Latest articles by Daniel Frankel
Netflix also commits to debuting season 3 of its most popular show ever next year
Calling itself a ‘conglomerate of financial institutions and financial services providers,’ the so-called ‘Apex Capital Trust’ convinced Bloomberg, Reuters, the Penkse Showbiz Trades and other big-name pubs that it made a rival $43 billion all-cash bid for Paramount
DirecTV, which hasn’t put a new satellite into orbit since June 2019, rearranges the ol’ deck chairs with a redesigned menu and personalized content carousels for Genie and Gemini devices
T-Mobile, which believes it only has capacity for 7 million to 8 million FWA subscribers, just entered into its second fiber joint venture in the last 3 months
Two decades ago, Barry Diller and his USA Networks failed in their quest to bring back Vince McMahon's erstwhile WWF with a very similar lawsuit
Google is getting set to debut its first big streaming device upgrade since 2020's Chromecast with Google TV
It’s only the latest skirmish between the satellite TV company and the Central Oregon-based CBS and NBC stations
Oh, and the bankrupt Bally Sports RSN distributor somehow managed to once again push back the long-awaited presentation of its restructuring plan
Charter tries to soothe some pain points with only 10% of its video subscribers reportedly using Disney Plus Basic even though they get the service for free
Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we ponder Pete Rose’s next sports bet, the irresistible proposition of fixed wireless ... and a bleak but terrifyingly possible future in which we don’t get to vote anymore
Less than 48 hours after threatening the league with ‘action,’ media company gives it … the action … and we have the lawsuit here
The good news? Amid a toxic stew of ACP defunding, and fiber and fixed wireless competition, the loss was only around half of what analysts' feared
Justice Department amicus brief asks appeals court to correct district court’s definition of ‘price fixing’
The deals ‘are not in conflict,’ NBA insider tells ‘Next TV’ ... meaning the Google-owned vMVPD’s logo will continue to festoon the court during championship-round games
All three services are available for as cheap as $17 in ad-supported flavors
'We think [the NBA has] grossly misinterpreted our contractual rights with respect to the 2025-26 season and beyond,' declares TNT
NBC's last WNBA broadcast came back in 2002 ... and yes, that stupid 'Roundball Rock' music is coming back, too
The league says it has officially signed 11-year TV contracts with Disney, NBCUniversal and Amazon
AT&T once again played up the ‘opportunity’ presented by its fiber-mobile convergence strategy during its second-quarter earnings call Wednesday … but the telecom still only has fiber in 12% of the country
Satellite TV company is still pushing back on the FCC’s ‘all-in pricing’ order
But the Alphabet division still missed equity analysts’ forecasts
It's the first time since the end of 2022 in which Comcast's quarterly video attrition hasn't surpassed 12%
But Comcast’s broadband ARPU keeps rising, up 3.6% to $73.88, suggesting those lost ACP customers weren’t big revenue drivers
