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Can ARPU-Minded Charter Maintain Its Customer Service Edge?
Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we recall our willfully ignorant moments stumbling through TV history on the WB lot under Jamie Kellner … and we try to figure out why Netflix is getting into popcorn
TV Business Pioneer Jamie Kellner, Creator of the Fox and The WB Networks, Dead at 77
As founding president and COO of Fox Broadcasting, the former syndication executive was instrumental in leading the business beyond the three-network paradigm
Charter Lays Off More Than 1,000 Call Center Employees Amid Continued Consolidation
Office closures in 4 U.S. locations follow wave of earlier shutterings in January
Judge Refuses To Make Bankrupt Diamond Give Up Sensitive Pay TV Deal Data
Meanwhile, Major League Baseball delivers another zinger: ‘Nothing Diamond has ever done has been about maximizing profit’
Amid Another Worst Quarter Ever for U.S. Pay TV, Even YouTube TV Lost Subscribers in Q1, Analyst Says
Craig Moffett says advertisers are now fleeing linear for streaming, too, taking even more marquee content and eyeballs with them
Venu Sports Announces Management Team Under CEO Pete Distad
Top hires for Disney, Fox and WBD JV include former FanDuel and Hulu exec Brian Borkowski as CMO, and ex Apple, Disney and Hulu operative Tim Connolly as chief business officer
Minnesota Senator Urges Comcast to ‘Return to the Negotiation Table’ With Diamond Sports Group
‘My constituents are furious’ that they can’t watch Twins games, Tina Smith tells Brian Roberts
WBD Taps Former Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to Run PR
Warner CEO calls him ‘the right leader’ for the job
Roger Goodell Testifies in $21 Billion ‘Sunday Ticket’ Antitrust Trial: ‘We Have Been Clear Throughout That This Is a Premium Product’
NFL denies it colluded with TV companies to keep the price of its out-of-market games package jacked up over $300 a season
Chicken Soup Fails to Meet Terms for $175 Million Debt Forbearance Agreement, Purges Board
William J. Rouhana, chairman and CEO of the Redbox parent company, is the only board member left
Diamond Sports Asks Bankruptcy Court for Emergency Hearing as Leagues Demand to See Sensitive Pay TV Contracts
Cox Communications weighs in, too, telling judge Monday that it doesn't want the NBA, NHL and MLB to see its 'trade secrets'
After It Secured NFL TV Rights, Now Comes the Hard Part for Netflix — Finding Someone to Produce and Call the Games
Netflix’s options in terms of finding contractors ‘may be limited,’ reports say
Cable One Set To Lay Off 4% of Its Employees
Around 120 full- and part-time staffers will be let go, as competition from FWA and fiber overbuilders takes toll on ARPU
Is Charles Barkley's Retirement Declaration Believable … or Bluff?
Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we examine the Rube Goldberg workings of Skydance's doomed Paramount purchase, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss' unseemly ghosting of NBA GOAT Jerry West, and some cool trinkets from Apple's World Wide Developers Conference
Disney Bundle Cuts Hulu Churn Nearly in Half (Charts of the Day)
Antenna's latest 'State of Subscriptions' report also reveals that 56% of premium SVOD signups in Q1 were for ad-supported tiers
With Moody's Predicted To Cut Paramount to Junk Status, Is a Government Bailout of Hollywood Really Such a Crazy Idea?
The fed has done it for auto manufacturers and banks in the past, why not one of our biggest makers of culture, (whacky) showbiz trade asks?
Chicago Cubs RSN Marquee Sports Faces ‘Bumpy’ Comcast Renewal
Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney admits that prospects look a little bleak for the regional sports network jointly operated by the MLB club and Sinclair Broadcast Group
Soap Opera Effected: Roku Users Stuck in Motion Smoothing Mode With No Way to Get Out!
Users of Roku-powered TCL smart TVs complain that the latest OS upgrade turned on Roku’s intolerable ’Action Smoothing‘ feature with no way to turn it off
Jerry West, the True ‘GOAT’ of the Modern $76 Billion NBA, Dies at 86
The Hall of Fame player, whose silhouette still adorns the NBA’s logo, carved an even more enduring legacy as a league executive. No one else can match what he accomplished
NBCU Finally Pours Water on USA Network -- Series Reboot of John Grisham's 'The Rainmaker' Is Linear Network's First Unshared Scripted Original Since 2000
The linear cable channel, which has seen reruns of lawyer dramas 'Suits' and 'White Collar' thrive on Netflix recently, gets series order for Lionsgate and Blumhouse show
Return of the ‘Triple Play’? Consumers’ Most Wanted Bundle Includes Netflix, Broadband and Mobile
Consumer desires harken back to old-world cable economics, a Hub Entertainment Research study finds
Charter's Spectrum Reach Second Only to YouTube in Local Streaming?
Within its top 22 Nielsen-measured local markets, cable operator's Spectrum Reach platform boasts 18.4% of all streaming usage
Netflix Locks Down ‘Night Agent’ Creator Shawn Ryan With Increasingly Rare Overall Deal
The prolific producer, who’d been with Sony for the last 13 years, was reportedly signed to an eight-figure deal
