in the past, what they have done is focused on acquiring incredible premium content such as lucasfilm wars, incredible premium content such as lucasfilm, starwars, pixar, popular brands. 21st century fox has some of its own. the tantalising prospect of the x—men and the avengers being brought together. what they have not had, they need to beef up distribution. the company driving this consolidation today are people like netflix and amazon partner prime. these are gigantic companies. even disney did not feel it had the scale more distribution to compete with these. and you are right to highlight the hulu streaming service. adding that to the access of hundreds of millions of people through star india then you have content and distribution. they are going to take the fight to the big quys going to take the fight to the big guysin going to take the fight to the big guys in silicon valley. we know that the disney franchise, the lastjedi we know that the disney franchise, the last jedi is we know that the disney franchise, the lastjedi is the latest instalment in the star wars saga opens w

all right, nissan showcasing its new relationship with lucasfilms with the star wars movie coming out. december 15th is when the last jedi will hit cinemas nationwide, and they partnered with lucasfilms to come up with a series of star wars-themed vehicles. let me throw some names at you: the altima special forces tie fighter, the nissan maxima kylo ren tie silencer, and the nissan rogue a-wing. love what they're doing there. and we're gonna close on this: genesis celebrating its one-year as an automotive manufacturer. that's the g80 sport, it's a $41,000 vehicle. great things, lots of awards from the folks over there at genesis, congratulations. that's it for me. i'm mike caudill for teen kids news. - that wraps up our show for now, but we'll be back with more teen kids news next week. see you then. (upbeat pop music) advertisement for the 3 week yoga retreat. brought to you by beachbody. - are you a woman of a certain age? if you are, pull up a chair and sit with me, because this is for you. i'm leeza gibbons and it was a big year for me, i turned 60, and i'm all about aging gracefu

it's five years since some questioned the wisdom of disney paying around $4 billion for lucasfilm and the right to keep making star wars films. the first new movie made $2 billion at the global box office. now the deal is looking like one of the better hollywood bargains. telling a wonderful story, creating characters that people care about — we pay attention to all those things inside these movies and hopefully, then shareholders and business and everything that goes along with it are happy. but we always start with that. the strategy has ensured continuing adulation from fans and helped disney consolidate its position as hollywood's top studio. lizo mzimba, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's emily maitlis. tonight, £235 million has been allocated to rehouse grenfell tower residents. six months on from the fire, why are so many still without homes? join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. bye bye. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh woosencroft. our main stories this evening. antonio conte‘s chelsea get back to winning ways

it's five years since some questioned the wisdom of disney paying around $4 billion for lucasfilm andoffice. now the deal is looking like one of the better hollywood bargains. telling a wonderful story, creating characters that people care about — we pay attention to all those things inside these movies and hopefully, then shareholders and business and everything that goes along with it are happy. we always start with that. the strategy has ensured continuing adulation from fans and helped disney consolidate its position as hollywood's top studio. lizo mzimba, bbc news. that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight — now on bbc news it's time for newsnight with. nojustice — no peace! tonight — the council has allocated more than £200 million for grenfell residents. so why is it taking so long to find people new homes? we have to be patient. moving into a new place is a whole other thing. it has to be something i can turn into a home. we'll discuss housing and the public enquiry with a solicitor representing 13 families and an expert in how to run housing like this. al

at the first screening here on the east coast last night and it actually like from the moment the lucasfilm logo came up, everybody was cheering. they cheered throughout the movie. there were some special surprise appearances throughout that got the fans all going. >> would you pay multiple times to see it again? >> oh, there's some folks we interviewed that will go see it for the next four days. >> that's expensive. >> it is expensive but it's worth it. it's been two years. >> i guess. it's like 20 bucks to go to the movies these days. >>> coming up another college fraternity in big trouble. >> omarosa's second big interview. the new questions about her white house exit and what sean spicer is saying about it. >>> one couple's battle after they say u.p.s. lost their $800,000 inheritance check. months. t wat i want to talk about years. treatments have gotten better, so... i'm hoping for good years ahead. that's thanks to research funded by the american cancer society. the same folks giving me free rides to treatments, insurance advice, and a place to stay during chemo. i need that stuff lik

