Charter says it will acquire Cox Communications for $21.9B, valuing Cox at $34.5B including debt and uniting two of the biggest US cable and broadband operators
Our anti-trust laws have been severely underused. [embedded post] Spencer M Ross / @srossmktg.com : If we had a functional (read: not corrupt) Federal Trade Commission, this deal wouldn't go through....
Netflix raises prices in the US, Canada, Portugal, and Argentina; the standard US plan rose from $15.49 to $17.99 and standard with ads jumped a dollar to $7.99
entertainment TV and films. — Now, customers are going to be subsidizing Netflix's push into live events like NFL and WWE, whether they want to or not. … @durrell : I swear to God, these MFs raise t...
Many Netflix viewers faced issues while watching the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight and the undercard bouts, including the stream glitching and losing sound
Netflix: [image] X: Peter Yared / @peteryared : I used to run tech for CBS which included streaming the Superbowl. Core issue for Netflix is that they operate their own CDN which is not built for live...
Amazon says Apple TV+ will be available as a $9.99/month subscription add-on in Prime Video Channels later this month in the US, joining 100+ streaming services
But There's a Plot Twist! Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Apple's cozy relationship with Amazon just got cozier Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter : Amazon and Apple Strike Deal to Bring Apple TV+ to Prime Vi...
Gerald M. Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who oversaw the AOL merger, widely considered the worst corporate merger in US history, died on March 13 at age 84
but wow. He's dead! Cut a little slack! — www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/o... X: Steve Case / @stevecase : Jerry Levin was a pioneer and visionary. More than two decades ago, Jerry realized the Intern...
Interviews with more than 24 people involved in the AT&T/Time Warner merger, including Jeff Bewkes and Randall Stephenson, detail how it went disastrously awry
At Time Warner, executives saw AT&T as just a “big phone company from Texas.” At AT&T, they thought Hollywood would play by their rules. Tweets: @jamesstewartnyt , @nytimes , @dandrezner , @nickconfe...
Sources detail how Amazon uses its power across markets to compel vendors in one market to accept its terms in others, including threatening punitive action
A heavyweight in retail, cloud computing, digital advertising, streaming and smart speakers, the tech giant compels vendors in one market to engage with it in others Tweets: @jbflint , @danamattioli ,...
Profile of Disney's Kevin Mayer, head of the company's streaming strategy and the Disney+ launch, who managed acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Fox
The veteran deal maker is getting a very public test as the executive launching Disney+, the company's new streaming service. Tweets: @karadapena , @jbflint , @wsjbusiness , @jbflint , and @benmullin ...