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Next TV Summit: How Netflix ‘Pulled the Wool Over the Eyes of Media Companies,’ and How They Might Fight Back

Opening keynote features Michael Pachter, Jeffrey Cole discussing streaming, cable, broadcast

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DirecTV Programming Chief: The Venu Sports Guys 'Got Caught With Their Hands in The Cookie Jar in a Big Way'

With a federal court ruling casting a harsh light on practices including bloated network bundles and forced minimum penetration, Rob Thun touts a plan for a 'brighter TV future'

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Xfinity, Now the NBA’s ‘Official TV Service,’ Won’t Replace YouTube TV as ‘Presenting Sponsor’ of the Finals, League Source Says

The deals ‘are not in conflict,’ NBA insider tells ‘Next TV’ ... meaning the Google-owned vMVPD’s logo will continue to festoon the court during championship-round games

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Hispanic TV Summit Awards Winners Announced

Chiqui Cartagena, Javier Saralegui, Sean Cunningham among those to be celebrated in September

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Netflix Boots Legacy Subscribers Off Its $11.99 Basic Ad-Free Plan

You now have to either upgrade to the $15.49 'Standard' and $22.99 4K 'Premium' plans, or downgrade to the $6.99 tier and watch commercials

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Best of Show 2024: The Winner’s Circle

Annual awards recognize innovation, excellence in media and entertainment technology

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‘B+C,’ ‘Next TV’ Announce Winners of Best of Show Awards at NAB Show

Awards are judged on innovation, feature set, cost efficiency and performance in serving the media & entertainment companies

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Waymark Reaches 90% of U.S. DMAs, Prepares to Expand Into Spanish-Language Media (NAB Show 2024)

In addition to launching Spanish-language voiceover capabilities, the AI advertising startup is introducing a new plugin so media companies can integrate its AI solutions into their own platforms

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‘We’re Betting on Ourselves‘: Utah Jazz Claim More Than 20,000 Subscribers for New DTC Streaming Channel Jazz+

Team exec Caroline Klein tells ‘Next TV’ the NBA franchise has a lot of ‘pride’ in its new digital platform, which was built in just 47 days last fall with the help of technology partner Kiswe

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CableLabs Lays Off 23 Staffers Amid Post-SCTE Integration Restructuring

While eliminating redundancies in IT and HR, the R&D org also adds to its tech unit

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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

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Netflix Viewing Declined By 17% in 2023

Based on Netflix's own data, viewers spent over 7 billion hours less last year watching the platform than they did in 2022

Broadcasting & Cable

What's in Store for '24? FASTs Fall, Par Gets Sliced, Apple Takes a Bigger Bite

In a very special and forward-looking 'Next Text,' if you sarcastically come at David Bloom with the name 'Carnac,' you best not leave out 'The Magnificent'

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'Next TV's' 10 Most Read Stories From 2023

Bankruptcies. Cord cutting. Ratings collapses. In 2023, we went negative, and you came with us

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Indie Producer Lawsuits, Complaints Dog Cash-Strapped Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment

As producers sue the company’s 1091 Entertainment label over delayed payments, the distribution company concedes it’s having cash-flow issues

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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

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Next TV Names Winners of 2023 Best in Market Awards for Media & Entertainment

Future brands TV Tech and TVBEurope also announced awards saluting judged products and solutions

Broadcasting & Cable

Amid Diamond's Apparent Detente With MLB, Twins Return to Bally Sports Remains Doubtful

With the pro baseball club exploring alternative local sports arrangements, a source close to Bally Sports North said he's not 'overly optimistic' the team will return to the RSN

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Deep Diving Into Netflix’s Big, Non-Contextualized Data Dump — a Huge Flex or Giant Head Fake?

When Ted Sarandos dumped 6 months of audience data for 18,000 shows in our lap, he was trying to tell us something. This week's 'Next Text' wants to know what that is exactly

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Altice USA in Negotiations to Sell Cheddar News to Private-Equity Company Regent (Report)

The No. 4 U.S. cable company, which acquired the digital news platform in 2019 for $200 million, is looking to shed assets and reverse its Wall Street skid

Broadcasting & Cable

Disney+ Integrates (Most of) Hulu in 'Beta,' But the Disney Bundle Has Devolved Into Confusing Shell Game

Disney Plus subscribers can now get the Disney Bundle as a $9.99 'duo' offering, but legacy Hulu customers only have access to the full $14.99 'trio' with ESPN Plus

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

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Casa Systems’ New CEO, Michael Glickman, on Virtualization, Execution … and Beating Harmonic

The 22-year Cisco veteran opens up on the challenges of taking over a tech company from its retired founder during a rough stretch of the business cycle

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Deadline Extended to Dec. 5 for Media & Entertainment Best in Market Awards

Entries still being accepted at Next TV, TV Tech and TVBE Europe

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Minnesota Twins Set to Cut Payroll Amid Almost Certain Departure From Bankrupt Bally Sports RSN

The MLB team’s contract with operator Diamond Sports Group has expired, and the club is weighing other local TV options

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