In a recent interview with CNBC's David Faber, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the linear TV business has degraded over the past year more than he expected. "If anything, the disruption of that business has happened to a greater extent than even I was aware," he said. Shortly after that, CNBC media reporter Alex Sherman reported that the MLB, NFL and NBA were in discussions with ESPN and Disney to take minority stakes. The NBA said it is always interested in discussions about "the future of its partnership" with ESPN. One of the key executives in those discussions, ESPN chairman James Pitaro, is up first at Game Plan and all eyes and ears will be on his comments about the future of the sports network.

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Persons: Plan's, CNBC's David Faber, Bob Iger, Iger, Faber, I'm, Alex Sherman, James Pitaro, — Eric Rosenbaum Organizations: Disney, ESPN, CNBC, MLB, NFL, NBA, Warner Bros, Discovery