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Next TV Summit: How Netflix ‘Pulled the Wool Over the Eyes of Media Companies,’ and How They Might Fight Back

Opening keynote features Michael Pachter, Jeffrey Cole discussing streaming, cable, broadcast

Multichannel News · Sep 10, 2024

DirecTV Programming Chief: The Venu Sports Guys 'Got Caught With Their Hands in The Cookie Jar in a Big Way'

With a federal court ruling casting a harsh light on practices including bloated network bundles and forced minimum penetration, Rob Thun touts a plan for a 'brighter TV future'

Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 21, 2024

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

Multichannel News · Jul 25, 2024

Waymark Reaches 90% of U.S. DMAs, Prepares to Expand Into Spanish-Language Media (NAB Show 2024)

In addition to launching Spanish-language voiceover capabilities, the AI advertising startup is introducing a new plugin so media companies can integrate its AI solutions into their own platforms

Multichannel News · Apr 10, 2024

‘We’re Betting on Ourselves‘: Utah Jazz Claim More Than 20,000 Subscribers for New DTC Streaming Channel Jazz+

Team exec Caroline Klein tells ‘Next TV’ the NBA franchise has a lot of ‘pride’ in its new digital platform, which was built in just 47 days last fall with the help of technology partner Kiswe

Broadcasting & Cable · Mar 11, 2024

CableLabs Lays Off 23 Staffers Amid Post-SCTE Integration Restructuring

While eliminating redundancies in IT and HR, the R&D org also adds to its tech unit

Broadcasting & Cable · Jan 22, 2024

Uncarried! After More Than 4 Dutiful Years and 51 Loyal Billing Cycles, T-Mobile Tells Us to Pound Sand

Also in the latest 'Next Text,' we throw shade on CES, avoidable respiratory infections, SVOD price elasticity and the bleak future of EchoStar

Broadcasting & Cable · Jan 8, 2024

Netflix Viewing Declined By 17% in 2023

Based on Netflix's own data, viewers spent over 7 billion hours less last year watching the platform than they did in 2022

Broadcasting & Cable · Jan 3, 2024

What's in Store for '24? FASTs Fall, Par Gets Sliced, Apple Takes a Bigger Bite

In a very special and forward-looking 'Next Text,' if you sarcastically come at David Bloom with the name 'Carnac,' you best not leave out 'The Magnificent'

Broadcasting & Cable · Dec 26, 2023

'Next TV's' 10 Most Read Stories From 2023

Bankruptcies. Cord cutting. Ratings collapses. In 2023, we went negative, and you came with us

Broadcasting & Cable · Dec 22, 2023