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There was a story about Disney stopping repertory showings of Fox movies after acquiring them: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vulture.com/amp/2019/10/disney-i

There was a story about Disney stopping repertory showings of Fox movies after acquiring them: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vulture.com/amp/2019/10/disney-is-quietly-placing-classic-fox-movies-into-its-vault.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vulture.com/amp/2019/10/dis... I suspect as the streaming services continue to expand, we’ll see more limited access to back catalogs.

kbenson 5y ago
That's interesting, because Disney is already known for stopping streaming to support limited theater releases during times of the year. For example, I recall there being a big deal that peoples digital purchases of a Disney title on Amazon were blocked for a few weeks/months while they released that film in theaters again around the Christmas holidays. I'm not finding the links to that, but I definitely remember it being a thing, and discussed here. My guess is that they might restrict or increase cost of purchase for some things (while allowing streaming, which they can limit at any time), but also them make them more likely for strategic rerelease to theaters. If that promotes more theater showings of these and also helps keep theaters around, I'm not sure it's that bad of a thing (even though blocking digital purchases is a dick move in general)