Iger: NFL Lockout No Threat to ESPN

Claims college football, carriage fees will keep network humming

Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger on Tuesday said he did not believe the NFL work stoppage would level ESPN’s fourth-quarter ad picture, noting that college football should do much to help take the sting out of a lost pro football campaign.

Speaking to CNBC’s Julia Boorstin, Iger said the “huge demand” for male demos would help ESPN persevere in the event of a permanent lockout.

“Clearly, we’re hoping that the league and its Players Association resolve this and we get a season,” Iger said, shortly before Disney disclosed its second-quarter earnings.

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