Just to repeat what I said in other threads, but this is the correct place for it..
With Disney now winning the battle for Fox and Comcast looks like it has won the battle for Sky, the battle doesn't end there. It may just be beginning.
City analysts are saying that Disney wants the European pay tv rights for Disney/Fox to be taken away from Sky, so that Disney can exclusively use their own content on their own services.
Some on here have been glib about the demise of linear tv and although I think some linear channels will be around for a long time to come, especially the main broadcast channels, I do think the vast bulk of the pay tv channels market will collapse.
On another thread, Old Boy reckons that within 10 years, some of these pay tv channels may collapse, but I reckon that may happen a LOT sooner in some cases for this reason:
How can Sky run several film channels, if half of its content (Disney and Fox films) are no longer available to Sky? What if, as is the case, the likes of Amazon and Facebook win premium sports rights? Where does that leave Sky?
People can only watch so much tv. Something has to give. You cannot have 300+ channels which are financially viable alongside several major streaming services. It's too much.