Charter Communications CEO Chris Winfrey recently encountered a TV ad that conjured memories of his company’s carriage battle with Disney last September. This commercial message, however, came from a different legacy media company pushing into subscription streaming. “Not to pick on anybody, but everybody’s been watching football,” Winfrey said, “I …
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After years of talk — mostly by the previous corporate regime — a live sports streaming tier is finally coming to Max. The $10-a-month streaming add-on will go live on October 5, just before the start of the Major League Baseball playoffs. Live coverage of the NBA, NHL and NCAA …
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Disney shares pulled back in early trading after the media giant unveiled a comprehensive plan to double its investment in theme parks to $60 billion over the next 10 years. The stock, which has recently reached a 9-year low just below $80, declined nearly 3% to $82.75 on the news. …
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UPDATED with details of Byron Allen bid. As Deadline reported Thursday, Byron Allen is interested in Disney’s linear TV assets, and overnight that interest progressed to a formal offer. Sources familiar with the discussions said Allen late Thursday offered $10 billion for ABC, Disney’s eight local TV stations, FX and …
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After Amazon Prime Video spent the offseason doing what tech giants are wont to do — analyze and iterate — the company will kick off 2.0 tonight as the Minnesota Vikings visit the Philadelphia Eagles. Last season marked the start of a $13.2 billion, 11-year exclusive rights deal with the …
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EXCLUSIVE: Disney has seen a 60% jump in Hulu + Live TV subscriptions relative to internal expectations since a carriage impasse with Charter began, according to figures provided to Deadline by a Disney spokesperson. Last Thursday, 18 of Disney’s cable networks and eight ABC stations went dark on Charter’s Spectrum …
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UPDATED with Monday statement. Disney put a finer point on its Sunday message to Spectrum customers, urging them specifically to switch to Hulu + Live TV or even rival streaming TV bundles like YouTube TV. “This Labor Day weekend has been a frustrating one for millions of Spectrum cable subscribers,” …
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ESPN and 18 other Disney networks as well as ABC stations have gone dark across Spectrum, the No. 2 cable TV service in the U.S. Charter Communications, which runs Spectrum, and Disney had been locked in a distribution dispute since well before the U.S. Open tennis tournament began this week. …
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It has been an anxious summer in Burbank, Bristol and the rest of the Disney–ESPN empire thanks to ongoing cutbacks, movie box office disappointments and strategic uncertainties. Disney stock recently sank to a nine-year low. Help is on the way, though, as the U.S. Open Tennis Championships kick off Monday …
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, whose $375 million acquisition of Redbox closed about a year ago, delivered second-quarter financial results reflecting the company’s struggle to fully digest the deal. Citing a host of industry headwinds that have intensified since the transaction was completed, the company reported total revenue of …
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The NFL is expanding its alternate broadcasts with Nickelodeon and CBS Sports to the Super Bowl. This year’s championship game, slated for February 11 in Las Vegas, will be the first to get the slime- and graphics-filled treatment for kids audiences, with the telecast airing exclusively on Nickelodeon. In the …
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Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, the digital platform formerly known as Twitter, told employees they are “writing history” with the stunning overhaul of the well-established brand. In an email to employees obtained by Deadline (subject line: “X: Our Next Big Impression”), Yaccarino said Twitter “made a lasting imprint on the …
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