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Number of Employees 5,000
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NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112
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This Just In.(Cox Communications to offer NFL Network's games, ESPN and Comcast to renew deal, MTV Networks to launch multiplatform networks)
- 2006-11-13
By Staff Cox Joins NFL Network"s Cable-Operator Roster Staff New York -- Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications and Cablevision Systems remain among the few operators that haven't reached distribution deals...
NFL, Disney officials continue to dicker over ABC, ESPN deals
- 2005-02-02
Officials of the Walt Disney Co., which owns ABC and ESPN, and NFL officials will meet today in New York in an attempt to advance negotiations for TV contracts with the network and the cable channel. Those conversations might cover moving Monday Night Football from ABC to ESPN and the...
NFL, Disney close on ESPN Sunday night deal, but stay tuned on 'MNF'
- 2005-01-07
The NFL is optimistic about soon finalizing a six-year deal with ESPN for Sunday night games that could increase its average rights fee as much as 50% to about $900 million a year, starting with the 2006 season. "I'm assuming that Disney (ESPN's corporate parent) would like to get...
Cable sweeps up: basic bests b'cast to take Nov. crown.
- 2004-12-06
Basic cable toppled another one of the television industry's bastions, winning the November sweeps period over its seven broadcast competitors for the first time. After narrowly missing out in the November 2003 sweeps (Oct. 31 to Nov. 26)-when it averaged a 30.0...
ESPN, ABC are still talking with NFL.(American Broadcasting Companies Inc.)(Entertainment and Sports Programming Network)(National Football League)
- 2004-11-22
The Wait Disney Co. said it is in negotiations with the National Football League for rights to Sunday-and Monday-night games, but gave no indication that a deal would come anytime soon. Those talks come a little more than a week after the...
Pressure builds on Disney to renew NFL broadcast deals
- 2004-11-15
NEW YORK -- In the mating dance between the NFL and its broadcast partners over new contracts, Disney is now the only wallflower. But it is likely to renew its current $1.15 billion-a-year deal sooner rather than later, says Robert Kraft, owner of NFL champion New England Patriots. Disney...
Disney faces likely tough scrimmage on football
- 2004-08-13
NEW YORK -- Michael Eisner has had a busy year, fending off a hostile takeover from Comcast, a shareholder rebellion led by ex-directors Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, failed talks to renew the Pixar Animation Studios deal and ongoing uncertainty about contract renewals for the founding Weinstein brothers at Disney's...
Disney networks pass on early talks with NFL
- 2004-08-11
Disney-owned ABC and ESPN do not want to start negotiating new television rights agreements with the NFL until after the season, a company official said Tuesday. Disney's position likely will dash the league's desire to get an early start on talks for new deals with all its TV partners, but...
NASCAR: No wheels of fortune yet
- 2004-02-13
Through most TV lenses, the NASCAR picture looks terrific as NBC begins its fourth season with Sunday's Daytona 500. * Viewership has jumped 40% since NBC/TNT and Fox took over the sport in 2001. * NASCAR's 5.3 average broadcast network rating is second only to the NFL's 10.0...
LETTER.(Michael Eisner lambasted)(Letter to the Editor)
- 2001-08-20
When Rates Rise, Disney Shares Blame To the Editor: I thought my head was about to explode when I read Linda Moss' July 30, 2001, article titled "Eisner: We Aren't the Problem." Is Michael Eisner so totally disconnected...
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