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Paramount Plus Joins Parade of Streamers Increasing Prices
By Jon Lafayette published
Paramount Plus with Showtime up $1 to $12.99 a month; Paramount Plus Essential jumping $2 to $7.99 a month
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Can ARPU-Minded Charter Maintain Its Customer Service Edge?
By Daniel Frankel, David Bloom published
Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we recall our willfully ignorant moments stumbling through TV history on the WB lot under Jamie Kellner … and we try to figure out why Netflix is getting into popcorn
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TV Business Pioneer Jamie Kellner, Creator of the Fox and The WB Networks, Dead at 77
By Daniel Frankel published
As founding president and COO of Fox Broadcasting, the former syndication executive was instrumental in leading the business beyond the three-network paradigm
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Charter Lays Off More Than 1,000 Call Center Employees Amid Continued Consolidation
By Daniel Frankel published
Office closures in 4 U.S. locations follow wave of earlier shutterings in January
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Judge Refuses To Make Bankrupt Diamond Give Up Sensitive Pay TV Deal Data
By Daniel Frankel published
Meanwhile, Major League Baseball delivers another zinger: ‘Nothing Diamond has ever done has been about maximizing profit’
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Charter to Increase Spectrum Internet and TV Prices in July
By Jack Reid published
Base price for home internet will rise by $3 a month
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Amid Another Worst Quarter Ever for U.S. Pay TV, Even YouTube TV Lost Subscribers in Q1, Analyst Says
By Daniel Frankel published
Craig Moffett says advertisers are now fleeing linear for streaming, too, taking even more marquee content and eyeballs with them
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Venu Sports Announces Management Team Under CEO Pete Distad
By Daniel Frankel published
Top hires for Disney, Fox and WBD JV include former FanDuel and Hulu exec Brian Borkowski as CMO, and ex Apple, Disney and Hulu operative Tim Connolly as chief business officer
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