- Tegna Vs. Dish: Yet Another Blackout Threat
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, October 6, 2021
A blackout would mean loss of access to local ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CW and MyNetwork TV stations in 52 U.S. cities for Dish TV subscribers. ...
- DirecTV Ramps Up National TV Ad Spend With New Streaming Service
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 23, 2021
DirecTV Stream, one of the newest internet-based live TV/on-demand streaming services, has spent an estimated $32.7 million in national TV advertising in the last 30 days, according to iSpot.tv. ...
- Forecast: 2022 Midterm Political Ads To Hit $7.8 Billion; Broadcast TV Up 30% To $3.8 Billion
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 26, 2021
Kantar notes that its estimate is a more conservative industry number, "not quite as dramatic as other forecasters." Still, Kantar says broadcast TV will sharply climb to $3.8 billion, wi ...
- Pay-TV Cord-Cutting Slows - Along With Broadband Growth
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, August 20, 2021
On the pay-TV front, an actual gain for internet-delivered vMVPDs and lower losses for satellite and telco services helped offset higher losses in the cable sector. Broadband's robust growth slow ...
- Satellite TV Wake Is Postponed - Pay TV Isn't Dying Fast, Either
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Two of the major satellite pay TV businesses -- DirecTV and Dish Network -- continue to seek transitions. ...
- Dish Up 2% In Q2 Pay TV Revenue; Sling TV Adds 65,000 Subs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 9, 2021
Dish TV subscriber declines accelerated -- losing 132,000, now totaling 8.55 million. ...
- Clarification: DirecTV Will Have 2 Services
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, August 6, 2021
In the story
"DirecTV Name Change: Consumers Know 'Stream' -- That's Enough" (
TV Watch, Aug. 5, 2021) the company will have two video services – DirecTV, the longtime satellite p ...
- DirecTV Name Change: Consumers Know 'Stream' -- That's Enough
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 5, 2021
The new name is DirecTV Stream. This intends to signify DirecTV Stream as a "service." ...
- AT&T's Pay-TV Spinoff Complete, DirecTV Stream Emerges
Video Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The new company that includes the DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse operations formerly owned by AT&T is launching a DirecTV Stream, a platform offering access to various streaming services, includi ...
- Dish Gets An AT&T Lifeline - But Not The Obvious One
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 22, 2021
AT&T has supplied Dish with infrastructure technology to aid its efforts to be a "mobile virtual network operator." ...
- Vizio-Led OAR Addressable TV Effort Certifies 7 Ad-Tech Partners
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 1, 2021
Vizio said it exceeded 11.2 million U.S. addressable TVs launching live addressable TV ad campaigns with top TV networks. ...
- Discovery Inc. Starts Discovery Sports -- Does It Signal More To Come?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 30, 2021
It's got March Madness and the NBA. But the "NFL Sunday Ticket" contract with DirecTV runs out next year. ...
- So Why Do We Need Another Addressable Consortium?
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, June 18, 2021
Comcast Advertising's Larry Allen and Hasan Rahim of Altice's a4 advertising arm shed a bit more light on why several cable and satellite TV operators and Vizio have formed anoth ...
- Video Streaming Satisfaction Scores Slip, But Remain Higher Than Pay TV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 8, 2021
A wide-ranging consumer survey looking at top 20 premium streamers and smaller providers showed a 2.6% dip to a 74 customer-satisfaction index. ...
- Pay TV Business Slightly Trims Net Loss In Subscribers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 20, 2021
An estimated 1.90 million subscribers cut the cord in the first three months of 2021. ...
- Pay TV Drops 1.9 Million Subs In Q1, Cable Sees Record Losses
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, May 20, 2021
The largest U.S. pay-TV providers lost a combined 1.895 million net video subscribers in this year’s first quarter, according to Leichtman Research Group. That total was a slight improvement ov ...
- U.S. Pay-TV Revenues To Plunge By $23B By 2026
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, May 17, 2021
The U.S. share of global pay-TV revenues will decline from 52% to 40% between 2020 and 2026, projects Digital TV Research. ...
- Linear Addressable TV Revenues To Climb 33%, But Homes To Decline
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The media research company estimates this year will see a 4.7% decline in addressable TV homes to 57.6 million. ...
- Would Biden's Infrastructure-Broadband Plan Impact A DirecTV/Dish Merger?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Total U.S. pay TV subscriber homes dropped 7.3% in Q4 2020 -- the fifth in a series of consecutive 7% quarterly declines. ...
- DirecTV Subs Plunged By 3M In 2020 Amid Record 5.1M Pay-TV Loss
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, March 5, 2021
AT&T had a net loss of about 3.26 million subscribers across its four pay-TV services, on top of a combined loss of nearly 4.1 million in 2019. Hulu + Li ...
- Dish Network, DraftKings Make Integration Deal With Sports Wagering
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Initially, Dish customers can wager on NCAA basketball, NBA and NHL games. ...
- What Does DirecTV Turn Into Now?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Some analysts believe rural areas could be a possible improving ground for DirecTV. ...
- AT&T Spins Off Video Business, Starts Separate Company Named DirecTV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 25, 2021
AT&T has finalized a $7.8 billion deal with investment asset company TPG Capital to start a stand-alone video company to include DirecTV. ...
- PE Firm TPG In Exclusive Talks For Stake In DirecTV: Reports
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, January 25, 2021
The deal could be valued at more than $15 billion, sources reported. DirecTV parent AT&T and TPG have declined to comment. ...
- Seattle Adopts NextGen TV -- Biggest Market To Date
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
BitPath -- which plans to launch the nation's first dedicated broadcast data network starting next year -- coordinated the efforts across the Seattle stations. ...
- Dish, Cox End Blackout, As 164-Station Feud With Nexstar Continues
Television News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, December 14, 2020
The Dish blackout of 14 Cox stations started in July. The two-week-old Dish dispute with Nexstar is said to be the largest local station blackout in TV history.. ...
- AT&T Sells Crunchyroll To Sony For $1.18 Billion, More DirecTV Offers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 10, 2020
Looking to pay down debt -- and jettison non-core business -- AT&T has sold off Crunchyroll, its anime TV production and subscription platform business for $1.18 billion to Sony's Funimati ...
- Appellate Court Turns Away AT&T In Battle Over DirecTV Robocalls
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 23, 2020
Handing AT&T a defeat, a federal appellate court on Monday refused to reconsider a prior ruling that requires DirecTV to face a lawsuit alleging it violated a consumer protection l ...
- AT&T Hiking DirecTV, U-Verse Prices; Lowering Costs Of Premium Add-Ons
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, November 20, 2020
Increasing the platforms' ARPU probably won't hurt as AT&T reportedly explores selling a minority stake in DirecTV, U-verse and AT&T Now. ...
- DirecTV, Dish TV May Take Another Whack At Merger
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 12, 2020
"Make no mistake, whether it's a year from now, or 10 years from now. I believe it's inevitable those companies go together," Charlie Ergen, chairman of Dish said recently. ...
