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Disney lastly owns all of Hulu, ending lengthy tug-of-war with Comcast
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Disney lastly owns all of Hulu, ending lengthy tug-of-war with Comcast

Last updated: June 9, 2025 11:16 pm
Editorial Board Published June 9, 2025
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Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay Comcast Corp. an extra $438.7 million to finalize the Mouse Home buy of streaming service Hulu.

Disney in December 2023 initially paid Comcast $8.6 billion for NBCUniversal’s one-third stake within the streaming service.

The ultimate fee, introduced Monday, brings the entire quantity the Burbank leisure big will in the end pay Comcast for its stake to $9.2 billion.

This week’s settlement got here after an prolonged appraisal course of as the 2 corporations struggled over Hulu’s precise worth. The platform that’s house to “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Only Murders in the Building” seems to be value about $27.5 billion.

The decision additionally represents a significant step in Disney’s years-long pivot to streaming.

“We are pleased this is finally resolved,” Disney Chief Govt Bob Iger stated in an announcement, acknowledging Disney’s productive partnership with the Philadelphia-based firm.

“Completing the Hulu acquisition paves the way for a deeper and more seamless integration of Hulu’s general entertainment content with Disney+ and, soon, with ESPN’s direct-to-consumer product, providing an unrivaled value proposition for consumers,” Iger stated.

The 2 corporations have had tense relations since Comcast launched a failed hostile takeover of Disney in 2004.

Tensions flared once more seven years in the past after Comcast jumped into Disney’s bidding course of for Rupert Murdoch’s leisure property, considerably driving up the value for Disney.

Disney prevailed. It gained the bulk stake in Hulu as a part of its $71-billion acquisition of a lot of Murdoch’s firm in April 2019.

That spring, Disney and Comcast negotiated a pact that outlined the governance of the service whereas it was collectively owned by the 2 corporations and in addition supplied a blueprint to dissolve their partnership. On the time, they agreed that Hulu can be valued at at least $27.5 billion, making Comcast’s stake value no less than $8.6 billion.

Comcast’s divestiture course of started two years in the past when Chief Govt Brian Roberts signaled that his firm wished out. The events then entered into an appraisal course of to discover a worth for Hulu.

Disney famous the $438.7 million fee was considerably lower than what Comcast had wished.

The deal is anticipated to shut by July 24.

Hulu launched as an NBCUniversal and Fox three way partnership in 2008. Disney joined the next 12 months as an fairness proprietor.

“Hulu was a great start for us in streaming that generated nearly $10 billion in proceeds for Comcast and created an important audience for NBCUniversal’s world-class content,” Comcast stated in an announcement Monday. “We wish Disney well with Hulu and appreciate the cooperative way our teams managed the partnership.”

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