velsor t1_iy4xqct wrote
Reply to comment by Rumbleinthejungle8 in Bob Iger Tells Disney Town Hall Hiring Freeze Still In Effect, No New Acquisitions Planned & Not Merging With Apple by Neo2199
It wouldn't have made sense a few years ago either. Buying Disney is the exact opposite of the content strategy Apple has been pursuing since 2017.
Buying the old TimeWarner (mainly to get HBO) would have made more sense for Apple, but even that is far too big an acquisition for Apple to have been interested.
Rumbleinthejungle8 t1_iy54m52 wrote
Maybe a full aquicistion would have been too much, but a partnership or something where they helped develop Disney+ and get new suscribers while sharing revenue with Disney for providing the content.
Disney is more mainstream and has broader appeal than HBO, seems like better content for Apple.
FanofK t1_iy70icf wrote
Disney already had BAMTech so they had a company with the expertise.
Radulno t1_iy4zvkj wrote
Yeah I really think they should have got it before Discovery (because now the Discovery part don't interest them).
Worthyness t1_iy5f3dj wrote
Should have taken Fox while it was up for grabs. Easily could have outbid Disney and Comcast and would have given them the IP they need for their streaming service
Radulno t1_iy5gr9h wrote
To be fair, I'm happy they don't have IP. They might be the only ones to actually do new things (though adaptations of new stuff still count as IP I guess but it's different).
HBO would just have suited their prestige programming very well. And they also had IP with that of course including probably the biggest in TV with Game of Thrones.
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