in 2012, disney added another linchpin, the "star wars" mega franchise, in a $4 billion deal for lucasfilm. today's big deal dwarfs all of those. disney's deal for fox's assets is iger's capstone achievement. it represents disney's bid to bolster its content against new competitors like netflix and amazon as it builds its own streaming services business. >> robert luna joins us to talk more about disney and how it has flourished under bob iger. he's the ceo at surevest wealth management and owns disney shares. welcome, robert. would you buy more disney today, or did you? >> we've been buying over the last couple of days, tyler, and we've added to our position this morning. we're pretty happy about that in the short run. >> so you like the scope of this, you like what it does for disney? >> absolutely. we had $125 price target on the stock 12 months out, prior to this announcement. i was on last month, we talked about, you know, how synergistic this would be for the company. we've un to $130. we think this deal in all aspects makes a lot of sense. it's the traditional playbook that bob iger

it is five years since some questioning the wisdom of disney paying $4 billion for lucasfilm and the rights to keep making "star wars" films. the first new movie made $2 billion of the global box office, and now the deal is looking like one of the better hollywood bargains. >> telling a wonderful story, creating characters that people care about. we pay attention to all of those things inside these movies, and hopefully then shareholders and business and everything that goes along with it are happy. but we always start with that. reporter: the strategy has insured continuing adulation for helped disney consolidate its position as hollywood's top studio. "star wars" still going strong after 40 years. i am laura trevelyan. thanks for watching "world news america." >> with the bbc news app, our vertical videos are designed to work around your lifestyle, so you can swipe your way through the news of the day and stay up to date with the latest headlines you can trust. download now from selected app stores. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kov

it's five years since some questioned the wisdom of disney paying around $4 billion for lucasfilm ande of the better hollywood bargains. telling a wonderful story, creating characters that people care about — we pay attention to all those things inside these movies and hopefully, then shareholders and business and everything that goes along with it are happy. but we always start with that. the strategy has ensured continuing adulation from fans and helped disney consolidate its position as hollywood's top studio. lizo mzimba, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's emily maitlis. tonight, £235 million has been allocated to rehouse grenfell tower residents. six months on from the fire, why are so many still without homes? join me now on bbc two.

it's five years since some questioned the wisdom of disney paying around $4 billion for lucasfilm ande $2 billion at the global box office. now the deal is looking like one of the better hollywood bargains. telling a wonderful story, creating characters that people care about — we pay attention to all those things inside these movies and hopefully, then shareholders and business and everything that goes along with it are happy. we always start with that. the strategy has ensured continuing adulation from fans and helped disney consolidate its position as hollywood's top studio. liza mzimba, bbc news. scientists in britain have suggested bumblebees are more intelligent than previously thought. in a study, they we re previously thought. in a study, they were given the task of finding the most efficient way to get to food. they quickly learned to refine their flight they quickly learned to refine their flight paths despite attempts to distract them. they say this could help ease the threat from loss of habitat and increasing agriculture. before we go, listen to this. piano plays. this is

it's five years since some questioned the wisdom of disney paying around $4 billion for lucasfilm and at the global box office. now the deal is looking like one of the better hollywood bargains. telling a wonderful story, creating characters that people care about — we pay attention to all those things inside these movies and hopefully, then shareholders and business and everything that goes along with it are happy. we always start with that. we are going to leave you with the pictures of alaba mark, all eyes on whether or not they choose the key senate representative, the republican roy moore. stay here to find out. well, the weather story is getting a bit messy now during the middle of the week and though we will see cold air through the middle of the country, there is the risk over the next few days of some snow and also further ice and we are starting wednesday morning off with the risk of ice across scotland and england due to overnight rain moving through, falling on freezing surfaces, then skies will clear for a time during wednesday morning before the next bout of rain moves i

