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Bidding War Could Be In Store For 21st Century Fox
Friday, November 17, 2017 - 9:21am | 422Read More...Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is reportedly in talks to acquire some of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA), a mere days after reports suggested that Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) held similar talks with Fox. The Analyst Rosenblatt Securities' Alan Gould maintains a Buy rating on...
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The New Television Landscape: Winners and Losers
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 - 3:19pm | 710Read More...The future of TV and entertainment is evolving at a rapid pace. Many investors and analysts are working under the assumption that internet-based new age media companies will emerge as winners — and legacy media companies will finish last as the "cord cutting" trend continues. The...
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Production Machine: Analyst Feels Comfortable With CBS As Top Pick After Exec Dinner
Friday, August 18, 2017 - 8:47am | 375Read More...Analysts at Loop Capital Markets continue to view CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) as a top pick after hosting an executive dinner with the company's CEO Leslie Moonves and investor relations EVP Adam Townsend. Loop Capital's David Miller maintains a Buy rating on CBS with an unchanged $78 price...
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AMC CEO Argues Why It Can Thrive In The Streaming TV Environment
Saturday, April 8, 2017 - 1:48pm | 335Read More...How will content creators like AMC Networks Inc (NASDAQ: AMCX) fare in the era of streaming TV and video content? According to CEO Josh Sapan, there's little if any reason to worry. Speaking as a guest on CNBC, Sapan said his company is in fact "perfectly designed" to thrive in a TV...
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YouTube CEO Pitches New TV Service: 'A Giant Opportunity'
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 12:43pm | 341Read More...Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) YouTube unit announced earlier this week users now watch more than one billion hours worth of content on its platform. But the company isn't stopping there and is now offering users even more reason to part ways with their cable providers....
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YouTube Video Views Reach 1 Billion Hours A Day; How Does Television Compare?
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 11:48am | 535Read More...Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s YouTube unit may be bigger and more relevant than many had expected. YouTube revealed in a blog post on Monday that it reached a new milestone as its users combined to watch one billion hours of content on a daily basis. Put into perspective, it...
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Hulu Adds CBS, The Most-Watched Network, To Live-Streaming Service
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - 4:16pm | 390Read More...Hulu, the online streaming video platform, announced on Wednesday it has reached a new agreement with CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS). As part of the agreement with the country's most-watched TV network, Hulu's subscribers can live stream CBS' content through the soon-to-be-released,...
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Highlights From A Very High-Profile Roundtable Of TV Titans
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 2:19pm | 340Read More...According to Hollywood Reporter, Netflix, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: NFLX) head of content Ted Sarandos and HBO's CEO Richard Plepler "jovially" met in new York City in late July which may have put an end to the rivalry between the two companies. The two then joined A+E Networks'...
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Here's How TV Is Fighting Back Against Facebook For Ad Dollars
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 10:02am | 315Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) collects large amounts of data on each user and can leverage this information to offer marketers a unique ability to reach their target market directly. In fact, spending on digital ads is expected to outpace spending on TV ads this year in the United States and the U.K.,...
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John Oliver Exposes Debt-Buying Industry, Launches Biggest Giveaway In History Of Television
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 1:36pm | 379Read More...One of the most controversial industries in the financial sector is debt collecting. Consumers who do not pay off their credit card or other financial obligations for any reason could end up on the receiving end of a dreaded and unpleasant call from a collection agency or debt collector. A debt...
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Tegna Spikes Following New Affiliation Agreement With NBC
Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 2:20pm | 161Read More...Shares of Tegna Inc (NYSE: TGNA) were trading higher by more than 4 percent at $23.83 early Thursday afternoon after the company confirmed the renewal of an affiliation agreement. Tegna announced that it has reached an agreement with NBC for the renewal of the affiliations agreements of all 17...
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The Evolving TV Business: 'Experience, Not Content, Is King'
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 11:25am | 870Read More...The television landscape has changed dramatically during the past five years. Streaming services such as Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Hulu, and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime have usurped an industry that previously relied on families gathering around a TV set to enjoy scheduled...
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The Stats Behind TV's Digital Transition
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 11:10am | 476Read More...Digitalsmiths just released the results of its quarterly survey on Pay-TV providers, content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers. This quarter’s survey polled 3,144 consumers in North America and sheds light on the digital transition happening in the TV and movie industry....
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The Future Of TV: 'The Internet Is Here And It Only Knocks Once'
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 9:02am | 759Read More...In a report published Thursday, Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves discussed the future of TV and what role the Internet will play. According to Hargreaves, the Internet has finally become a "legitimate distribution alternative" for professional content as Internet services are...
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Supreme Court Ruling Could Change The Face Of Television Forever
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 12:03pm | 574Read More...In announcing it would hear American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo beginning Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court could decide the fate of broadcast television and potentially upend a business model that has been in place for a very long time. To put it simply, Aereo, a company that lets...















