I look at reasons why the 2020 Summer Olympics took a ratings nosedive in the US, from Tokyo’s time zone to the changing media landscape.
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Tag: Comcast
Comcast shutters NBCSN to focus on streaming, USA Network
On Friday, news came that NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, will be shutting down its cable sports network NBCSN by the end of the year.
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Comcast buys Vudu; also, 2019 home video sales
On Tuesday, The Verge reported that Fandango, owned by Comcast, will buy Vudu from Walmart for an undisclosed amount of money. The move is supposed
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Thoughts on (fully) cord cutting and dropping cable TV
While I largely went without a cable TV subscription (due to cost) for most of the early-to-mid 2000s, I’ve had cable TV since that time.
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Comcast announces Peacock streaming service details
On Thursday, Comcast and NBCUniversal announced details about its new streaming service, Peacock. Thoughts on this new streaming service are below. Launch date Peacock will
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Favorite articles roundup for the week of August 2, 2019
Here’s some interesting stories from the past week, and my thoughts about each of them. Media “They Called Us Enemy” GN. Art by Harmony Becker.
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Judge approves AT&T’s merger with Time Warner; Comcast might try to outbid Disney for Fox’s assets
On Tuesday, a federal judge handed down an approval for AT&T’s merger with Time Warner. The Justice Department opposed this merger, arguing the resulting company
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What media companies own popular franchises now versus the 1980s?
Decades ago, media ownership in the United States wasn’t as concentrated as it is today. In 1983, 50 companies owned 90% of American media. As
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NBCUniversal plans to relaunch Sprout as “Universal Kids”
Earlier this week, NBCUniversal (a division of Comcast) announced it’s turning its preschooler oriented cable network, Sprout, into “Universal Kids.” The new network, set to
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Netflix and Amazon combined outspend CBS, Turner on programming
A recent study by research firm IHS Markit states that Amazon and Netflix spent a combined total of $7.5 billion on programming in 2015. $4.9
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