it's five years since some questioned the wisdom of disney paying around $4 billion for lucasfilm and now the deal is looking like one of the better hollywood bargains. telling a wonderful story, creating characters that people care about — we pay attention to all those things inside these movies and hopefully, then shareholders and business and everything that goes along with it are happy. we always start with that. the strategy has ensured continuing adulation from fans and helped disney consolidate its position as hollywood's top studio. lizo mzimba, bbc news. may the force be with you. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. still to come. a gear change for uber in asia, as the ride hailing service forges new deals with regional cab firms. we'll be speaking to the company's asia—pacific boss. and before we go, have a listen to this. it's the most number of people playing a piano piece at the same time. twenty bosnian youngsters have set a guinness world record for the performance in sarajevo. the previous record was 18 people playing the same piece simultaneously in italy in

about bringing all these wonderful characters, pixar, marble, lucasfilm. is a much broader play.is a doubling down on the film and tv business at this pivotal moment where things are changing so rapidly. a lot of exciting things out of disney from a technology standpoint. iger's catch of a multi-pronged strategy. in 2019.channel and hulu, which they now have control of by 60% stake. it is the adult version of what they are trying to do. that is where fox comes into play with this programming. they are trying to create an online choice for everyone. emily: what do you think -- how do you think this will impact the bigger media and in -- entertainment industry. netflix, you have to be nervous. netflix is new losing the disney movies in 2019. bob iger today suggested that a lot of the fox stuff -- they have a new movie deal with hbo. everyonee seeing taking their programming in-house and in disney's case, through their own distribution pipeline. we will see a similar reaction. that withready had it's all access. bloomberg's chris palmeri there in hollywood. we will be digging into t

remain his legacy, to become his legacy, combined with all the other deals he has done over time with lucasfilmixar in the past, and espn that he helped build. i think what is important is to chaperone, take this deal and make sure the integration goes smoothly and disney comes out on top at the end. emily: stan meyers, analyst at piper jaffray. cory johnson. we will continue to chart the drumbeat to a potential deal in the matter of days. we will be watching and bring you all the latest headlines. coming up, tesla just scored another big order for its semi trucks. we will bring you the details, and how much money it could bring in for the company. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: tesla is getting its biggest no truck order yet. from patsy. it is worth an estimated $2 million. anheuser-busch has ordered as well.production is set for 2019. the tesla trucks could generate as much as $3.5 billion in annual revenue for the company. comcast spent years fighting the obama era internet regulations known as net neutrality that kept it from charging web companies to boost their content's fee. now the cable

the company's theme parks, opening shanghai disney resort and acquired popular creator like pixar, lucasfilm marvel. while, there's been recent speculation of iger running for president it looks like for now he'll have his hands full with this new entertainment juggernaut. meantime, fox news channels like fox news and fox business as well as fox sports are not part of the deal and will be offered to exist fox shareholders in the new company and like all ago which signatures this is still subject to regulatory approval but you can't understand the importance of this. >> absolutely. >> and a lot of questions for the man in charge, disney's ceo bob iger joins us now. thanks for joining us this morning. $52.4 billion according to the press release. that is a huge bet. why are you making it? >> well, we're making it because this gives us the ability to marry the great content of fox with the great content of disney. it gives us a much larger international footprint and enables us to use cutting-edge technology to reach consumers in far more compelling ways and know how important that is in today'

smaller technology deals, but it was basically all theseging wonderful characters, pixar, marvel, lucasfilmthe film muchion and here, it is a broader play. it is really a doubling down on the film and tv business at this very pivotal moment where things are changing so rapidly. we will see a lot of exciting things out of disney from a technology standpoint. multi pronged strategy, an online version of espn launching next year, a disney branded channel in 2019 with all this marvel and star wars content, and hulu, which they will now control a 60% stake, will be the adult version of what they are trying to do and that is where fox programming comes into play. they are trying to create an online choice for everybody. emily: that was bloomberg's entertainment reporter chris palmeri. coming up, t-mobile's big plan for the small screen. we will hear from the telecom giant as it prepares to take on tv. apples roughly $400 million bet on facial recognition technology. we will break down the investment. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: t-mobile u.s. has announced plans for a disruptive new tv service s

