Disney will stream Super Bowl LXI and two Monday Night Football games on Disney+ at no extra cost, alongside the ESPN and ABC broadcasts. Its ad slots sold out in August, before the stream was public, so the added reach mainly serves Disney+ and ESPN's live sports offer.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 8%
- Operator
- Operator 47%
- Investor
- Investor 45%
Reality
- Evidence64
- Adoption
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- Hype gap+5
- Incentives62
- Confidence68
Judge presses FCC on why a Disney hiring probe needed early license renewals
Disney's ABC asked a federal judge on Tuesday to halt an FCC early review of its eight station licenses, calling it retaliation for its journalism. Judge Loren AliKhan sounded doubtful that the review is about Disney's hiring, so her ruling will test how far a regulator can use license timing against a newsroom.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives70
- Confidence55
Disney, ABC and eight owned stations sued the FCC and Brendan Carr in Washington, asking a judge to stop an early license review before it becomes a hearing.
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
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- Builder 7%
- Operator
- Operator 59%
- Investor
- Investor 34%
Reality
- Evidence70
- Adoption
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- Hype gap+25
- Incentives60
- Confidence68
Guidance issued in January told broadcasters that late-night and daytime talk shows are not necessarily exempt from equal time, and since then two networks have kept the same Senate candidate off air.
Reality
- Evidence70
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives65
- Confidence65
The hearing date is the case: Disney wants a judge before the FCC starts the clock
The Justice Department says nothing irreversible happens when the FCC designates a broadcast licence for hearing. Disney's filing is about the remedy that gets harder once it does.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+14
- Incentives74
- Confidence48
The 1921 clause in your influencer contract can end a deal over a mental-health disclosure
Hayden Panettiere said Neutrogena moved to exit a 10-year deal under her morality clause after she disclosed postpartum depression. That language dates to 1921 and sits unread in most talent contracts.
Reality
- Evidence34
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+38
- Incentives55
- Confidence38
Disney puts all eight ABC licenses in one courtroom, and calls the FCC's review existential
ABC, Disney and eight owned stations sued the FCC on First Amendment grounds to halt an early license review the network says is retaliation for its speech.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+16
- Incentives82
- Confidence55