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The Editor's Desk: New weekly video series debuts in October
WEB2 days ago · (Graphic by The Desk) The brains behind The Desk, “Talk Back to Television” and “Friday Fireside” are launching a new weekly show called “The Editor’s Desk” that aims to make sense of the moving parts of the media and technology industries.. Hosted by The Desk publisher and editor Matthew Keys and veteran media analyst Rick Howe, The Editor’s Desk will dissect the biggest ...
New round of Disney layoffs impact workers at ABC TV stations
WEB4 days ago · The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday notified sent a fresh round of pink slips to around 75 workers at ABC News and its local ABC television stations across the country. The workers were notified about the job cuts early Wednesday morning, according to two sources, with the layoffs split between the national news division at ABC and local ...
AT&T to sell remaining stake in DirecTV to private equity firm
WEB5 days ago · A DirecTV satellite dish. (Photo by “Hurricane Geek” via Wikimedia Commons) Three years after spinning off its pay television service DirecTV into a separate company, AT&T says it is finally ready to exit that part of the industry entirely.. On Monday, the telecom said it has reached an agreement with private equity firm TPG, Inc. to sell its 70 percent stake in the satellite and streaming ...
CNN erects a paywall on its U.S.-based website - thedesk.net
WEB5 days ago · CNN is moving forward with an ambitious plan to charge for its online news. Starting this week, visitors to CNN.com in the United States will have access to a limited number of news articles for free before they are asked to pay $4 per month to continue reading news stories on the website. In a note to employees on Tuesday, CNN’s Executive ...
Disney says DirecTV misunderstood “clean slate” clause
WEB5 days ago · The clean slate proposal was reiterated to DirecTV during a phone call on August 31, and was one of “over 100 open points of negotiating,” Disney’s lawyers say. Disney insisted on the clean slate term as a condition of carriage, the attorneys wrote. When talks broke down, DirecTV pulled Disney-owned channels one day later.
Rumor mill again swirls around unlikely Dish-DirecTV merger
WEBSep 19, 2024 · A DirecTV satellite dish. (Photo by James Artis via Flickr Creative Commons) Officials at Dish Network and DirecTV are downplaying reports of a possible merger of the two satellite television platforms, according to several sources who spoke with The Desk on background this week.. Over the weekend, financial news outlet Bloomberg published a story that suggested the two companies were holding ...
The DirecTV-Disney dispute feels different because it is different
WEBSep 1, 2024 · DirecTV’s dispute with Disney feels different because it is different. For years, carriage disputes have centered around fees paid by cable and satellite companies to programmers. Now, distributors are redrawing the battle lines — and Venu Sports is a big reason why. A passenger uses a tablet to watch a live feed of ABC, powered by DirecTV ...
TV stations to replace Circle Country with Outlaw, The365 in January
WEBFrom that day, viewers who want access to Circle Country will be able to watch it on the Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Sling Freestream and Comcast’s Xumo Play. Broadcast stations will replace Circle Country with one of two new digital networks: Outlaw, which offers country western programming, or The365, a network offering Black-centric TV ...
YouTube TV clarifies features, limitations for NFL Sunday Ticket
WEBFrom now until June 6, YouTube TV subscribers can save $100 by pre-ordering the NFL Sunday Ticket, which brings the cost of the package down to $250 for the season (or $290 if subscribers pre-order NFL Sunday Ticket with RedZone). After June 6, the price of NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV goes up to $350 for the season (or $390 if subscribers ...