Mike Farrell
Mike Farrell is senior content producer, finance for Multichannel News/B+C, covering finance, operations and M&A at cable operators and networks across the industry. He joined Multichannel News in September 1998 and has written about major deals and top players in the business ever since. He also writes the On The Money blog, offering deeper dives into a wide variety of topics including, retransmission consent, regional sports networks,and streaming video. In 2015 he won the Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Profile, an in-depth look at the Syfy Network’s Sharknado franchise and its impact on the industry.
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Rural broadband initiative could give the suddenly saturated streaming business an inroad to a much needed new customer base

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Battle for the American Couch Potato report predicts OTT subscriber additions will shrink from 80 million in 2022 to 50 million in 2024

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Stock falls more than 20% as satellite giant fails to answer key concerns about its wireless plans

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U.S. residential broadband to top 122 million subscribers by year’s end

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Shares down 14% after Q1 dips in video, wireless subs

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Broadband growth about half that of prior year, wireless additions reach 373,000

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Operator says it should report positive broadband growth in second half of year and is making progress on accelerated fiber buildout

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Record retention keeps high-speed data slowdown in check; wireless adds 318,000 subscribers

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Popular Flex offering coupled with smart TVs and other hardware could make a case for cable providers becoming app curators

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See sluggishness lingering through first half of 2022

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After a 38% decline in its stock price, Netflix has to reinvent itself

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Chairman and CEO sees salary dip 5%, 27% rise in stock awards

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Lower housing moves, Keep Americans Connected customer losses will still affect growth, but it could be worse

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In eight years the AVOD pioneer has grown into one of top streaming services, dipping its toes into original programming in 2021

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Replaces Steve Cochran, who will step down at end of June

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With cable operators and telcos stepping up efforts across the country to build out fiber networks, a shortage of skilled workers could delay those plans

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After a brief respite during the pandemic, cable’s video losses climb

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Stock rises more than 12% amid speculation it has hired an adviser to drum up interest

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Streamer will be exclusive home of Friday Night Yankees Baseball

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Aspire TV, Revolt TV, TV One and others to be added to Spectrum TV Select tier at no additional cost

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Says high debt, declining market share still problems for pure-play telecom giant
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