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Should Spectrum Buy Fubo? Why Spectrum Needs a New Plan to Fight Cord Cutting- Ask Luke
Earlier this week, Spectrum and Disney ended their fight with Disney. Both sides agreed to bring back most Disney owned channels, but eight channels, including Disney Junior, Disney XD, Freeform, FXX, and more, are all being permanently removed from Spectrum cable TV. So this raises the question of what now. Yes, Spectrum will be able…
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Comcast Will Launch Its Own Wireless Network To Compete With T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T
Comcast has seen tremendous growth reselling wireless service through a wholesale partnership with Verizon. But now, it’s ready to launch its own network to augment that coverage. The company said on Tuesday that it will be utilizing a swath of radio airwaves called Citizens Broadband Radio Service to power the service, which launches in Philadelphia…
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The Owner Of The Weather Channel Wants To Buy ABC, FX, & National Geographic For $10 Billion
Earlier this year, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that he would be open to selling off some of the company’s cable networks and local ABC stations. Now Bloomberg is reporting that Byron Allen the owner of the Weather Channel, Local Now, and other companies, has made a $10 billion offer to buy FX, National Geographic,…
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AT&T Says It Isn’t Interested in Buying USCellular
Regional wireless carrier USCellular is looking at potential suitors. Don’t count AT&T as one of them. AT&T Chief Financial Officer Pascal Desroches was asked about the company’s appetite for acquiring USCellular, and he was clear with his response. “We really like our wireless business and I don’t think that particular asset would change anything demonstrable…
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Disney Denies Nexstar Talks For ABC Stations, Says “No Decision” Has Been Made
Disney may not be so eager to sell its ABC stations after all. The company issued a statement denying that there are talks with Nexstar about the sale of its eight ABC affiliate stations. “While we are open to considering a variety of strategic options for our linear businesses, at this time The Walt Disney…
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Disney+ is “Tens of Millions” Short Of Subscriber Goals As Streaming War Takes its Toll
Disney+ and the direct pipeline to consumers was supposed to be the future of the company. But its performance maybe even more disappointing than expected. The streaming service is expected to fall “tens of millions subscribers” short of its last publicly stated target for 2024, which was set a year ago by then-CEO Bob Chapek,…
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Starlink Reportedly Has 1.5 Million Customers, Far Short of its Goal of 20 Million by 2022
When SpaceX launched Starlink, the company anticipated reaching 20 million users by 2022. However, by the end of last year, the satellite internet provider fell short of that goal, nabbing only 1 million customers. Its current base now stands at 1.5 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. Starlink’s revenue last year totaled $1.4 billion,…
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T-Mobile May Finally Get Valuable 5G Spectrum It Bought Thanks to Proposed Senate Bill
T-Mobile has been patiently waiting for $304 million worth of spectrum licenses that it purchased in last year’s Federal Communications Commission auction, radio airwaves it can’t get its hands on because of a political and technical battle raging in Washington D.C. A new proposed Senate bill may help the carrier get around the regulatory red…
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Bally Sports & The NHL LA Kings Agree To a New TV Deal In The Middle of Bankruptcy
Today Bally Sports’ parent company, Diamond Sports Group, announced a deal with the Los Angeles Kings for a multi-year renewal of its TV deal to air local LA Kings games. Fans of the LA Kings will find the games on Bally Sports or streaming through Bally Sports+ online. “We are thrilled to extend our longstanding…
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Is DIRECTV & AT&T Ending Free Max For Legacy Customers? Likely Just a Glitch
This afternoon DIRECTV mass emailed a massive number of DIRECTV customers to inform them that their legacy access to Max, formerly HBO Max was ending. According to the email, this is because the users made a change to their AT&T Wireless or Broadband Accounts that are resulting in them losing access to the accounts. As…
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Hulu Launches Top 15 Today To Let You Know The Best Shows To Watch Every Day
Today, Disney announced a new feature on Hulu called Top 15 Today. This new feature will update daily and show what is trending on Hulu. Disney says every day, Hulu will update the Top 15 Today at around 11 am to 12 pm Pacific with the newest list. Hulu hopes this new list will help…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Says It’s “Really Shut Down” As Writers Strike Continues
Warner Bros. Discovery continues to feel the impact of the ongoing writers and actors strike. Following last week’s news that the company could lose up to $500 million in adjusted earnings for 2023, executives are reiterating their desire to resolve the strikes and “get back to work,” according to Deadline. “From an operational/financial perspective, we’re…
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Sling Brings Back Disney Star, Adding 19 Channels To International Package
Sling on Thursday said that it was bringing Disney Star back to its lineup, which now includes 19 channels and 150 hours of on-demand South Asian programming. The line-up includes renowned premium channels such as Star Plus (Hindi), Vijay TV (Tamil), Asianet (Malayalam), Star Maa (Telugu), Star Jalsha (Bengali), Star Pravah (Marathi) & Star Suvarna (Kannada). U.S.…
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Roku Dominates Connected TV Platforms, With Fire TV a Distant Second
Roku continues to be the connected TV platform to beat, nabbing nearly 40% of all ad impressions in the first half. That’s according to a report from Beachfront, which sells software to help with the distribution of ads. Roku had 38.8% of connected TV ad impressions, while Amazon’s Fire TV came in second with 15.7%.…
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Plex Says Viewers of its Free Ad-Supported Channels Has Grown 54%
Plex is starting to see a return on its investment in free ad-supported streaming channels. The company, which started as a software company providing video server apps, in 2019 started adding free ad-supported channels. The company said the number of viewers to those channels has risen by 54% in the first half of this year…
