Author: Roger Cheng
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DIRECTV Adds Four New Streaming Channels, Including Yahoo Finance and TIME
DIRECTV on Monday added a quartet of channels to its streaming service. The four channels are Yahoo Finance, TIME, The Design Network, and Alien Nation. They went live earlier Monday. They come on top of nine streaming channels that DIRECTV added to its service over the last several months as the company tried to win…
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Bally Sports’ Deal With Guardians, Twins, and Rangers Won Bankruptcy Court Approval
Bally Sports, the embattled regional sports network attempting to climb its way out of bankruptcy, made some headway when a federal bankruptcy judge approved its deal to broadcast Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers games through the end of the 2024 season. The deal was approved by Judge Christopher Lopez on Friday. On Monday,…
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Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Update: What’s Going on With the Merger and is the Deal Dead or Alive?
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount made waves in the entertainment industry when the CEOs of the two companies reportedly talked about a potential merger in December. A deal would combine two of the largest media companies in the world, bringing together powerful studios, cable networks, and one of the major national networks. One of the…
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Babylon 5 Creator Says Reboot Isn’t Dead, Blames Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Drama For Delay
Fans of Babylon 5, rejoice! A possible reboot of the classic science fiction series is alive, although stuck in limbo thanks to all the merger talk between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount, according to creator J. Michael Stracyznski. Stracyznski took to X (formerly Twitter) last week to confirm that Warner Bros., the studio behind Babylon…
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T-Mobile Calls Magenta Status a Platform For New Deals
T-Mobile this week rebooted its loyalty program, rebranding it as Magenta Status and offering several new perks to ring in the occasion. But, according to Mike Katz, president of marketing, strategy, and products, this is just the beginning. “This is a platform we can continue to bring new deals to customers,” he told Cord Cutters…
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Disney and FOX Don’t Think Their New Sports Bundle Will Wreck Cable TV. Are They in Denial?
Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans to jointly form a new super sports streaming bundle this week shocked the entertainment and cable TV world. One of the gut reactions to the news was how this service, which bundles together 14 cable and network channels, would accelerate the bleeding of cable TV customers. But…
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The Recap: A New Monster Sports Bundle, YouTube TV’s Big Number, and More
This week gave us a big shocker with Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery unveiling plans to form a Voltron-like sports streaming service made up of its different cable and broadcast networks. It’s an announcement that shook up the industry, raising questions ranging from everything to potential pricing to its impact on the…
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Disney Reportedly Paid Taylor Swift More Than $75 Million For the ‘Eras Tour’ Rights
Walt Disney made waves when it announced that Disney+ would be the exclusive home of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. The company appears to have paid a rich sum for the privilege. Disney will pay pop singer sensation and entrepreneur more than $75 billion to the rights of the concert film, according to Puck News,…
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Philo Customers Will Get Ad-Supported AMC+ For Free
Philo subscribers on Friday got some surprising good news courtesy of AMC Networks. While reporting its fourth-quarter results, AMC Networks also announced that it had struck a deal to include the ad-based version of AMC+ for free for all Philo subscribers. The surprise announcement means Philo customers will get a service that normally costs $4.99…
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Can The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Revive AMC Networks’ Fortunes?
AMC Networks was hit hard by the advertising crunch hitting the media industry, especially as fewer cable TV viewers are around to command those pricier commercials. Can the return of The Walking Dead fan favorites Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira bring back some of the network’s swagger? It was nearly 14 years since the original…