Acquiring Sky, a complete European company was the d-mbest move ever made by a US company. Europe is generally considered a laid back culture where people don’t hustle beyond work hours and extend their work and more priority is given to wlb, unlike US which is more capitalistic and squeezes the employees. Whoever suggested and approved the Sky acquisition should be blamed for where the company stands now.
Fox may have been a better acquisition, but Disney thwarted it. 40 Billion dollars spent for the acquisition and years of work integrating the systems which was just completed last year, but not one thought on whether the cultures would align between 2 geographically and politically different companies. Add to this the rise of AI and intense competition from FWA, fiber and satellite players - it’s as if Comcast has no leverage left on any front.