DirecTV
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DirecTV Could Walk Away From NFL Sunday Ticket Renewal, AT&T COO Says
Current deal with the NFL runs through 2022
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WarnerMedia CEO Says AT&T Not Planning to Sell DirecTV: ‘Important Part of What We’re Going to Be’
John Stankey tells WSJ he’s not looking to leave CEO gig anytime soon
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How Fox’s WWE ‘Friday Night SmackDown’ Air Times Will Differ From USA Network Era
It’s a bit complicated
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AT&T to Explore a Sale of DirecTV (Report)
Activist investor Elliott Management called for AT&T to sell pay-TV unit last week
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Cord-Cutters Beware: New Streamers Could Cost Almost as Much as Cable | Chart
“A bundle of services that’s easy to use will be a driver of how many providers viewers are willing to sign up for,” Hub Research Group Principal Analyst Jon Giegengack says
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AT&T Expects to Lose as Many as 1.3 Million Video Subscribers in Q3
CFO John Stephens braces Wall Street for big cable, satellite and streaming declines, as well as lower WarnerMedia revenues
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Half of US Households Now Use 2 or More Streaming Services
51% of homes use at least two streaming services between Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video, new study shows
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Cable and Satellite TV’s Year From Hell in a Single Graph
Cord cutters caused largest second-quarter drop in subscriptions, with about 5 million customers ditching their cable and satellite companies
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CBS and AT&T End Carriage Spat, Agree to New Distribution Deal
CBS-owned stations had been off AT&T and DirecTV since July 20
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Cord-Cutting Runs Amok: Cable, Satellite Providers Hit by Record Subscriber Losses in 2nd Quarter
More than 1 million customers cut the cord during the second quarter
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AT&T Meets Q2 Earnings Mark as WarnerMedia Growth Offsets TV Subscriber Losses
New HBO and Turner owner tops revenue forecast despite shedding 778,000 DirecTV and U-verse customers
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CBS Stations Go Dark on AT&T U-verse and DirecTV, Net Warns Blackout ‘Could Last a Long Time’
Deadline for a new distribution agreement was 2 a.m. ET Saturday
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Refinery29 Appoints Hearst Alum Dana Stern to VP of Talent Relations, Casting (Exclusive)
She will report to Refinery29’s president of North America and chief content officer Amy Emmerich
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CBS News Digital Audience Strategy: ‘No Need to Pander to Any Demographic’
“It’s insulting to ‘younger viewers’ to suggest that they want their news differently than anybody else,” CBS News General Manager Christy Tanner tells TheWrap
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7 Big Media Trends of 2019 (So Far), From Streaming Fatigue to DirecTV Now’s Face Plant
“Soon we’ll all start looking at our credit card bills and start saying, ‘Why am I subscribing to all of these services?”” Paul Hardart, a former Warner Bros. executive, told TheWrap
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