Disney has had a tumultuous run since Bob Iger’s return as the corporate’s CEO, which got here simply two years after he handed the reins over to Bob Chapek. Iger has since labored to undo a few of Chapek’s modifications as the corporate contends with a streaming-focused future.
Iger has large plans for the way forward for Disney and has already mixed the Disney Plus and Hulu apps for bundle subscribers within the US. Disney can also be gearing as much as launch a streaming-only model of ESPN that may exist along with a brand new reside sports activities streaming partnership with Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Outdoors of streaming, Iger is hoping to spice up Disney’s slate of movies and reinvigorate curiosity within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However with Iger’s contract set to run out in 2026, quite a bit stays unclear about what’s subsequent for the way forward for Disney. Listed here are all the most important modifications Iger has made thus far.
- Kathleen Kennedy is reportedly planning to depart Lucasfilm.
- The NBA subs in Mickey Mouse and Daffy Duck to assist tackle the NFL.
- ESPN is testing a generative AI avatar referred to as ‘FACTS’
- Disney’s streaming enterprise is lastly discovering its footing
- He’s within the recreation.
- Disney’s nonetheless on the lookout for a brand new CEO — however not this yr or subsequent yr
- Shams Charania takes over for Adrian Wojnarowski as ESPN’s senior NBA insider.
- A Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is on the best way
- Disney’s streaming enterprise will get nearer to turning into worthwhile
- Amazon reportedly has a ‘framework’ of a deal to stream NBA video games.
- The NBA’s subsequent media rights deal is up for grabs.
- The clock is ticking on Disney’s streaming technique.
- Disney reportedly desires to deliver always-on channels to Disney Plus
- The Disney Plus password-sharing crackdown begins in June
- “Nobody has the breadth of what Disney has in terms of streaming.”
- The Disney Plus-Hulu merger is far more than a streaming bundle
- Disney Plus formally unveils its very inexperienced new emblem
- “When you construct it nice, they are going to come.”
- Marvel has discovered its Unbelievable 4
- The actual standalone ESPN streaming channel will launch within the fall of 2025.
- Disney invests $1.5 billion in Epic to create ‘persistent universe’ tied to Fortnite
- ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. are placing collectively a juggernaut sports activities streaming app
- Disney Plus’ restrictions on password sharing at the moment are rolling out to US subscribers
- Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional will launch with 3D motion pictures from Disney Plus
- Bob Iger thinks he is aware of why The Marvels failed on the field workplace.
- Bob Iger on current Disney flops.
- ESPN Wager’s large launch occurs in two weeks.
- In Marvel we now not belief
- Disney is about to personal all of Hulu
- Disney says subscribers are completely happy to sit down by some advertisements
- Disney’s password-sharing crackdown has begun
- Disney reportedly held talks about promoting ABC
- ESPN’s standalone streaming channel is included in Constitution and Disney’s new deal
- Bob Iger and Bob Chapek’s CEO battle made Disney the pettiest place on Earth
- Disney Plus and Hulu are about to get much more costly
- $1.5 billion licensing deal turns Barstool Sportsbook into ESPN Wager
- Disney’s new imaginative and prescient for ESPN would possibly embody half possession by the NBA, NFL
- Bob Iger’s large concepts for Disney contain cost-cutting at Marvel
- Bob Iger is sticking round Disney longer than he stated he would
- Disney simply laid off the man it purchased Marvel from… however that’s most likely a great factor
- Disney reportedly eliminates metaverse division in first spherical of layoffs
- Disney’s shedding 7,000 as streaming growth involves an finish