OT: Disney's CEO: too many commercials

Submitted by bnoble on

In last week's quarterly earnings conference call, Bob Iger, Disney's CEO, said:

I think that in general, there is probably too much commercial interruption in television. It is a subject that has been discussed both on the ESPN front and on the ABC front, and it is something we will continue to look at. Particularly when you have got entrants in the marketplace that are offering programming that is not commercially interrupted.

I hope he is serious about that, because the games have become nearly unwatchable---and it isn't much better in the stadium, with the constant interruptions in play.

Lots of other interesting details about ESPN's partnerships with over-the-top providers (e.g. Sling) and vague chatter about a direct-to-consumer offering as a result of their stake in BAMtech, Major League Baseball's technology platform:

Conference call audio:
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disneys-q1-fy17-earnings-results-webca…

PDF transcript:
https://ditm-twdc-us.storage.googleapis.com/q1_fy17_earnings_transcript…

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February 13th, 2017 at 4:55 PM ^

There are so much commercials lately, that it has become to the point where commercial breaks are more noticeable and annoying when AT THE GAME than when watching on TV. Normally it would be the opposite because in-game experience involves a lot more distracting and time consuming elements (bands, videos, honoring people, etc). But it has just gotten so excessive with the breaks that those things haven't been able to cover up the insane amount of stoppages. Being at the Michigan-Wisconsin game this year with all those commercial breaks because it was on ABC was the primary example of this.

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