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Starz COO extends stay
Starz has agreed a new long-term contract with its COO, Jeffrey Hirsch. The deal will…
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Univision ups Lee to top entertainment post
Hispanic US broadcaster Univision has promoted the exec who oversaw the creation of subsidiary Fusion…
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Landmark deal means Comcast will stream Netflix
US cable giant Comcast will stream SVOD service Netflix on its X1 set-top box, a…
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Starz ups Hirsch and Weil
Starz has appointed Jeffrey Hirsch COO, handing him some of the responsibilities that sat with…
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Telcos target TV
Telecoms operators are increasingly looking to TV to drive new subs, increase customer loyalty and…
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Charter’s $78bn TWC takeover gets greenlight
One of US cable’s biggest-ever merger is set to go ahead after the antitrust regulators…
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Dish coalition wants cable merger stopped
Dish Networks has joined a coalition that aims to stop Charter Communications’ big-money acquisition of…
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Time Warner ‘eyes Hulu stake’
Time Warner could become the latest media giant to invest in American on-demand platform Hulu….
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US pay TV ‘struggling’ to retain subs
Nine out of the top ten US pay TV operators lost subscribers in the quarter…
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Discovery, Comcast come to carriage agreement
Fraught carriage negotiations between Discovery Communications and Comcast Communications have ended with a new “long-term,…
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Malone seals US$78bn Time Warner Cable deal
Cable magnate John Malone-backed US cable operator Charter Communications has struck a deal to merge…
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Comcast, Time Warner Cable merger scrapped
Comcast Communications today confirmed it has scrapped the planned merger with US cable rival Time…
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Comcast set to walk from TWC merger
Comcast Communications is set to pull out of its US$45.2 billion planned merger with rival…
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Comcast-Time Warner deal moves closer
The proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable buy Comcast has received a preliminary endorsement with…
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US pay TV takes quarterly subscriber hit
The top 13 US pay TV operators lost 150,000 TV subscribers in the third quarter,…
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Comcast, Charter reveal spin-off cable co’s name
Comcast Communications has unveiled the name of the spin-off cable company it is creating in…
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Netflix confirms Time Warner Cable payment
SVOD service Netflix has begun paying another US cable provider fees to guarantee better bandwidth…
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Analysis: Will ITV get its way on UK retransmission fees?
ITV says the wider industry will back its aggressive to push to get the UK’s…
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MarVista scores VOD cable deals
MarVista Entertainment’s new digital unit has struck a deal with US cable content distributor iN…
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NBCU ‘well set’ for post-mega-merger era
The CEO of Comcast Communications has said NBCUniversal’s current performance means the content business is…
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Time Warner Cable pays tribute as former boss passes away
US MSO Time Warner Cable has paid tribute to former CEO and cable industry pioneer…
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US mega pay TV deals to drive M&A activity
Analysts have said the AT&T deal for DirecTV will help the merged entity mitigate the…
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Liberty Media to spin-off cable assets
Liberty Media is to spin-off its cable assets into a separate publicly-traded business. The company…
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Dish, DirecTV shares up on merger rumours
Shares in US satellite pay TV companies DirecTV and Dish Networks have spiked after rumours…
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Time Warner Cable shareholder sue over Comcast deal
A Time Warner Cable shareholder is suing to block Comcast Communications’ US$45.2 billion cable TV…
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Hulu talking to pay TV operators
US internet TV service is reportedly in early talks with a number of pay TV…
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CBS, Time Warner end bitter carriage row
The month-long blackout of US broadcast network CBS on Time Warner Cable is over, after…
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IPTV take up grows as US pay TV subs plunge
IPTV was the only segment of US pay TV to show subscription growth in the…
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Dish Network reaches retrans agreement
US cable platform Dish Network has restored channels from American satellite broadcaster Raycom Media after…
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Cable, broadcast clashes as CBS remains dark on TWC
Time Warner Cable viewers are facing a fourth day without leading broadcast network CBS as…
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