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fromAdExchanger
2 days ago

Move Over, Princesses - Disney Is Going All In On Sports | AdExchanger

Jimmy Kimmel lives on. Now Disney has a new headache: the YouTube TV blackout. But Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors during the company's most recent earnings call on Thursday morning that Disney is "working tirelessly" to strike a deal that will end the ongoing carriage dispute that's led to more 20 of its channels going dark on YouTube TV. Disney's CFO, Hugh Johnston, however, was a bit less optimistic: "These discussions could go for a little while," he said.
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fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Higher prices, simpler streaming expected if HBO Max folds into Paramount+

Warner Bros. Discovery is open to selling, potentially merging HBO Max into Paramount+, consolidating libraries and risking higher subscriber prices.
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fromExchangewire
1 week ago

The Stack: AI in the Spotlight

AI faces legal and cybersecurity challenges while tech and media companies pursue deals, licensing partnerships, and streaming consolidation toward $1 trillion in revenues by 2030.
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fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

Disney folds Hulu + Live TV into Fubo

Disney acquired a majority stake in FuboTV and combined it with Hulu + Live TV to form a nearly 6 million-subscriber pay-TV service.
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fromRMNB
1 month ago

Who's to blame for Monumental Sports Network leaving Hulu and YouTube TV?

Mega-corporation control over streaming distribution is blocking regional sports broadcasts, harming fans, local broadcasters, and teams while consolidating power and revenue with a few giants.
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fromAxios
2 months ago

Hollywood's new power player

Ellison's Paramount Skydance is pursuing a cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery to add CNN and Warner Bros. Pictures and scale streaming competitiveness.
fromVulture
2 months ago

What Paramount Buying Warner Bros. Could Mean for Hollywood

Paramount Skydance, backed by the family of CEO David Ellison, is getting ready to make a bid to take over all of Warner Bros. Discovery before the two companies can go through with their plan to split, per a new report from The Wall Street Journal. If such a deal happens, it would put networks as diverse as CBS, CNN, TCM, and MTV under one roof and result in the combination of two historic Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros.
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