minus-squareimpudentmortal@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspensionlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·4 days agoFrom what I understand based on Colbert’s monologue, their motivations for suspending Kimmel is completely monetary based. ABC affiliate company Nexstar made a $6.2 billion deal to acquire TEGNA Inc and Disney which owns ABC made a deal to get some NFL assets in exchange for a 10% stake in ESPN (valued at around $3 billion). Both of these acquisitions will need FCC approval to go through. Take a guess at what they’re willing to do to get that approval. linkfedilink
From what I understand based on Colbert’s monologue, their motivations for suspending Kimmel is completely monetary based. ABC affiliate company Nexstar made a $6.2 billion deal to acquire TEGNA Inc and Disney which owns ABC made a deal to get some NFL assets in exchange for a 10% stake in ESPN (valued at around $3 billion).
Both of these acquisitions will need FCC approval to go through. Take a guess at what they’re willing to do to get that approval.