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How To Stream Free Disney Plus Basic With A Spectrum TV Select Account

Qualifying Spectrum TV subscribers can now stream ad-supported Disney Plus Basic for free.

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Uncarried! After More Than 4 Dutiful Years and 51 Loyal Billing Cycles, T-Mobile Tells Us to Pound Sand

Also in the latest 'Next Text,' we throw shade on CES, avoidable respiratory infections, SVOD price elasticity and the bleak future of EchoStar

Broadcasting & Cable

Charter Adds Disney+ Basic to Spectrum TV Select Package for Free

The launch is the first important programming change from Charter’s landmark deal with Disney last Sept.

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Charter Delivers Ad-Supported Disney Plus to Spectrum TV Select Customers at No Additional Cost

The first manifestation of the cable operator's landmark carriage deal with Disney is at hand

Broadcasting & Cable

ATSC 3.0: Everything You Need to Know About the Broadcast Industry's 'NextGen' Technology Standard

The new over-the-air technology standard is still coming … we think

Broadcasting & Cable

Xumo TV: Everything You Need to Know About the Comcast and Charter Streaming OS Joint Venture

An up-to-date look at the TVOS JV being launched by America’s biggest cable operators

Multichannel News

Streaming’s Painful Push for Profits

The last year saw more price hikes, more ads and more unhappy consumers as some major players inched towards profitability

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Comcast Starts Doling Out Xumo Stream Box to Its Internet Customers

The new joint-venture gadget replaces the Xfinity Flex puck that Comcast had been giving out for free to its broadband-only subscribers

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Why Shohei Ohtani and His New $700 Million Dodgers Deal Aren’t Too Rich For Still Thriving RSN SportsNet LA

In this week’s Next Text, we also discuss why Adam Silver and the NBA should pop the ol’ bubbly on their wildly successful In-Season Tournament

Broadcasting & Cable

Charter’s Jessica Fischer: Xumo Stream Box Won’t Replace the Traditional ‘World Box’ Set-Top Anytime Soon

‘QAM video is going to be with us for a long time,’ she says

Broadcasting & Cable

DirecTV’s Rob Thun Tells Tegna to Get Direct With Either the Networks or Pay TV Customers as the Latest Retrans Dispute Devolves Into Yet Another Blackout

DirecTV’s top programming executive says he‘s ‘dead serious’ this time about no longer getting caught in the middle of a dialectic that’s seen retrans fees spike 270% since 2015. And he has a Charter-esque proposal Tegna’s probably not going to like

Broadcasting & Cable

Fixed Wireless Ad Wars Heat Up: Comcast and Charter Told to Take Down or Modify Commercials Following Complaints

The National Advertising Division once again takes cable companies to task for their FWA-targeted TV spots

Multichannel News

180 Degree Capital Looks To Shake Up Comscore’s Board

CEO Jon Carpenter gets vote of confidence

Broadcasting & Cable

Disney shares rise 7% after cutting streaming losses by $1 billion while gearing up for round two against Nelson Peltz

After a year of cost cuts, Disney is better positioned to ward off Peltz, who has long criticized its spending habits.

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Charter Becomes Largest MSO To Adopt ShowSeeker’s Pilot for Ad-Order Management

System surfaces content for monetization and creates single order for converged sales

Broadcasting & Cable

‘Cable Wireless Might Ultimately Dominate the U.S. Wireless Market,’ Analyst Declares

With their respective Verizon MVNO agreements working decisively in their favor, Craig Moffett believes Comcast and Charter could soon ‘arbitrage’ their mobile margins to as high as 85%

Broadcasting & Cable

Paramount Looking at Charter-Disney-Like Pay TV Streaming Bundles, as DTC Revenues Surge and Losses Ebb in Q3

DTC revenue was up 38% in the quarter as Paramount Plus added 2.7 million subscribers to reach scale of 63 million

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Women's hesitancy to adopt AI compared to men could hurt their earning potential

A smaller share of women versus men are using AI tools like ChatGPT.

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The cable and streaming singularity comes closer as Max is going to offer free live sports streaming until March 2024

After that, you’ll have to pay an extra $10 per month.

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Disney Stock: NFL Fans Breathe Sigh Of Relief As Disney, Charter End Blackout

Disney stock, Charter shares rose after the two media companies reached a deal to end their blackout, just in time for Monday Night Football.

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Disney and Charter finally end their cable TV fight—with Charter getting the streaming services it wanted

The House of Mouse and cable giant Charter’s “transformative” agreement will provide one of the first cable and streaming combo bundles.

The Independent UK

Disney, Charter settle cable dispute hours before 'Monday Night Football' season opener

Disney and Charter Communications announced a deal to settle a dispute that had cut some 15 million cable TV customers off from ESPN and other Disney-owned stations

Fortune

Charter’s CEO isn’t flinching in the $2.2 billion rumble with Disney and ESPN: ‘We had to say enough is enough, or else we're gonna have to move on to a different model’

Chris Winfrey says he’s ready to call it quits on live sports entirely, charging that Disney let its own house “burn to the ground.”

Fortune

The Disney-Charter cable TV dispute could cost Disney up to $2.3 billion—it all depends on how many customers ditch cable for good

Disney is banking on Charter’s customers switching to streaming services that carry Disney-owned channels.

The Independent UK

Disney, Spectrum direct customers to other TV services as dispute keeping ESPN off air continues

A business dispute that has pulled ESPN and other Disney-owned companies off the air for nearly 15 million cable TV subscribers continues, with both companies taking the unusual step of directing customers to look elsewhere for their favorite networks

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