Market position P1 (d)

Comparing the results to its competitors, Walt Disney reported Total Revenue increase in the 1 quarter 2015 by 6.97 % year on year, while most of its competitors have experienced contraction in revenues by -0.53 %, recorded in the same quarter. 

The Company’s Media Networks businesses compete for viewers primarily with other television and cable networks, independent television stations and other media, such as DVD and Blu-ray formats, video games and the internet. With respect to the sale of advertising time, their broadcasting operations, certain of their cable networks and their television and radio stations compete with other television networks and radio stations, independent television stations, MVPDs and other advertising media such as newspapers, magazines, billboards and the internet. Their television and radio stations primarily compete for audiences in individual market areas. A television or radio station in one market generally does not compete directly with stations in other markets.