Revenue was flat at $23.5 billion for Disneys fiscal first quarter ended in December.

Diluted EPS (excluding some items) was $1.22, up 23% from the year before.

Disney had previously promised profits sometime this year but a confirmation was very welcome.

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Shares have popped about 7% on the numbers and the news.

Hell be talking with analysts at a call at 4:30 ET.

Disney+ Core ARPU increased sequentially by 14 cents versus the fourth quarter.

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Disney+Hotstar subs were up 2% at 38.3 million.

TotalHulusubs were 49.7 million up by 1.2 million from the prior quarter including 4.6 million for Hulu+ Live TV.

The two sides and their bankers are working to value the asset to see if more is owed.

In all, streaming revenue rose 15% to $5.5 billion.

Losses narrowed to $138 million from $948 million the year earlier.

ESPNis now the biggest part of a new Sports segment Disney breaks out.

It saw flat revenue year-over-year of $4.4 billion.

It swung to an operating profit of $199 millio from a loss of $38 million.

Income of $3.1 billion was up 8% but not domestically that number was down 2%.

Of the U.S. park, Disneyland was flat, Walt Disney World down.

Thestudiois part ofContent Sales/Licensing and Otherand had a tough quarter.

With no new releases coming in the current fiscal Q2, results in the business will be flat.