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WarnerMedia’s president of France, Benelux & Germany to step down
WarnerMedia’s president of France, Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland Iris Knobloch is stepping down, after…
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Apple TV+ poised for production pact with HBO alum Richard Plepler
Former HBO CEO Richard Plepler, who left the US cabler in March, is close to…
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AT&T boss: Netflix is the Walmart of media
AT&T boss and chairman Randall Stephenson has compared Netflix to US retail brand Walmart and…
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DOJ slams judge’s approval of AT&T/Warner merger
The US District Court’s greenlighting of AT&T’s merger with Time Warner merger was only possible…
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Comcast drops bidding war with Disney
Comcast has dropped the bidding war with Disney to acquire assets from 21st Century Fox…
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US gov’t to appeal merger go-ahead for AT&T, Warner
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is to appeal the court decision approving the merger…
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US broadcast M&A reaches $5.11bn for 2018
US broadcast station mergers and acquisitions (M&A) raised $5.11 billion in the second quarter of…
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Turner CEO to depart amid AT&T merger
Turner CEO John Martin is to depart the company as AT&T completes its $85bn acquisition…
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US judge accepts AT&T Time Warner merger without conditions
A US Federal judge has ruled that AT&T’s US$85 billion acquistion of Time Warner is…
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TBI Weekly: Comcast joins the M&A race
This week, Comcast kicked off a bidding war by formally offering £22bn for Sky and…
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Warner Bros. replaces DramaFever SVOD chief with Time Inc. exec
Warner Bros. is replacing DramaFever boss Seung Bak with Time Inc. senior VP of digital…
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TBI Weekly: The OTT ‘arms race’ heats up
This week, it seems that almost every major TV player is claiming their stake in…
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Discovery eyes global OTT after closing Scripps deal
Discovery has completed its US$14.6 billion takeover of US cable rival Scripps Networks Interactive, and…
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30 years of TBI: The TBI 100 (1994)
TBI turns 30 this year, and to celebrate we will be publishing a series of…
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US gov’t blocks AT&T’s Time Warner takeover
The US Department for Justice (DoJ) has blocked AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner and filed…
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Game of Thrones fever drives Time Warner growth
The stunning viewing figures for Game of Thrones have pushed Time Warner and its subsidiary,…
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HBO Nordic teams with Turner for kids OTT service
HBO Nordic and Turner EMEA have joined forces to create Toonix, a kids-focused OTT service….
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CEO brushes off Comcast concerns
NBCUniversal (NBCU) parent Comcast is in rude health despite a recent stock price drop, according…
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Vimeo names new CEO
Vimeo, the ad-free open video platform and operating business of IAC, has appointed Anjali Sud…
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AT&T plans reshuffle post Time Warner deal
AT&T is planning organisational changes to follow the US$85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc….
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Verizon linked with Disney takeover
Verizon may become the latest US telco to buy a major American content company, with…
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Time Warner to produce shows for Snapchat
US media giant Time Warner will produce a series of original programmes for social media…
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AT&T CEO: Time Warner deal ‘moving as expected’
Time Warner’s proposed merger with AT&T is “moving along as expected”. The chairman and CEO…
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Time Warner shareholders welcome AT&T deal
Time Warner’s shareholders have overwhelmingly approved US telco AT&T’s US$85.4 billion takeover of the company….
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Time Warner shareholders welcome AT&T deal
Time Warner’s shareholders have overwhelmingly approved US telco AT&T’s US$85.4 billion takeover of the company….
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HBO Now passes 2 million US subscribers
HBO has passed surpassed two million domestic subscribers for its over-the-top service HBO Now, parent…
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Turner creates international digital division
Turner has tasked Aksel van der Wal with establishing a new division that will focus…
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Bewkes: AT&T will ‘accelerate’ HBO Now growth
The international distribution of the HBO Now SVOD service will be “accelerated” by the sale…
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Vessel voyage to end after Verizon acquisition
Jason Kilar’s online video service Vessel will close on October 31 after US telecoms giant…
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Netflix plots $1bn raise for content acquisitions
Netflix is looking to raise US$1 billion in order to fund further content acquisitions, investments…