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Venu Sports, the joint ESPN/Fox/WBD streaming venture, announces launch pricing below many projections
Venu Sports will be available for $42.99 a month at launch, and those who sign up then will get that price for at least 12 months.
David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery feeling the squeeze as NBA rights hang in the balance
Time is running out for David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery as the embattled media giant is on the verge of losing NBA rights.
U.S. Reps send letter to Disney, Fox, WBD CEOs over upcoming sports streaming venture
"As programmers, your companies exert tremendous influence over pricing across the live sports TV ecosystem."
Analyst suggests Disney should keep bundling ESPN instead of creating standalone platform
"We believe that a sports-only streaming app is a tough model and that sports integrated in a general entertainment service a la Peacock or Paramount Plus makes more sense."
Charter partners with Comcast on Flex streaming devices/XClass smart TVs, projects customer base shift to streaming
Charter's decision to join Comcast's streaming device/smart TV project rather than do their own gives the combined venture significant scale, and perhaps paves the way for some eventual OTT service bundling deals.
The YouTube TV-Sinclair deal for the Fox RSNs appears to have significantly tightened who can get certain networks
Many YouTube TV subscribers who used to get particular Fox RSNs now don't get those networks under the new Sinclair-YouTube TV deal.
AT&T launches over-the-top “AT&T TV” in 10 markets, plans to unveil the new “workhorse” service nationally by end of year
"It literally takes the customer acquisition cost and cuts it in half."
