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Disney CEO Bob Iger Floats Selling Its Cable TV Channels

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Sahil Patel
· · Source: CNBC

Disney CEO Bob Iger floated the idea of selling ABC and the company’s cable channels, while also exploring a strategic partnership with another company to distribute ESPN directly to consumers. In a video interview with CNBC from the site of Allen & Co.’s annual Sun Valley conference, Iger said the ABC broadcast network and its cable channels, excluding ESPN, “may not be core to Disney.”...

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