Latest articles by Daniel Frankel
'Squid Game' Season 2 Finally Gets Premiere Date ... More Than Three Years After Season 1 Dropped
Netflix also commits to debuting season 3 of its most popular show ever next year
‘Apex’ Predator Feeds on Media Business Press With Apparent BusinessWire Press-Release Hoax About Rival Paramount Bid
Calling itself a ‘conglomerate of financial institutions and financial services providers,’ the so-called ‘Apex Capital Trust’ convinced Bloomberg, Reuters, the Penkse Showbiz Trades and other big-name pubs that it made a rival $43 billion all-cash bid for Paramount
DirecTV UX Update for Satellite Customers Is Its First in Five Years … And Perhaps Its Last
DirecTV, which hasn’t put a new satellite into orbit since June 2019, rearranges the ol’ deck chairs with a redesigned menu and personalized content carousels for Genie and Gemini devices
T-Mobile Fixed Wireless Growth Slows 27% to 406,000 Customers in Q2 as Operator Turns Its Attention to … Fiber-Fueled Convergence
T-Mobile, which believes it only has capacity for 7 million to 8 million FWA subscribers, just entered into its second fiber joint venture in the last 3 months
Legal Precedent Favors the NBA in Wrestling Match Against Warner Bros. Discovery
Two decades ago, Barry Diller and his USA Networks failed in their quest to bring back Vince McMahon's erstwhile WWF with a very similar lawsuit
The Chromecast Brand and the Dongle Form Factor Get Left Behind With New ‘Google TV Streamer’
Google is getting set to debut its first big streaming device upgrade since 2020's Chromecast with Google TV
Hot Blackout Action! Dish Boots BendBroadband Affiliates KOHD and KBNZ in Retrans Kerfuffle
It’s only the latest skirmish between the satellite TV company and the Central Oregon-based CBS and NBC stations
Diamond Inks Renewal Deal With Comcast, Ends 90-Day Blackout (Updated)
Oh, and the bankrupt Bally Sports RSN distributor somehow managed to once again push back the long-awaited presentation of its restructuring plan
Charter Offers Ad-Free Disney Plus Upgrade Option, Tries to Goose Its Moribund ‘Future of Video’ Strategy
Charter tries to soothe some pain points with only 10% of its video subscribers reportedly using Disney Plus Basic even though they get the service for free
Why It’s ‘Stupid’ for David Zaslav to Chase an NBA Package So Specifically Designed for Amazon
Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we ponder Pete Rose’s next sports bet, the irresistible proposition of fixed wireless ... and a bleak but terrifyingly possible future in which we don’t get to vote anymore
Warner and Turner Sue the NBA Over Failed Renewal Deal
Less than 48 hours after threatening the league with ‘action,’ media company gives it … the action … and we have the lawsuit here
Charter Follows Comcast With Worst-Ever Broadband Quarter, Loses 149,000 Subscribers in Q2
The good news? Amid a toxic stew of ACP defunding, and fiber and fixed wireless competition, the loss was only around half of what analysts' feared
DOJ Tells Appeals Court to Reinstate DirecTV’s Antitrust Suit Against Nexstar
Justice Department amicus brief asks appeals court to correct district court’s definition of ‘price fixing’
Xfinity, Now the NBA’s ‘Official TV Service,’ Won’t Replace YouTube TV as ‘Presenting Sponsor’ of the Finals, League Source Says
The deals ‘are not in conflict,’ NBA insider tells ‘Next TV’ ... meaning the Google-owned vMVPD’s logo will continue to festoon the court during championship-round games
‘Disney+, Hulu and Max Bundle’ Launches With Combined Discounts of Up to 39%
All three services are available for as cheap as $17 in ad-supported flavors
Warner Says It Will 'Take Appropriate Action' Against the NBA After Getting Spurned for Amazon
'We think [the NBA has] grossly misinterpreted our contractual rights with respect to the 2025-26 season and beyond,' declares TNT
WNBA Set to Also Return to NBCU as Part of Surging League's New 11-Year, $2.2 Billion National TV Deal, Made Official Wednesday
NBC's last WNBA broadcast came back in 2002 ... and yes, that stupid 'Roundball Rock' music is coming back, too
NBA Says Warner ‘Didn’t Match the Terms’ of Amazon’s Proposal, Enters Long-Term TV Deal With Online Retail Giant
The league says it has officially signed 11-year TV contracts with Disney, NBCUniversal and Amazon
Dumb in Dallas? AT&T Keeps Pushing a ‘Convergence’ Advantage It Simply Does Not Have
AT&T once again played up the ‘opportunity’ presented by its fiber-mobile convergence strategy during its second-quarter earnings call Wednesday … but the telecom still only has fiber in 12% of the country
DirecTV Warns FCC: Without Early Termination Fees, Our Equipment and Installation Costs Are Going To Be Paid For by Our Customers Up Front
Satellite TV company is still pushing back on the FCC’s ‘all-in pricing’ order
YouTube Ad Revenue Up 13% to $8.66 Billion in Q2
But the Alphabet division still missed equity analysts’ forecasts
Comcast Has Its Worst Broadband Customer Quarter Ever at 120,000 Lost Subscribers
But Comcast’s broadband ARPU keeps rising, up 3.6% to $73.88, suggesting those lost ACP customers weren’t big revenue drivers
