Max plans to add more live sports and live news content in the form of CNN Max - which WBD just formally added to Max - as a form of an "open beta" effort.

Although there has been much analysis of expanding ad-supported streaming platforms, consumer spending on streamers -- subscription fees -- keeps rising.

Trump is attacking Comcast, NBC News and MSNBC and says they should be investigated for "country-threatening treason." I guess he won't be advertising on any of these networks anytime soon for his Presidential campaign?

Typically, scores of new linear TV shows each season barely make it through their first season before getting the axe.

What is actually left for Fox News Channel, Fox News Media, and Fox Television Network? Right now many would say much of the same, especially under his son Lachlan Murdoch, executive chairman of Fox Corp.

Disney's theme parks are the company's mothership. Iger said "that storytelling is what fuels this company, and it belongs at the center of how we organize our businesses."

How will consumers figure out that less might be more? That if everyone is cutting back, they and premium streaming execs can still reside in a happy place?

Certain TikTok accounts are posting full episodes of TV shows and full-length films in bite-sized clips that users can watch in a long, continuous string, "The Wall Street Journal" says.

HBO's critically acclaimed "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" - ending after just two seasons - has been the dominant program on Max. But apparently it is not enough.

Right now, the prevailing wisdom is that consumers want all the popular channels in their bundle, also at a low price. If that's not possible, they would want to pick the TV brands on a short-term basis.