From Toons toTelephones IfComcastbuysWaltDisney,itwouldcreateamediabehemothwithassetsranging from theme parks tocable systems reaching nearly22million homes. Asnapshotof the main assetsfor eachcompany:
CABLE NETWORKS BROADCAST TELECOMMUNICATIONS n Comcast: E!Entertainment n Comcast: None The top prime-time n Comcast: 21.5 million cable Television,Style,The Golf Channel, n WaltDisney: ABC networks during the subcribers,7.7 million digital-video Outdoor Life Network,G4, Entertainment,Touchstone 2002-2003 season, customers,5.3million broadband ComcastSportsNet(Philadelphia), Television,ABC News,ABC in millions of viewers. customers and1.3million telephone ComcastSportsNetMid-Atlantic, customers Sports,ABC Daytime,ABC CBS 12.56 CN8–The ComcastNetwork Kids,ABC HDTV, 10TV NBC 11.65 n WaltDisney: ABC News n WaltDisney: ESPN, Disney stations; other assets FOX 9.98 On-Demand—asubscription video Channel,ABC Family,Toon Disney includeBuenaVista ABC 9.97 newsservicethatoffers ABC News andSOAPnet. Television,ABC Radio, WB 4.10 programs; WDIG—distributor of Radio Disneyandinterests UPN 3.52 wireless contentunder the Disney, The top 10cable networks asof in Lifetime andA&E PAX 1.16 ESPN andABC brands Feb.8., in millions of viewers. Cable andhigh-speedInternet Nickelodeon 1.86 FILM subscribers asof3Q2003, Disney 1.34 n Comcast: None in millions TNT 1.34 n WaltDisney: Walt Cable High-SpeedInternet DisneyStudios,Walt HBO 1.19 22.5 DisneyPictures, Comcast USA 1.14 Touchstone Pictures, 4.86 WaltDisneyFeature
The Cartoon Network 1.14 D isne y / P i x a r/ WENN N e w s C om 11.4 Animation,Miramax, Time Warner 3.05 Lifetime 1.13 Disney/Pixar’s ‘Finding BuenaVista Nemo’ hasmade$339.7 entertainmentand 6.85 TBS 1.08 million in the U.S. musicholdings Cox 1.84 ESPN 0.81 FOX NewsChannel 0.80 6.55 SPORTS, THEME PARKS, OTHER Charter 1.49 n Comcast: Spectacor -includes Philadelphia 5.74 76ers (NBA),PhiladelphiaFlyers (NHL),two Adelphia Philadelphiaindoor sportsarenas 0.88 n WaltDisney: WaltDisneyWorldParks and Cablevision 3.04 Resort(Fla.),DisneylandResort(Calif.),Disneyland 0.98 Resort(Paris),TokyoDisneyResort;Hyperion Books; consumer products Sources:WaltDisney;Comcast;Nielsen MediaResearch; Yankee Group
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