Abby Jackson
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Here's what to expect from the Big 4 carriers as Verizon, AT&T, and others battle for 5G dominance
Here's what to expect from 5G at Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint in the coming year. → Read More
Comcast has agreed to sell its Hulu stake to Disney in 5 years for at least $27.5 billion
Comcast has agreed to sell its stake in streaming service company Hulu to Disney and immediately give up voting rights. → Read More
Some AT&T dealers say the company's shifting sales approach is squeezing their business
Some third-party dealers who spoke with Business Insider said they've been told explicitly to sell more non-DirecTV products. → Read More
Telecom and media M&A deals have sputtered to a 2-year low, but one area could heat up soon
Telecom and media deal value was down 82% from a year prior, with $6.7 billion in announced deals versus $37.6 billion in the first quarter of 2018. → Read More
Hulu CEO Randy Freer wants to make it easier for customers to switch back and forth between service tiers
Freer thinks Hulu's hybrid model — part subscription VOD, part ad-supported VOD, part vMVPD — is the best way to set it apart from competitors. → Read More
OTT adoption is showing the first signs of slowing, and that could be a warning sign for Disney and WarnerMedia
The analysts believe the slowing stems from price hikes from streaming services like DirecTV Now, Netflix, and Youtube TV. → Read More
Hulu bought AT&T's 9.5% stake in the streaming service for $1.43 billion, valuing itself at $15 billion
Hulu bought AT&T's 9.5% stake in the streaming service the companies said Monday. The transaction valued Hulu at $15 billion. → Read More
Verizon is hoping to build a big DTC subscriber business by taking a page from Warby Parker
Visible's pay-as-you-go service hasn't approached brand exposure in the traditional way many companies do with traditional advertising on TV. → Read More
Everyone's buzzing about 5G but investment bankers say companies don’t know how to prepare for it
5G isn't uniformly available in North America, much less the rest of the world, which complicates companies' ability to plan for it. → Read More
FuboTV raised prices after 'severely' underpricing its service, and has a plan to dominate the digital TV industry
FuboTV CEO David Gandler only wants to attract high-paying customers to his service. → Read More
As subscription fatigue sets in, experts see free, ad-supported streaming services as the next M&A target
Free, ad-supported streaming is on the rise as subscription fatigue sets in and people look for no-commitment viewing options. → Read More
Comcast just announced a $5-a-month streaming service called 'Flex'
Xfinity Flex will give customers the ability to integrate other streaming services they pay for on one device. → Read More
Former Oath and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is getting a $60 million payout
The golden parachute includes $31.1 million founders award and $16.6 million he's expected to get in June. → Read More
AT&T's has a streaming choice problem that has the industry guessing about its long-term strategy
Analysts say AT&T needs to simplify its message to compete in a fragmented TV ecosystem. → Read More
Digital live TV has terrible margins, but Hulu has found a way around that
Hulu with Live TV, or Hulu Live, as it's often called, has boosted its margins thanks to the service's more lucrative on-demand programming. → Read More
An appeals court has upheld the AT&T-Time Warner merger
An appeals court has affirmed the AT&T-Time Warner merger. → Read More
Verizon just shared new details with analysts on its 5G strategy but also walked back a key projection
Verizon will launch its mobile 5G network in more than 30 US cities in 2019, the company said at an investor event on Thursday. → Read More
'End us now': DirecTV employees fear its death as AT&T gets ready to build off its giant WarnerMedia deal
AT&T is bleeding pay-TV subscribers, as is the entire industry. But AT&T's handling of the DirecTV merger may have contributed to these declines. → Read More
Digital TV advertising may have duopoly problem — and it could get worse as ad-supported streaming explodes
There are only two options for serving ad campaigns at scale in OTT, and some publishers say neither option fully suits their needs. → Read More
AT&T's pay-TV business got clobbered in the fourth quarter of 2018, losing more than 650,000 customers
BTIG analyst Walt Piecyk said the losses were the worst in the company's history. → Read More