Tag: NBCUniversal
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Comcast Will Remove NBC TV Everywhere Channels from Roku in Peacock Distribution Dispute
Negotiations for a deal to bring Peacock to Roku are heating up and Comcast, parent company of NBCUniversal’s Peacock, is making a move to put pressure on the streaming platform that will create more inconvenience for customers in the meantime. Roku has shared with Cord Cutters News that Comcast will be pulling NBCUniversal TV Everywhere…
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AMC Theatres, Universal Agree to 17-Day Theatrical Release Window
In a surprise move, AMC Theatres has agreed to a deal with NBCUniversal that allows the movie studio to make its films available on premium video on-demand (PVOD) services just 17 days after the movie premieres in theaters. The deal marks the latest twist in a monthslong dispute between the two companies, during which AMC…
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AMC is Sticking to Its Decision to Boycott Universal Movies
AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron is sticking to his guns about the theater’s decision to ban streaming NBCUniversal films in the future. The two entertainment mogul and movie production company have had a disagreement about whether it’s ok for new releases to skip the 90-day theatrical window, and so AMC is pulling out of any…
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Fox, Disney & Others Comment on Negative Impact of Coronavirus on Business in SEC Filings
Fox Corp is the latest company to make a public statement about how coronavirus has impacted and will potentially continue to impact businesses. Deadline reported that Fox’s latest SEC filing stated the pandemic “could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations over the near to medium term.”…
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NBCUniversal Widens Its National News Programming Due to Coronavirus
To address the need for more widely available news sources in light of the coronavirus crisis, NBCUniversal is making MSNBC and CNBC available in partnership with its distribution partners, to all their video customers, regardless of the packages to which they subscribe. Subscribers can watch the content through their video provider or through MSNBC’s and…
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NBCUniversal Will Release Films to Stream Alongside Theatrical Releases
Today, NBCUniversal announced that movies that were lined up to show in theaters will now be made available on-demand at the same time that they hit theaters still left open during the coronavirus pandemic. This decision breaks the tradition of the typical 90 day period between films leaving theaters and becoming available to watch at…
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Comcast New Peacock Streaming Service Launches a Twitter Account
We are now just a few months away from Comcast’s new Peacock streaming service launching. Now to get ready Comcast has launched a Twitter account @PeacockTV for the new service. Peacock, the ad and subscription supported streaming service, will launch in April 2020. Pricing details will be announced later, but we know that the content…
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PlayStation Vue’s Deals With AMC, Discovery, NBC, & Turner Are All Ending This Month
Sony’s PlayStation Vue has a massive amount of negotiations to do this month. According to Sony their deals with AMC Networks, Discovery Communications, NBCUniversal, and Turner Networks all need to be renewed in June 2019. Next month July 2019 the NFL Network deal will also need to be renewed. Here is the statement Sony posted…
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MSNBC, USA, SyFy, NBC Sports, & More Are All Down on AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW
Right now multiple DIRECTV NOW subscribers are reporting that MSNBC, USA, SyFy, Golf Channel, NBC Sports, and more are all down on DIRECTV NOW. When you try to load the channel all you get is a blank screen. Update: We are now receiving reports that NBCUniversal networks are now back online for DIRECTV NOW Customers.…
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NBCUniversal Just Spent $21 Million to Buy 2 New Broadcast TV Station
Today NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations announced that they have closed on their deal to buy two new TV stations in the Sacramento and Salt Lake City area. Both of these stations are Telemundo affiliates previously owned and operated by Serestar but now will be apart of the NBCUniversal family of channels. These channels include KMUM…