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the group forming that commission includes the head of lucasfilm and say the goal is to foster change throughout the tri and create a culture of respect. >>> san francisco officials hav park after two swimmers were bitten by sea lions in less than 24 hours. one person bitten on the arm, the other on the leg. unclear if the same sea lion was involved in both. >>> carolina panthers defensive linebacker thomas davis at thing up to help young athletes. the harding high school football team once considered the worst in the tar heel state won its first state championship in football since 1953 but some of the players couldn't afford the $400 championship rings. davis then heard about it and donated 15,000s bucks to pay for the rings for everyone on that team. >> i love that. that is something those kids, something tangible they can hold on to. >> for a lifetime. >> wearing them when they're 85. where is your championship ring? >> yeah, didn't -- my badminton team -- >> a championship of a different kind. >> i did get married. >> bianca is. ring. >> didn't quite make it. >>> send things back

big deal for them and it is emblematic of what their strategy is, to spend big money up front for lucasfilmsmarvel, or pits are -- pixar, to have a long line of proven franchises and characters and stories. >> you get the storyline right here you hear about movies with sequels, they tend to do badly but disney sequels always do really well. i thought it was outstanding. i am not a huge ardent star wars fan but i am more of a casual fan and i thought it was awesome. interneto me about companies. 2017.ave had a great the rise of the advertising so we have seen. age raw power for these guys. >> yes. it has been a great year for amazon and facebook and google and so on. the topline macro story for the internet continues and that is what attracts investors looking for organic growth. you see the growth of users driven by mobile. mobile usage continues to rise and that is monetized by google, facebook, amazon, and the ebay's of the world. that has really spurred strong and topline growth. tech in general and the internet in particular is giving them a great place. >> it also means higher acquisiti

since buying lucasfilms in 2012, disney has brought some super hero strategy to the galaxy far far awayironn hugely successful marvel stand-alonesand last year star wars released its first anthology movie - rogue one it was well-received by critics, but box office takings had nothing on the force awakenskevin quigg, chief strategist, acsi funds "the last movie was sort of a test case on how the new franchise with jj abrams would do. people bought into it, it was very successful. so that increases the likelihood that they're not just seeing if they like it, they know they like it, they're going to see it again to continue the story."yet disney's galactic ambitions for the franchise has divided some of the fan empire"i liked rogue one, i cried like three times""i'm more interested in watching like a han solo film. i just want to see the main story. not really interested in spin offs.""disney kind of took the franchise over and they've done a really good job with it. so i personally feel it's great"if the turn out here is anything to go by, the force will be strong at the box office.anna stewa

"last jedi" has the biggest opening of any 2017 release.as disney/lucasfilm had hoped, the performance (beating out previous best opening weekend of the year, disney's live-action "beauty and the beast" of $174.7 million). and its figures only trail "force awakens" in the all-time records. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. wb 80 at 580 accident blocking one lane slow from albany (darya) now to a story you will see only on kron 4. a vallejo family's home is the go-to place for many people around the bay area looking to get an extra jolt of holiday spirit. every year.. bob taylor and his family light up their home and invite friends and strangers to take it all in. it is a tradition that began 19 years ago.. when taylor's oldest daughter was killed in a plane crash. taylor says the display takes there months. and includes a real life santa that comes out every night. (darya) is your house decked out for the holidays? kron4 wants to show it off. send us a photo or video of your holiday display and we'll include it in our christmas day sh

the latest star wars movie delivered an early christmas present to disney and lucasfilms.n north american theaters this weekend for "star wars: the last jedi". the second best opening at all time second only to star wars the force awakens. the huge weekend came days after disney announced the bid to purchase 21st century fox entertainment. this is exactly what the movie theaters needed as well to get the business because there are some movies where people are willing to go and this is one of them. most of the time there is netflix or other competition. >> this one is worldwide as well.>> there are star wars fans everywhere. >>> still to come, the san jose mayor sam liccardo will join us and we will discuss what is happening at the police department. >>> also, how you can get out of town in a big way from san jose. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it all starts with a wish. the final days of wish list are here. hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complementary first months payment. >>> back to the breaking news out of washington state, an amtrak train derailed sout