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Variety: Disney Drops Fox Name, Will Rebrand Divisions as 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures
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Disney already owns ABC so as per the FCC broadcast rules they cannot own the Fox broadcast television network. So the Fox broadcast television network is now effectively licensing the content from Disney (Fox Studios).
Wikipedia says that the new Fox Corp also owns Fox Broadcasting Company, so I guess they also don't own that entertainment company but are supplying its future shows and movies via licensing of the new studio productions owned by Disney.
Good.
Tainted name because of Fox News anyway.
Despite knowing better, my mind lumps them
Together and I tend to just avoid Fox content in general. Thanks for helping me get over it Disney Masters.
Tainted name because of Fox News anyway.
Despite knowing better, my mind lumps them
Together and I tend to just avoid Fox content in general. Thanks for helping me get over it Disney Masters.
Murdoch is worth 20 billion, he's not running Fox News to get richer. He would never sell to someone like Bezos.
Every time I hear that intro, I think a Star Wars film is about to start
Wonder if we're going to see Sinclair rebrand the FOX Sports regional channels they bought next.
I wonder if they'll ever rename the FX products? I imagine they won't because what the hell would they rename them to without effectively removing the brand recognition.
Oh, so Disney doesn't own the Fox channel, but they do own FX and FXX? Wonder if Disney plans to stop producing stuff for the Fox channel.
They will improve the industry. I hope Iger follows through and gets Bond and Spidey as well!
Long term that's the right call.
Next I think they need to kill Hulu, and cut any deals they can with NBC to have SNL and other major content on Disney+ along with their own Fox and ABC content. Disney+ is great for young families, but it needs more diversification. Having fewer streaming services not only increases the appeal, but more recurring content keeps people from subbing for 1 month a year.
Next I think they need to kill Hulu, and cut any deals they can with NBC to have SNL and other major content on Disney+ along with their own Fox and ABC content. Disney+ is great for young families, but it needs more diversification. Having fewer streaming services not only increases the appeal, but more recurring content keeps people from subbing for 1 month a year.
This was entirely expected as Murdoch kept the name Fox for his own networks etc.
A sad end for this once proud studio. Still, at least Searchlight is still around....for now.
Probably something factual like Fox News creator and owner Rupert Murdoch and his family are the largest collective shareholders in Disney.
A sad end for this once proud studio. Still, at least Searchlight is still around....for now.
Probably something factual like Fox News creator and owner Rupert Murdoch and his family are the largest collective shareholders in Disney.
No chance of them getting SNL. NBCUniversal has their own service coming in a few months that will compete directly with Hulu and Disney+ using the NBC and Universal current shows and catalogs.
Yeah long term it's the right call, but I hope they keep the fanfare opening
Because 21st Century was the branding for the corporate owners of Fox but the studio has famously been named 20th Century and is considered a legacy.
They're not killing Hulu. They want to keep Disney+ kid-friendly, so all the R-rated and more heavy films and series will be on Hulu. Don't ever expect stuff like Logan, Deadpool or even Jojo Rabbit (which has one 'fuck') on D+.
This was my thought as well.
Fox News is still a thing after all.
Wonder what Fox network and FX will be called if this is the case.
Fox Network is still owned by Murdoch alongside Fox News and Sports. It won't change. FX on the other hand is now a Disney property, so who knows there?
This had to be done, even if there is a certain nostalgic sadness to losing the name and fanfare.
It's weird but all this does is take the studio back to the name it bore before it merged with Fox Film Corporation(founded by William Fox) in the 1930s. Look up the history of Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Film Corp. It's just that after decades people are used to the name 20th Century Fox rather than a name that was only used for a few years before the two companies merged.
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Just so you all know, 20th Century Fox was created when Fox Studios merged with 20th Century Pictures.
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This will probably be the logo in front of new movies from them.Just so you all know, 20th Century Fox was created when Fox merged with 20th Century Pictures.
Just so you all know, 20th Century Fox was created when Fox Studios merged with 20th Century Pictures.
I was a bit surprised this hasn't been mentioned already. Reading how Fox Film and 20th Century had to merge to maintain profit in post-depression America sure looks familiar....
It's blue and has Obama on it, the ultimate middle finger to FOX
They want Hulu to put R (and probably some PG13) stuff on there. They don't want that on Disney +
As long as you let these divisions work, fine.
I wonder if they'll rent out old Fox movies to repertory theaters now with edited intros (though they should definitely lighten up and not do that last part)
I wonder if they'll rent out old Fox movies to repertory theaters now with edited intros (though they should definitely lighten up and not do that last part)
This was always going to happen, still sad to see one of the big studio brands basically erased.
I can't find what I remembered reading from back then, it was so long ago it was from before Comcast tried to ruin the deal, but it was some second hand info anyway since I don't think that Murdoch ever commented officially.
I also can't find anything saying that Disney buying Fox News wouldn't have been legally allowed for any reason. The closest thing I could find on the subject was an article saying Disney ultimately wasn't interested in FN, they only wanted Fox's entertainment portfolio.
Disney could have bought Fox News, they didn't want it.
It's the Fox broadcast channel that it would have been illegal for Disney to buy, because they already own ABC.
Iger himself stated that the deal was carefully structured to pass legal objections. That said, they still had to divest the regional sports networks.
FCC would not have allowed Disney to acquire Fox Broadcasting and Fox News while Disney owns ABC. Nor Comcast while owning NBC.
Fox News is a cash cow, Murdoch wouldn't have sold it.
I'm talking about what Disney owns of the Fox empire now. I'm aware they've owned ABC and ESPN for ages, but was confused on how they have FX but not FOX network but are also the studio making the shows for FOX network. I think I get it now though.
Fox News was never on the table. Its one of the main pieces of the media empire Murdoch wanted to keep.