Disney s'offre BAMTech et quitte Netflix

C'est la grosse info de la soirée, (ou de la matinée selon), The Walt Disney Company vient de s'offrir le service de streaming BAMtech pour la coquette somme de 1,58 milliard de dollars .

L'objectif est clair : Faire front à Netflix, en retirant tout le catalogue Disney / Pixar de son futur rival.

Le service devrait être lancé en 2019.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/2017/08/08/97002-20170808FILWWW00297-disney-chiffre-d-affaires-decevant.php?cmtpage=0

Ça veut dire, encore moins de qualité sur les éditions DVD / Blu-ray !!...

Il s'accorde aux nouvelles pratiques des consommateurs.

Ce système est donc désormais considéré comme l'avenir par les grandes sociétés de médias américaines...

A voir d'ici là, si ça peut permettre de revoir les anciennes séries animés depuis les 80's, et des anciens films ou téléfilms non réédités en DVD en France, pourquoi pas.

Marvel et Lucasfilm vont quitter Netflix pour préparer leur arrivée sur la prochaine plateforme de Disney, toujours prévu pour 2019 : http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/star-wars-marvel-movies-disney-streaming-service-1202549993/

Kevin Swint devient Senior Vice President & General Manager de la coentreprise BAMTech :

Citation :

Disney Hires Apple Veteran to Launch Its Netflix Killer

Disney’s BAMTech Media has hired former Apple and Samsung executive Kevin Swint as SVP and GM, Disney SVOD Service, to build, and ultimately run, the company’s upcoming Netflix competitor, Variety has learned.

Swint joined this month, and will be reporting to BAMTech CEO Michael Paull, a BAMTech spokesperson confirmed.

Most recently, Swint worked as VP product / content & services for Samsung, where he built out the company’s Milk Music streaming service as well as Milk Video, a mobile video aggregation service. Before that, he worked for five years at Apple, heading the worldwide iTunes movie business. Earlier in his career, Swint led digital products and services for Walmart.

Disney announced last summer that it plans to launch an ESPN-branded direct-to-consumer offering early this year, followed by a Disney-branded service in 2019. To power the service, Disney acquired a large stake in the streaming solutions provider BAMTech for $1.58 billion last year. Disney had previously owned a smaller stake in BAMTech, and now holds the majority ownership.

To prepare for the launch of its own subscription video business, Disney announced that it won’t renew its distribution agreement with Netflix. Future Disney movies will instead be streaming on the company’s own service, starting with the 2019 theatrical slate.

Disney’s plans to take on Netflix with its own paid service could ultimately get a boost by the company’s planned $52.4 billion acquisition of 20th Century Fox, which was officially announced in December. However, it’s unlikely that Fox content would be available via the new service at launch, as Disney expects regulators to take as much as 18 months to clear the deal.

Variety - 19 janvier 2018.  

The Walt Disney Company rachète les 15% encore détenus par la Major League Baseball dans l'entreprise BAMTech Media pour 900 millions de dollars et détient maintenant 100 % de l'entreprise de streaming.

En 2016, The Walt Disney Company avait acquis dans un premier temps un tiers des actions de BamTech Media pour un montant d'un milliard de dollars, pour ensuite augmenter sa participation en 2017, la portant à 75 % pour 1,56 milliard de dollars supplémentaires.

Enfin, au cours de l'été 2021 The Walt Disney Company a racheté pour 350 millions de dollars les 10% détenus par la National Hockey League pour ainsi disposer de 85% des parts de l'entreprise.

The Walt Disney Company boucle ainsi son acquisition qui lui aura coûter au final près de quatre milliards de dollars (3,810 milliards US$), BamTech Media a été renommé depuis Disney Streaming.

Citation :

Disney Buys Out MLB’s Remaining 15% Stake in BAMTech Streaming Division for $900 Million

CEO Bob Iger expected to make "organizational and operating changes" at Disney in coming months that could result in impairment charges, company says

Disney now owns 100% of BAMTech, the streaming technology services group that powers the Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ direct-to-consumer services.

Earlier this month, Disney paid $900 million to Major League Baseball to buy out the league’s remaining 15% stake in BAMTech, the media conglomerate disclosed in an SEC filing Tuesday. All told, Disney paid $3.8 billion to acquire BAMTech, now known as Disney Streaming.

In 2016, Disney made a $1 billion investment in BAMTech, giving it a 33% stake, and then a year later paid an additional $1.58 billion for a 75% stake. In August 2021, the NHL opted to sell its 10% interest in BAMTech to Disney for $350 million. As of Oct. 1, 2022, MLB’s 15% interest in BAMTech was recorded in Disney’s financial statements at $828 million.

https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/disney-bamtech-buys-out-mlb-stake-900-million-1235444801/