How do you know this would take money from the parks? It could but we don't know that for sure.
Who is ignoring that? I think most of us are agreeing with you there and buying twitter would help them.
It may be struggling but how do you know it couldn't help? Like I said Disney is likely interested in the streaming capabilities. Streaming NFL games to millions via twitter opens up possibilities for Disney. There has to be something there if Google is also interested.
Because that's where they take money from.
Yes they do make money from the parks but just because they would buy twitter doesn't mean they would stop investing in the parks.
Streaming already happens through Twitter so they have a deal already. You can watch Thursday Night games live on twitter.
It could also open up possibilities for streaming college sports, MLB, NHL, and NBA events that ESPN/Disney has rights too.
Maybe there's too many advertisements and the product (sports action) is too watered down. I think there's been a bubble in timeouts and video reviews and commercial breaks and something is bound to cave in. I was at a CFL game for the first time in years and it was remarkable to see that every one of my group of 20 friends drifted on home well before the end of what was a very close game. It just takes too damn long. And I was following the score in an NBA playoff game while i was busy doing something at home, and the last 10 seconds of clock must have taken a full 20 minutes to run out. It wasn't suspenseful it was like ... hey I've got a lot of other things to do, get on with it.
Interesting. I'm one of those people who would stare at their phones for 2-3 hours for a game. I have done it and I would do it again. If I'm not home and can't watch my teams I'll watch them on the go if it's available. Now the NBA in my opinion is not fun to watch so I won't sit and watch that but most other things I would/will.
They have televised rights but no streaming rights so that would be an additional cost. In the long run Netflix would be the better buy, but in the end I'm sure Disney will own them both.
