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Disney’s new Hulu integration features move the company closer to making Disney+ its main streaming hub. Bundle subscribers can now sync watch history, recommendations, watchlists, and Continue Watching activity across Disney+ and Hulu, while eligible Hulu-only users can access Disney+…

Hub Entertainment Research found consumers are increasingly turning back to streaming bundles as subscription costs and price hikes continue piling up across the market. The report shows affordability, billing simplicity, and subscription management are becoming major competitive advantages as streaming…

Disney used its Q2 earnings to position Disney+ as the center of its broader consumer ecosystem spanning ESPN, advertising, gaming, parks, and commerce. Josh D’Amaro made clear the company’s strategy now centers on driving engagement, personalization, retention, and long-term customer…

Last week underscored that distribution, discovery, and monetization systems have become the most valuable assets in streaming, not the content itself. Roku, DAZN, ESPN, Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube all made moves to control the viewer entry point, compress decision-making, and…

ESPN and The CW are turning CW Sports into a broader distribution play, with more than 800 hours of live sports heading to ESPN’s Unlimited tier while CW entertainment programming lands free on The Roku Channel the day after broadcast.…

Disney is paying $50 million to settle a class action lawsuit over live TV bundling practices, but the agreement leaves its distribution strategy unchanged. The case reinforces ESPN’s leverage as a must-have asset that continues to anchor bundle pricing across…

Disney is cutting about 1,000 jobs across marketing, studios, ESPN, and corporate functions as part of CEO Josh D’Amaro’s push to unify operations under a centralized model . The layoffs remove overlapping roles created by consolidating global marketing, aiming to…

Disney+ is expanding its KeSPA partnership to stream a broader slate of Korean and pan-Asian esports events globally, starting with Esports Championships Asia Jinju 2026 and extending through national team programming and the 2026 League of Legends KeSPA Cup. The…

ESPN’s intervention in the WWE lawsuit shows it’s enforcing arbitration to keep streaming-related disputes private and under its control. The case also exposes distribution gaps in ESPN Unlimited, where uneven carriage deals led to inconsistent pricing and access for WWE…

EverPass is taking over commercial distribution of NFL Sunday Ticket, ending DirecTV’s 30-year run and shifting bars into a centralized streaming-based system. The move consolidates access to fragmented sports rights across services like YouTube, Amazon, and Apple, but also concentrates…