The Latest Breaking News from Next TV

Sinclair Is Reportedly Offering $850 Million to Buy Back Diamond Sports Group Out of Bankruptcy

Sinclair is being sued by its former subsidiary for $1.5 billion

Broadcasting & Cable · Nov 2, 2023

Scripps (Surprisingly) Puts ATSC 3.0 on the Back Burner With Its New Tablo OTA DVR ... But Grant Hall, the Exec Behind the Gadget, Says NextGen TV Is Still Part of the Longer-Term Plan

'It's just the first product -- it doesn't mean that we're ignoring or not doing ATSC 3.0,' Hall tells Next TV

Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 29, 2023

Roku's Chris Larson: ‘We've Spent $1 Billion a Year on R&D For the Last 15 Years. You’re Not Going to Spend $200 Million and Catch Us in Six Months’

In a wide-ranging Q&A with Next TV, Roku's global TV chief reiterates his company's position that consolidation is coming to TVOS and the barrier to entry is sky high

Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 28, 2023

Pac-12 ADs Spurn Apple Subscription Streaming Deal, Tragically Dismantle the 108-Year-Old 'Conference of Champions'

Member schools balk at yet another subscription TV pact loaded with incentives but bereft of certain financial payoffs. Indeed, bad media deals have consequences

Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 7, 2023

After 5 Years on the Bench, John Cena-Jackie Chan Action Film ‘Hidden Strike’ Swings and Misses — Netflix Weekly Rankings for July 24-30

Netflix has had luck with crummy action movies with super-low Rotten Tomatoes scores before, but not this time

Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 2, 2023

Niet Meer for ‘Nordic Noir?’ Scandinavian Media Conglomerate Viaplay Retreats From Int’l Markets, Abandons Ambitious Netflix Competition Plans in the U.S.

So you thought you’d wait out Hollywood’s summer of labor unrest with a little Nordic Noir? Think again

Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 21, 2023

Amazon Touts JustWatch Report Saying It Beat Netflix in Q2 Engagement ... 'Take Our Market Share Data With a Grain of Salt,' Responds JustWatch's Founder

Berlin-based streaming search engine provider backs off its bold proclamation

Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 17, 2023

Hollywood on Strike: Why the Video Business Could Use a Few More Tough Guys Like Ron Perlman (Frankel)

Sure, we can point our fingers at the boogeymen in Sun Valley all we want. But if those underpinning film and TV want to avoid the fate of, say, us folks in the news business, they should find a way to stick together and take care of each other

Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 16, 2023

‘Indiana Jones’ … and the Video Biz’s Regurgitative Pile of Destiny (Frankel)

From the box office to subscription streaming, not much about long-form cinematic storytelling seems to be working right now. Say, you don't suspect that it's because the video business is utterly bereft of creativity at the moment, do you?

Broadcasting & Cable · Jul 9, 2023

You Want It All? ‘We Got You’ — 5 Questions With Frequency CEO Blair Harrison

Next TV is expanding its coverage of the technologists and technology vendors that make streaming happen. Today’s focus is on Frequency ... and its new partnership with Wurl

Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 28, 2023