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ESPN Gifts US Open Athletes Event Live Streams as Disney-Charter Work-Around
The move follows complaints from tennis players that they couldn’t see matches due to their hotel rooms offering Spectrum
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Disney, Charter Will Make Concessions to Reach ‘Mutually Beneficial Agreement,’ Analysts Predict
Deutsche Bank proposed distributing Disney’s streaming apps through Xumo, which will launch later this year
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Lionsgate’s Pilgrim Media Group Signs Unscripted Deal With Sean Perry’s 2500 Media
The exclusive agreement also covers a first-look scripted component with Lionsgate Television
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UFC and WWE Merger Sets Close Date, NYSE Launch as TKO Group
The MMA league and wrestling powerhouse will form a new company, TKO Group Holdings, beginning Tuesday
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Paramount+ With Showtime Price to Increase Again Within 2 Years, CEO Says
Bob Bakish tells investors the latest hike has been “very much performing according to plan” with no major impact on churn
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David Zaslav Says Film and TV Production Will Resume ‘Very Quickly’ Once Strikes Are Resolved
“We are ready and raring,” the Warner Bros. Discovery chief assures an investor conference
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Comcast CEO Says He Isn’t ‘Completely Surprised’ by the Charter-Disney Dispute: ‘Probably Won’t Be the Last’
“I hope people are looking at what the consumer is saying,” Brian L. Roberts says during the Goldman Sachs conference
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Why the Disney-Charter Carriage Dispute Is a ‘Watershed Event’ for All Pay TV
Wall Street analysts say that the rift can result in a migration of subscribers and could even tip Hollywood’s power structure
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Disney Urges Charter Customers to Switch to Hulu + Live TV
ABC, ESPN and other Disney-owned channels have been pulled from Spectrum due to a carriage dispute
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Warner Bros. Discovery Says Company Will Take $300 Million-$500 Million Earnings Hit Due to Hollywood Strikes
“While WBD is hopeful that these strikes will be resolved soon, it cannot predict when the strikes will ultimately end,” the company writes in an SEC filing
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Streamflation: Why Streaming Prices Keep Going Up | Charts
Nearly all the majors hiked prices within the last year – and a new analysis warns that there may be more to come
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Gives Bad Boy Publishing Rights Back to Artists Including Faith Evans, Notorious BIG, Mase
The rights are reportedly worth hundreds of millions of dollars
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NBCUniversal Extends Health Coverage for Nonunion Crew During Double Strike
Around 100 impacted employees will potentially be covered by the plan
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Disney Says Charter Refuses Carriage Deal That ‘Reflects Market-Based Terms’
The entertainment giant says it offered the “most favorable terms on rates, distribution, packaging, advertising and more”
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Hollywood Loses 17,000 Jobs in August Amid Double Strike
The disclosure was revealed in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest employment report released Friday