The Implications Of Amazon’s Bid For Fox’s Regional Sports Networks

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

21 Nov 2018

21CF

21st century fox

AT&T

Hot on the heels of 21CF (21 st Century Fox) securing a renewal of its multi-year distribution deal with the leading US pay TV operator AT&T; 21CF’s regional US Sports networks are now in play. According...

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Why AT&T is Renewing Its Fox Distribution Relationship

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

19 Nov 2018

21CF

AT&T

DirectTV Now

Yesterday , leading US telco AT&T publicly announced the multi-year renewal of its programme distribution deal with Fox Networks Group. AT&T negotiated the deal with 21stCentury Fox assets, which...

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The State of California Goes Head to Head with The US Department of Justice on Net Neutrality

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

2 Oct 2018

21st century fox

AT&T

California

The Golden State is renowned for doing things differently from the rest of the US and, yesterday, its liberal credentials were reiterated by California Governor Jerry Brown signing net neutrality legislation...

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DC Universe Is The First Strategic Move In The Next Round of Direct-To-Consumer Offerings

Blog post by Alistair Taylor

25 Jul 2018

AT&T

comic-con

Comics

Warner Bro’s long awaited DC Universe subscription video on demand (SVOD) service is nearing its grand unveiling, having now decided upon a pricing plan. This is the latest of a long list of examples...

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Telcos, Media, and the Battle for Monopsony

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

14 Jun 2018

AT&T

Comcast

disney

This week has seen the culmination of unprecedented moves in the realignment of the Telco and media ecosystems. In October 2016 AT&T, the largest US Telco, put in a bid to acquire content conglomerate...

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What The End Of The Net Neutrality Could Mean For Streaming Businesses

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

8 Dec 2017

AT&T

FCC

net neutrality

On December 14th the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on whether or not to end the regulation around net neutrality. New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai believes that net neutrality issues are...

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Why AT&T Has Decided To Acquire Time Warner

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

24 Oct 2016

AT&T

Mobile content

Mobile content

The most powerful force in nature is when two landmasses moving in opposite directions come up against each other. The result of these two tectonic plates irrepressibly pushing up against one another is...

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The Inevitable Video Data Wars

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

13 Sep 2016

AT&T

Comcast

DirecTV

Netflix’s recent filing to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) inquiryon advanced broadband sets the stakes for a clash of world views between the TV and the tech worlds. The SVOD giant’s position...

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