 2024, while taking full operational control of the vehicle immediately
Under the agreement Disney will pay Comcast a minimum of $9 billion for its current stake, provided Comcast fulfils agreed capital calls, which going forward would be just over $500 million/year
Disney secured the continued licensing of NBCUniversal content for Hulu, contributing about 30% of Hulu’s library, but Comcast can loosen obligations to Hulu for the launch of its own SVOD service in 2020
Contents
From Disney’s point of view
From Comcast’s point of view
Future relationships
List of charts/tables
Figure 1. Expected operating losses ($m)
Figure 2. Estimated hours of content on Hulu (SVOD), by partner, July 2018