Disney Hits Back At Charter Claims, Says It Offered “The Most Favorable...
Disney has hit back at claims by Charter Communications execs that the media company declined to pursue innovative carriage deals and instead just wanted to ram through price increases. The companies...
View ArticleWhoopi Goldberg Misses ‘The View’ Season Premiere Due To Covid; Many Viewers...
Whoopi Goldberg was absent from the Season 27 premiere episode of The View today due to yet another case of Covid, though many usual viewers throughout the country will miss the show too: The View did...
View ArticleDisney-Charter Battle Makes Pay-TV Bundle’s Fadeout A Stark Reality For...
Just as this summer’s New York City wildfire smoke, Los Angeles’ hurricane and sneaker-melting heat have brought home the reality of climate change, the Disney-Charter carriage battle is foregrounding...
View ArticleDisney Says Charter Dispute Is Driving A 60% Increase In Hulu + Live TV...
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...
View ArticleParamount CEO Bob Bakish Acknowledges Wall Street’s Dim View Of...
Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish said the Disney-Charter carriage dispute took a “notable” financial toll on many pay-TV stakeholders, but he touted his efforts to “modernize” the company’s distribution...
View ArticleCharter CEO Chris Winfrey Reports Little Progress In Carriage Talks With...
Charter CEO Chris Winfrey indicated that little progress has been made in the week-long carriage fight with Disney and said a leaner, ESPN-free TV bundle “could stick” with price-sensitive Spectrum...
View ArticleDisney-Spectrum Latest: Media Giant Rips Cable Operator’s “Indifference” On...
With its carriage fight with Charter about to enter its second week, Disney issued a statement blasting the Spectrum TV owner’s “indifference” to customers and a Wall Street investment bank predicted a...
View ArticleDisney And Spectrum Reach Carriage Agreement, Ending Epic 10-Day Impasse In...
UPDATED WITH details and company comment. Disney and Charter Communications have reached a carriage renewal, ending a 10-day impasse that drew intense scrutiny to the shifting economics of pay-TV in...
View ArticleDisney’s ABC Stations Could Be Bought By Nexstar With “Little Friction” If...
Tom Carter, a longtime former Nexstar exec who is now a senior advisor to the CEO and board of directors, says the company could acquire Disney’s local ABC TV stations with “little friction” if they...
View ArticleDirecTV And Nexstar Agree To Temporarily Restore Stations, Letting Millions...
Ending a two-and-a-half month impasse, DirecTV and leading station owner Nexstar Media Group have agreed to restore the signals of dozens of stations as the companies work to finalize a carriage...
View ArticleTegna Stations, Including Many CBS And NBC Affiliates, Go Dark On DirecTV In...
Dozens of local TV stations owned by Tegna, most of them NBC and CBS affiliates, have gone dark on DirecTV in a carriage dispute. The companies failed to reach an agreement before a 5 p.m. PT deadline...
View ArticleSpectrum-Disney Deal “Absolutely” Created Blueprint For Future Carriage...
Nearly three months after Charter Communications and Disney struck a landmark distribution deal, Charter CFO Jessica Fischer said it “absolutely” has created a template for future agreements. “We’re...
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