Awful Announcing
"The growth in TV is not coming from linear TV providers, but from huge programmers. You just can't swim upstream against a real tide of big players."
A lot of media cuts can be traced not just to digital competition and changing business patterns, but also consolidation and investment firms' involvement. And that trend may rise further still this year.
This deal has already boosted the value of Fox's Stars stake, and could lead to them getting a bigger stake in the new company.
A recombination with Viacom should boost CBS, but they're still a long way behind many competitors when it comes to market capitalization.
Charter (doing business in New York as Spectrum) is the biggest cable provider in the state, with over 2 million subscribers across cable/internet/phone.
A deal that seemed to be a foregone conclusion a year ago now seems to be in jeopardy
Will Fox go for Comcast's higher bid, and their argument that antitrust regulators won't be too worried by it?
The deal was approved without conditions, and could have big impacts on Turner, Disney, Fox and Comcast.
Comcast, Sony and Verizon are also pursuing 21st Century Fox
Fox selling entertainment properties to Disney to focus on news and sports could have big implications for both companies.
While on the campaign trail, Donald Trump stated plenty of opposition to AT&T’s proposed $85.4 billion deal to...
