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Disney is about to own all of Hulu | Disney’s paying more than $8 billion for Comcast’s stake in Hulu. (www.theverge.com)
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Disney is about to own all of Hulu | Disney’s paying more than $8 billion for Comcast’s stake in Hulu.::Disney and Comcast have reached a deal on Hulu’s buyout. Disney expects to pay about $8.61 billion to get the 33 percent owned by Comcast as a result of their agreement in 2019.

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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 174 points 2 years ago (7 children)

This does not look like it’ll end up well for the consumer… can we please get some company busting going on in this current capitalistic hellscape?

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

By 2030:

DISNEY BUYS RIGHTS TO OXYGEN ON PLANET EARTH, WILL BEGIN A $500/MONTH SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE CALLED DISNEY AIR, FOR ANY CUSTOMERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO LIVE ON.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 4 points 2 years ago

You wouldn't download a TREE

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] AdamHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Either this option or choose the slightly cheaper but riskier life deprivation option of being a Musk Mars Slave. Hopefully the plan of Susan B. Anthony dollar suicide booths will have been fleshed out and running by then.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

Regulators: No. We'll happily bust your asses instead.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I don't actually expect much to change for the consumer end on this one. Comcast had already started moving their content over to Peacock.

[–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Disney already owned 66% of Hulu, and has run Hulu for years.

They merged the engineering teams a few years ago. Honestly, separating Hulu from Disney right now would be way harder than turning them into one streaming service.