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Originally Posted by 1701-e
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A previously reliable source has said that Disney will close the rest of their channels by the end of this year and that Discovery, whilst publicly supporting the continuation of linear channels, have "told a bare faced lie" (his words) and that they intend to close their linear channels in 2022*. No distinction was made between FTA and pay channels, but I honestly can't see them closing any of their FTA channels (as long as they are still profitable that is). Maybe the downturn in advertising has impacted on them, but they are keeping them for contractual reasons??
* He did say that, in his view (he works in the industry) that Discovery may be saying this to platform operators to aid in carriage deal negotiations. This looks to me like Discovery will pull their channels off if they don't get an acceptable offer, but will keep them on if they do.