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By ‘DTC,’ They Meant ‘Direct to Charter’

In this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we call out the Dodgers’ RSN distribution, Warner's far-fetched DC ambitions, and (of course) Shari’s latest offer

Broadcasting & Cable

Charter Starts Delivering Live Dodgers Games Free to Spectrum One Customers

But Spectrum SportsNet LA isn't going to be available to anyone and everyone in a DTC streaming format this season

Broadcasting & Cable

Point-Counterpoint: Should Paramount Plus Be Thrown Off the Mountain?

In our latest ‘Next Text,’ we don't want to call David Bloom an ignorant anything, but our columnist does try to use his fancy, well-deduced logic to undermine a streaming business with 70 million users

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Allen Media Group Renews Carriage Deal with Charter

Charter’s Spectrum Cable and Streaming Platforms will continue to carry Allen Media Group networks and broadcast stations

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Allen Media Group Renews Carriage Deal With Charter

Agreement covers TV stations, The Weather Channel and other cable networks

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Charter CFO Jessica Fischer on Charter’s (Costly?) Stock Buyback Strategy: ‘There's No Change in the Way We Approach Those Things’

Cable operator has endured a paper loss of nearly $23 billion over the past four years through five rounds of stock buybacks

Broadcasting & Cable

Vecima Moves To Compete With Harmonic in Cable’s Fast-Emerging vCMTS Market

Competition for virtual network tech heats up as cable operators begin to ramp up for new DOCSIS 4.0 standard

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Netflix's Dan Lin Hire, WBD's Investor Wealth Fire, CNN's Ratings Mire, and 'Dune's' Week 2 Funeral Pyre

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' one of us once again chooses emotion over sound prognostication and picks 'The Holdovers' to win Best Picture

Broadcasting & Cable

ESPN+ Launches on Charter’s Spectrum TV Select Plus

The streaming service is available to Spectrum TV Select Plus customers at no additional cost

TV Tech

Charter Rolls Out Disney’s ESPN Plus to Spectrum TV Select Plus Customers

Spectrum TV subscribers got Disney Plus earlier this year under new carriage contract

Multichannel News

Charter CEO Chris Winfrey Dismisses FWA as ‘Cellphone Internet’

Speaking at a Morgan Stanley investor event, Winfrey used the term ‘inferior product’ no less than five times to describe fixed wireless access

Multichannel News

Charter Names Wally Bakare, Chris Fulton Regional VPs

Bakare will manage Spectrum’s West region; Fulton oversees Northwest region

Multichannel News

Are You Kidding Me? Charter CEO Chris Winfrey Made More Than Shohei Ohtani Last Year

Factoring in stock options, the cable exec took home more than a two-way baseball star who just signed a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers

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Altice USA’s Dennis Mathew on Spulu: ‘We Want Our Linear Customers To Have Access to These Types of Solutions’

CEO also says he doesn't want to be ‘distracted’ by Charter acquisition talk

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A Potential Altice USA Purchase 'Makes Sense' for Charter, But Comcast Should Kick the Tires, Too, Analyst Says

New Street Research's Jonathan Chaplin says it would be 'irresponsible' or Comcast not to also take a look at buying the currently deflated New York cable company. T-Mobile might also consider making a run, he added

Broadcasting & Cable

Paramount Faces Challenging Renewal Talks with Charter, Analyst Says

The high degree of overlap of CBS and Nickelodeon content between Paramount Plus and Paramount linear channels will make carving out a Disney-like bundling deal with the top U.S. pay TV operator tricky, says Lightshed Partners' Richard Greenfield

Multichannel News

Altice Shares Jump on Charter Buyout Report

Cable operator’s stock up 40% to $2.61 a share

Broadcasting & Cable

U.S. Streaming Revenue Will Surpass Total Pay TV Coin in Q3, Research Company Predicts

The introduction of cheaper ad tiers has driven up ARPU, according to London's Ampere Analysis

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Streaming Revenues Expected to Eclipse Pay-TV Revenues in U.S. This Year

Increased revenue from advertising and a boost in subscriber growth, alongside the decline in traditional pay TV, has led to inflection point, Ampere says

Broadcasting & Cable

Charter Agrees To Modify Spectrum Mobile Ad Per NAD Recommendation

Charter’s claims of ‘advanced Wi-Fi’ and ‘leading’ American ISPs were singled out as potentially unsupported

Broadcasting & Cable

Pay TV Companies, and the DOJ, Push Back on Big 'Spulu' Sports Streaming Joint Venture

The new service would seem to run right up against so-called 'most-favored-nation' agreements with operators, who have been clamoring for similar kinds of skinny bundles for decades

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Paramount Global's Possible Sale Sparks Speculation on Media Merger

Learn about the potential sale of Paramount Global, one of the largest media companies in the world, amid financial challenges and media mergers.

Broadcasting & Cable

Charter Zings T-Mobile Fixed Wireless Again in Latest Super Bowl Ad (See the Commercial Here)

We also posted T-Mobile's latest Donald Faison/Zach Braff 5G Home Internet spot

Multichannel News

Charter Runs Commercial for Home Internet During Super Bowl

Spot airs in Kansas City, some Spectrum markets

Broadcasting & Cable

YouTube TV: Everything You Need to Know About What Is Now the 4th Largest Pay TV Platform in America

How Google's $35-a-month skinny bundle turned into the only thing in linear TV that's still growing

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