The Television Takeover - What You Need To Know

7/26/18

With concentration of media ownership happening, it's wise to position yourself as it begins. My favored play here is The Walt Disney Company (DIS) with the ongoing acquisition of 21st Century Fox (FOX). Combining their content, is promising for Disney who already has a history of absorbing others creative content and successfully continuing it; such as Pixar, ABC and Lucasfilm. But first let's look at the situation as a whole.

Have you been paying attention to this twisted mess of entertainment and media companies? Because if you blink you might miss something. 21st Century Fox has been up for bids between Comcast (CMCSA) and Disney, with Comcast recently dropping out paving the way for Disney. But there is also the recent acquisition of Time Warner (TWX) by AT&T (T) to be aware of, and what happens when we look at this as a whole? At the end of the day, who is going to control our TV? And better yet, how can we get involved?

Let's go back to 2017, and take a look at the status of these companies before this complicated web began weaving:

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