Disney 1st Quarter Earnings Call 2018

[hertamaniac]

After markets close and after a few days of extreme market volatility. I will be interested to see which way it moves and what magnitude.

 

[rteetz]

Stay tuned for updates!

 

[Lee Matthews]

I love these as Bob seems to give more info than they do on Disney news blog sometimes lol

 

[jknezek]

Normally I watch these like a hawk, but with the SpaceX launch moved back to 3:45 I'm kind of in a bind...

 

[rteetz]

Normally I watch these like a hawk, but with the SpaceX launch moved back to 3:45 I'm kind of in a bind...

Yeah that is putting a wrench in things...

 

[hertamaniac]

Bob will be on CNBC after 4 PM today.

I'll also be watching in my backyard for Space X Heavy at 3:45, but the upper level wind shear appears to be the culprit.

 

[rteetz]

Disney likes to make announcements around the final bell. Today's is a new Star Wars series from the creators of Game of Thrones.

http://www.starwars.com/news/game-o...e-and-produce-a-new-series-of-star-wars-films

 

[rteetz]

Iger about to appear on CNBC.

 

[rteetz]

Disney stock was up 1.4% to end the day.

 

[jknezek]

Parks crushed it basically.

 

[rteetz]

Revenues miss expectation of 15.45 billion. Instead had 15.35 billion.

International parks and Cruise Line has especially good quarters.

 

[rteetz]

Disney's result do not include tax benefit.

 

[jknezek]

$5 for the OTT ESPN service.

 

[rteetz]

Disney says digital platform gains are helping offset subscription losses on traditional platforms but is not yet a positive gain.

Disney spent 32 million more on parks and resorts domestically this quarter.

ESPN Plus will be $4.99 a month.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Revenues miss expectation of 15.45 billion. Instead had 15.35 billion.

International parks and Cruise Line has especially good quarters.

eh, what's a hundred million among friends

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Disney says digital platform gains are helping offset subscription losses on traditional platforms but is not yet a positive gain.

Disney spent 32 million more on parks and resorts domestically this quarter.

ESPN Plus will be $4.99 a month.

any word on what that gets you? Basically what is on the ESPN channels now but streaming?

 

[rteetz]

Iger says the company will not be making any large buys in the near future due to the 21st Century Fox deal.

 

[rteetz]

any word on what that gets you? Basically what is on the ESPN channels now but streaming?

Most likely.

 

[rteetz]

Disney stock is up 1.06% in after hours trading.

 

[rteetz]

Here is the report.

https://ditm-twdc-us.storage.googleapis.com/q1-fy18-earnings.pdf