- DirecTV Leaves Dish Network Deal: Tougher Work Ahead
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 25, 2024
Dish bondholders did not agree to exchange their debt for new de ...
- DirecTV Starts A FAST Platform - MyFree DirecTV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 10, 2024
MyFree DirecTV will give users "curated" content, an on-demand library, and numb ...
- The DirecTV/Dish Merger Isn't Brain Surgery, But It Does Require Rocket Science
MediaDailyNews, Ed DeNicola - Tuesday, October 1, 2024
I was a young exec at Nielsen back in 2002 when D ...
- DirecTV/Dish: What Can The Company Dish Out Now?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 2, 2024
"We see this as complementary - this is not an either/or [f ...
- DirecTV To Acquire Dish, Merger Will 'Incentivize' Programmers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 30, 2024
DirecTV will buy Dish/Sling from its parent Echostar for $1.00 plus t ...
- DirecTV, Dish Reportedly In 'Advanced' Merger Talks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 27, 2024
If the deal goes through, the new combined company would replace Comca ...
- Streamers Now 'First Stop' For Consumers
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Nearly half of respondents say their "first stop" destination is one ...
- DirecTV, Disney End Blackout, Deal Includes Streamers
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, September 15, 2024
The deal includes streaming services Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu, as well ...
- Disney Proposes Flexible 'Sports-Centric,' 'Entertainment-Based' Options To DirecTV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Last year Disney struck a deal with Charter's Spectrum service allowing t ...
- Nonstop Cord-Cutting Leads To Huge Subscriber Declines, Q2 Down 7%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 5, 2024
The first and second quarter of 2024 had 6.9% declines, with ...
- Disney Nets Go Dark On DirecTV, 11M Affected
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 2, 2024
Blackouts are threatening the upcoming start of the NFL season on A ...
- DirecTV, Walt Disney Carriage Dispute: Blackouts For ABC, ESPN?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Disney has reportedly offered "flexible options" to the pay TV satellite/virtual p ...
- TV-Network Groups' 'Strict Bundling' Demands Must Change: DirecTV
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 21, 2024
"Programmers have continued to impose and enforce strict bundling requirements through exorbita ...
- Satellite TV: Old-School Brands Melding Into Digital?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 13, 2024
DirecTV has been making a renewed marketing effort for existing and n ...
- Smart TVs Are Becoming Home Entertainment Hubs
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Monday, August 5, 2024
Smart TVs aren't just for watching video, with half of consumers sayi ...
- Political Ad Spending Estimated To Climb To $10.7B: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 3, 2024
A new 2023-24 estimate projects political ad revenue will rise to $10 ...
- Dish Network Brings Back Real Old-Style Bundles: Long-Term Contracts
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 28, 2024
Dish is packaging its standard linear TV cable/broadcast package with a fr ...
- Netflix Dominates Gen Z's Time Spent With Streaming
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
One quarter of the Gen Z audience is Hispanic, making Spanish-language networ ...
- RSN Flexibility, Sports TV Desires: New Legacy Pay TV Life?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 3, 2024
DirecTV has renewed its deal with Diamond Sports Group, giving consumers t ...
- Comcast's Long-Time Diversification Strategy Up To The Test?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 29, 2024
Growing out of its core cable TV system business of TV network ...
- Consumers Cutting Entertainment Costs? Live Experiences Still A Good Bet
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults say "it's important to spend less with ...
- YouTube TV To Be Biggest Pay TV Provider In 2026, Reach Profitability In 2024: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 28, 2024
YouTube TV "still presents a great value to those still watching line ...
- Legacy TV 'Quiet Quitting' Reveals 'Sticky' Sports, News Viewing Strength
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 21, 2024
Complete "quitting" of program viewing on legacy TV platforms continues to l ...
- Cable TV Pricing: Up, Down Or Sideways? Content Prognosis For The Long Term
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 19, 2024
DirecTV is offering savings on its monthly subscription if viewers are ...
- DirecTV Offers Discount With Bold 'No Locals' TV Station Strategy
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 18, 2024
DirecTV says the new consumer plan, called "No Locals," could mean ...
- Dish, Sling Continue To Lose Subscribers With Total 4% Decline
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 1, 2024
EchoStar, home of Dish Network and Sling TV, is seeing increasingly weakeni ...
- India's Connected TV Ad Spending To Grow 30% A Year
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Friday, March 1, 2024
About half of households in India said they own a smart T ...
- DirecTV And Streaming: Putting The Satellite Dish In The Cupboard?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 21, 2024
With a new TV campaign, DirecTV wants to be in the coole ...
- Media Buyers Ramp Up Deals For Addressable TV, Consider It A 'Must Buy'
Advanced TV Insider, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 15, 2024
A third of advertisers now consider addressable TV advertising a "must bu ...
- YouTube TV Subs Soar 35%, Legacy Pay TV's Fall 12%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 4, 2024
Still the fastest-growing virtual pay TV provider, YouTube TV has surpassed Di ...