Comcast gives Disney full control of Hulu

Comcast's departure from Hulu's board of directors will allow Disney to expand the platform's reach to national and international markets and take on other giants in the streaming business such as Netflix, Amazon or Apple.

Walt Disney has closed an agreement with Comcast to take full control of the platform Hulu. The deal, which gives Hulu a minimum equity value of more than 27 billion dollars permitirá a cualquiera de las dos compañías iniciar una venta o compra de la participación del 33% de Comcast a Disney a partir de enero de 2024. Comcast también ha acordado financiar la reciente compra por parte de Hulu de la participación del 9,5% de AT&T por parte de la la empresa.

Al establecer una fecha de vencimiento de cinco años a partir de ahora, Comcast apuesta a que el valor de su participación se duplicará sin más obligaciones financieras adicionales.

Comcast's departure from Hulu's board of directors will allow Disney to expand the platform's reach to national and international markets and take on other giants in the streaming business such as Netflix, Amazon or Apple.

Por otro lado, Disney se está preparando para lanzar su propio servicio de streaming denominado Disney+ el próximo 12 de noviembre.

Comcast, which is also preparing to launch an NBCUniversal ad-supported streaming service in the middle of next year, has said it will extend its licensing agreement to provide NBCUniversal shows and its live channels through the end of 2024 and will agree to distribute Hulu on Comcast's cable platform.

To preserve the ability to run NBCUniversal shows on its own service, NBCUniversal will have the option to offer some of the shows it currently licenses exclusively to Hulu within a year in exchange for lower licensing fees. NBCU will also have the option to end most of its licensing agreements with Hulu within three years.