Board Thread:Lion Guard Discussion/@comment-7928254-20190908060205/@comment-7928254-20190911002437

Westerhouse wrote: Here's the problem with that theory though; then how does Disney ever make any money on these shows? Don't go saying "merchandise" because there is no way on earth they would be making enough profit off merchandise for these shows to even offset the cost of making these shows. Heck, I imagine the sum cost to produce and ship the merch is not much more than they get from selling it. Disney's biggest revenue generator is charging cable companies for the rights to air their cable channels like ESPN and Disney channel. For every household that gets ESPN, Disney gets $8.14 a month in fees per household which can generate up to tens of billions of dollars in revenue. https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/06/01/how-the-walt-disney-company-makes-most-of-its-mone.aspx