My thoughts on several articles from this week, including “Doctor Who” as an HBO Max exclusive and George Takei’s graphic novel memoir as a bestseller.
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Tag: Comcast
Judge approves AT&T’s merger with Time Warner; Comcast might try to outbid Disney for Fox’s assets
A judge has cleared the way for AT&T to finish its merger with Time Warner. Meanwhile, will Comcast buy out Fox’s assets from under Disney?
Read more What media companies own popular franchises now versus the 1980s?
Decades ago, there were dozens of different media companies in the United States. Now, we’re down to mainly five large media conglomerates.
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NBCUniversal plans to relaunch Sprout as “Universal Kids”
NBCUniversal plans in September 2017 to relaunch preschooler cable channel Sprout as an ages 2-11 aimed channel named “Universal Kids.”
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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 billion of that was by Netflix, while $2.6 billion was by Amazon.
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Cable TV boxes face new FCC rules, other challenges
A recent survey by Leichtman Research Group reports that 65% of US households have at least one TV set connected[…]
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Comcast to buy DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion
As of Thursday morning, it’s been made official: Comcast will buy DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion. This will be a very[…]
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Fandango buys Rotten Tomatoes, Flixster
Movie showtimes and ticket seller website Fandango (owned by NBCUniversal, itself owned by Comcast) has just purchased movie review aggregation[…]
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My choice of video services (winter 2015-2016)
There’s been a lot of talk about “cord cutting,” or cancelling cable TV services. Less spoken about is “cord shaving,”[…]
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Charter to buy Time Warner Cable in a $78.7 billion deal
Cable company Charter has announced they’ll be buying Time Warner Cable for what amounts to a $78.7 billion deal. Charter[…]
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