Acquisitions, Disposals and Other Transactions

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Acquisitions, Disposals and Other Transactions

ACQUISITIONS, DISPOSALS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS

The Company’s acquisitions support the Company’s strategy to strengthen its core brands, grow its digital businesses and selectively enhance production capabilities for its digital and linear platforms. During the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company made no acquisitions.

On January 12, 2024, the United Football League (the “UFL”) was launched as a professional spring football league that combines the legacy operations of the United States Football League (the “USFL”), a majority-owned consolidated subsidiary of FOX, and XFL, a third-party company. In connection with the launch of the UFL, the Company deconsolidated the operations of USFL and contributed the USFL net assets to the UFL. As consideration for the net assets contributed, the Company received an ownership interest in the UFL which was initially recorded at fair value. The equity method investment is included in Other non-current assets

in the Balance Sheets. As a result of this transaction, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $170 million in Non-operating other, net in the Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2024 (See Note 11—Additional Financial Information under the heading “Non-Operating Other, net”). The Company owns approximately 42% of the UFL.

On February 6, 2024, FOX announced that it would enter into a joint venture with ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a digital distribution platform focused on sports. Each company is expected to own one-third of the joint venture, have equal board representation and license their sports networks to the joint venture on a non-exclusive basis. The subscription-based streaming service is expected to launch in the fall of 2024.