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The National Basketball Association suspended its 2019-2020 season earlier this year as a response to the recent global events.
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Since the season was paused, the NBA has been in talks with potential locations to resume games including Las Vegas and Disney World. And next week, the NBA will make its decision on how the season will proceed.
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The NBA has confirmed that they’re in talks with the Walt Disney Company to potentially finish their season in Orlando.
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While the NBA season was previously suspended in response to health concerns, the league is now considering potential locations where they could finish the season at a single site. We previously reported that Disney World is a potential frontrunner, and the NBA has now confirmed that Disney is one of the locations being considered.
We often find ourselves watching Hulu thanks to the selection of shows and movies, but we do think the platform could be easier to navigate.
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Hulu’s navigation interface is on the challenging side. Unlike most other streaming services, it makes you scroll vertically through every category instead of horizontally. Well, good news! It looks like Hulu is getting an update — and it’s going to look a lot like Disney+.
In the past couple of weeks, we have seen several industries gradually resume business operations with a focus on health and safety.
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When it comes to professional sports, Disney World may play a key role in hosting the rest of the 2019-2020 NBA season.
When you think of Disney, the first thing that pops into your head probably isn’t “basketball.”
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Still, Disney actually has a pretty close relationship with the NBA in more ways than one. You might have heard about the NBA Experience in Disney Springs or maybe you’ve watched basketball on Disney-owned ESPN, but those aren’t the ONLY ways these two companies are linked.
Come with us down the strange, winding rabbit hole of seven weird ways that Disney and the NBA are connected right NOW!
We reported yesterday that The Walt Disney Company shifted around their executives to form a new leadership team.
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This change-up moved Josh D’Amaro to the Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products, and named new presidents for both Disney World and Disneyland. Former Disneyland President, Rebecca Campbell, is stepping into the role of Chairman for the Direct-To Consumer sector and analysts shared their concerns with this recent change.
We’re living in interesting times with the global crisis going on, and that means that Disney has had quite the situation to contend with from a business perspective.
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With the closures of Disney theme parks around the world, the suspension of movie production and theatrical releases, and the cancellation of hundreds of sports games, Disney has seen an earnings dip. Analysts and executives have had mixed opinions on how long this period will last and some analysts are trying to predict a worst-case scenario. What could that outcome mean for the Walt Disney Company financials?Â
Today, Shanghai Disneyland became the first Disney theme park to reopen following the recent closures.
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In reaction to the opening day, CNBC conducted an interview with Bob Chapek, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company. In the interview, Chapek commented on pent-up demand for the theme parks, the role of guests in keeping everyone safe, and some of the ways the global health crisis has had an effect on the company.
The Walt Disney Company is massive, spanning across multiple industries and lines of business, from theme parks to motion pictures to home entertainment. In the past couple of weeks, the global health situation has caused Disney to make tough decisions that will surely have an effect on its bottom line in the coming fiscal year.
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The Walt Disney Company currently has four primary business segments: Studio Entertainment, Media Networks, Direct-to-Consumer & International, and Parks, Experiences & Products. And most of them are completely under fire right now.
Now there’s even more places to take in the big game in Disney World!
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We enjoy watching football games at the ESPN Club on Disney’s BoardWalk (which you can read more about here), but sometimes ESPN Club can get super crowded during those big Sunday games. But now, there’s another location on Disney’s BoardWalk that has opened its doors open for Sunday football!
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