Name: Media Mogul Tom Rogers sees trouble in Disney's ad business
Uploaded: 2026-08-05T22:42:51+00:00
Duration: 408 s

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Tom Rogers — Media Mogul

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Tom Rogers, Senior Advisor at Versant Media, discusses Disney’s latest earnings. He notes Disney’s parks are steady and streaming revenue is up, but highlights a hidden problem: entertainment streaming advertising grew only 2.5%, far below Netflix, pointing to deeper engagement or subscriber issues. He also criticises Disney’s inefficient content spending and warns that rapid AI movie production could threaten the content leverage of giants like Disney and Netflix.

Disney’s entertainment streaming ad revenue grew only 2.5%, far behind Netflix’s expected 100% increase.
That weak ad growth suggests underlying engagement or subscriber growth problems that management didn’t address.
Disney’s content budget is strained by sports rights, leaving less for entertainment programming.
The company spends $3 billion per percentage point of TV time, above the industry’s $2 billion average.
Disney had only 16% of the top 25 shows last TV season, indicating content quality pressure.
Rogers’ AI film production experience shows that AI can now create indistinguishable high-quality movies.
Widespread AI content creation could erode the competitive advantage of big media companies like Disney and Netflix.

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Tom Rogers Media Mogul 1:33

Disney streaming ad weakness signals deeper problems

Disney's entertainment streaming advertising grew only 2.5%, far below Netflix's expected doubling, despite having sports rights, linear pricing leverage, and most new subs on ad-supported tiers. This points to serious underlying problems in engagement or subscriber growth or both, which management did not address. Additionally, Disney's content budget is heavily weighted toward sports and international programming, with spending of $3 billion per percentage point of TV time versus the industry's $2 billion, and they have only 16% of the top 25 shows. This indicates real pressure on the growth strategy.

Tom Rogers Media Mogul 4:33

AI disrupts Disney and Netflix's content advantage

High-quality AI film production is advancing rapidly, with AI-generated movies already indistinguishable from traditional films to industry professionals. If AI content creation becomes widely accessible, it will erode the primary leverage of big media companies like Disney and Netflix—their ability to spend huge budgets on premium content—threatening their standing in the content production world.

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Media Mogul Tom Rogers sees trouble in Disney's ad business

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