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6Aug/26Off

DISNEY + STREAMING + TIKTOK: MY TAKE (Evan Shapiro)

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TikTok is integrating into Disney+ with a curated feed of Creators and much of the content focused on Disney IP. Importantly, Disney will package and sell this ad inventory across BOTH Disney Streaming andTikTok - something that will be popular with Creators and Advertisers.

🐭 This move allows Disney to begin to compete with social platforms, on mobile, outside the living room. It is also another shoe dropping in the verticalization of Premium Television. As I told Romaine, this is more than Brands Cosplaying Creator, it's a careful and 1000% necessary move into mobile. ...

I also dug into Disney’s Sports game. OpInc at ESPN and Sports fell -17% in 2Q. That’s because their NBA fees skyrocketed 86%. Disney’s sports fees (alone) are $12B in 2026 - that’s 60% of Netflix’s entire 2026programming spend.  ...

Disney shares are up 5% this week. 

See the full story here: https://eshap.substack.com/p/disney-streaming-tiktok-my-take?utm_source=substack&publication_id=589601&post_id=210070061&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=1vosln&triedRedirect=true

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