Tag: Justice Department
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The Recap: A Possible Peacock-Paramount+ Marriage, Sports JV Drama, and More
A busy week was capped off by another shocking revelation: Paramount and Comcast discussing combining their respective streaming services, Paramount+ and Peacock. We also continued to see the ripple effects of last week’s announcement from Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a streaming sports joint venture, with a lot more unhappy…
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Disney and FOX Don’t Think Their New Sports Bundle Will Wreck Cable TV. Are They in Denial?
Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans to jointly form a new super sports streaming bundle this week shocked the entertainment and cable TV world. One of the gut reactions to the news was how this service, which bundles together 14 cable and network channels, would accelerate the bleeding of cable TV customers. But…
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Report: The Justice Department Plans to Sue AT&T to Block Time Warner Purchase
For some time now we have heard the Justice Department was concerned about AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner. It was first reported by the New York Times that the Depart of Justice has called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell Turner Broadcasting Group the group of cable networks including CNN as a potential requirement for approving…