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Acquisitions, Disposals and Other Transactions
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [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. The Company records any noncontrolling interests in an acquiree at their acquisition date fair value. When there is a business combination, the initial accounting, including the allocation of the consideration transferred, is based on provisional amounts. The amounts allocated to intangible assets and goodwill, the estimates of useful lives and the related amortization expense are subject to changes pending the completion of the final valuations of certain assets and liabilities. A change in the allocation of consideration transferred and any estimates of useful lives could result in a change in the value allocated to the intangible assets that could impact future amortization expense.
During fiscal 2025, the Company acquired controlling ownership interests in two digital media companies. The incremental revenues and Segment EBITDA (as defined in Note 17—Segment Information) related to the fiscal 2025 acquisitions, included in the Company's results of operations, were not material individually or in the aggregate. The accounting for the business combinations is based on provisional amounts and the allocation of the consideration transferred is not final and is subject to changes pending the completion of the final valuation of certain assets and liabilities. During fiscal 2024 and 2023, the Company made no acquisitions.
Other Transactions
In February 2024, FOX announced that it would enter into a joint venture with ESPN, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”), and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (“WBD”) to form a digital distribution platform focused on sports called Venu Sports. On January 10, 2025, FOX, Disney and WBD announced the decision to discontinue Venu Sports (See Note 14—Commitments and Contingencies under the heading "Venu Sports”). In connection with that decision, FOX recorded restructuring charges and wrote off the previously capitalized costs in Restructuring, impairment and other corporate matters in the Statements of Operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 (See Note 4—Restructuring, impairment and other corporate matters).
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 the USFL and contributed the USFL net assets to the UFL. As consideration for the net assets contributed, the Company received an approximately 42% ownership interest in the UFL, a variable interest entity, which was recorded as an equity method investment, initially at fair value. This 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 fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 (See Note 20—Additional Financial Information under the heading “Non-Operating Other, net”).