Should Disney buy Scripps Network Interactive?

[Oscar Preciado]

Some of you may hear this rumors in 2012, that Disney should buy Scripps Network Interactive.
http://deadline.com/2012/08/disney-buy-scripps-networks-analyst-says-318578/

I think that Disney buying Scripps is really not a bad idea. Here's Why?

Disney may suffer their downhill in their TV business, rather be cancelling shows like Muppets, Agent Carter, Gravity Falls, Wander over Yonder, etc., losing its female appeal, ESPN losing subscribers, etc.

Disney should buy Scripps Network Interactive, owner of the channels like Travel Channel, Food Network, Cooking Network, HGTV, DIY Network, etc., So Disney can attract older women, like ESPN attracted older men, who loves Sports.

Not only that, but Disney would also promote Scripps CEO, Kenneth W. Lowe, to be the president of Disney-ABC Television Group.

Disney buy Scripps to attract older women, would be similar to my opinion of Disney buying Rainbow s.r.l. from Viacom (Rainbow s.r.l. is an Italian animation studio and we are dealing with the company who made dubs done rights to Studio Ghibli movies) and the rights to Winx Club to attract more little girls

If Disney have plans on buying Netflix, instead of a rumor. Disney should have saved ESPN. I don't want Disney to sell or spin-off ESPN, because if it do, they would lose the older men appeal.

 

[thevolcanogod]

I don't think older men watch ESPN because it's owned by Disney. The decline of the network IMO has coincided with the rise of the conference networks and the lack of quality commentators. ESPN peaked in the 1990s and has been in decline since. Their current nepotistic relationship with the SEC is despised by most of the rest of the country. They have lots of former players calling games that shouldn't be. This and other reasons is why ESPN is failing - they're largely coasting on momentum built decades ago. Staying with or being spun off from Disney wouldn't change this image.

 

[rteetz]

I don't think older men watch ESPN because it's owned by Disney. The decline of the network IMO has coincided with the rise of the conference networks and the lack of quality commentators. ESPN peaked in the 1990s and has been in decline since. Their current nepotistic relationship with the SEC is despised by most of the rest of the country. They have lots of former players calling games that shouldn't be. This and other reasons is why ESPN is failing - they're largely coasting on momentum built decades ago. Staying with or being spun off from Disney wouldn't change this image.

The biggest problem with espn right now is cable cutting. ESPN is part of most basic cable packages throughout the US. People are getting rid of cable altogether especially younger people. That hurts the number of espn subscribers.

 

[millticket]

If Disney were to spin off ESPN, it would be getting rid of its largest source of revenue. Would not seem to be a smart idea. The brand still has a solid name in sports - especially live event coverage - and the numbers you see ESPN losing from cable television are missing from people purchasing in the skinny bundles and OTT buys (like Sling TV and upcoming Hulu - of which Disney owns 30%).

Not sure adding more cable channels makes sense in the modern OTT world. The idea of a better service like the purchase of MLBAM or a potential purchase of Netflix is a really smart move in the mobile age.

 

[Oscar Preciado]

If Disney were to spin off ESPN, it would be getting rid of its largest source of revenue. Would not seem to be a smart idea. The brand still has a solid name in sports - especially live event coverage - and the numbers you see ESPN losing from cable television are missing from people purchasing in the skinny bundles and OTT buys (like Sling TV and upcoming Hulu - of which Disney owns 30%).

Not sure adding more cable channels makes sense in the modern OTT world. The idea of a better service like the purchase of MLBAM or a potential purchase of Netflix is a really smart move in the mobile age.

Yeah, I think Disney should have to deal with Cord Cutting, purchasing Netflix. Reed Hastings becomes Disney's next CEO, he would their TV business from doom.

Heck, Viacom DID owned Blockbuster Video in 1998, before they part ways in 2004

If Disney didn't buy Netflix, MLBAM should merge with ESPN.