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Cable TV's collapse deepens: 'It is becoming increasingly clear that there is no longer any floor'
Another miserable quarter for the pay TV industry. But things could still get worse.
Peter Kafka
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DirecTV and Dish Network are combining to form a pay-TV titan
DirecTV said on Monday that it had agreed to acquire Dish Network, a deal that would create one of …
Tom Carter
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WBD scored a crucial cable deal — by making HBO free for millions of people
A deal between Warner Bros. Discovery and Charter shows you how much pressure the pay-TV business i…
Peter Kafka,James Faris
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Is this going to be a Twitter presidency or a TV one?
Donald Trump loved Twitter during his first term. Now he's aligned with its owner, Elon Musk. What…
Peter Kafka
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The Apple TV Set is an idea whose time will never come
Apple has never made a TV set. But the idea just won't die, Peter Kafka writes.
Peter Kafka
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Pay TV is in so much trouble that even its one bright spot is dimming
YouTube TV was one of the only things growing in the TV business. But it just shrank, too.
Peter Kafka
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Comcast says it's thinking of getting out of the cable TV business
Comcast just floated a trial balloon: What if we didn't own cable TV channels anymore?
Peter Kafka
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YouTube has become one of the biggest pay-TV services in the US
Google has been trying to crack the TV market forever. It figured it out — and now YouTube TV…
Peter Kafka
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The most valuable programming on TV is for sale. Why hasn't anyone bought it?
The most popular TV programming, hands-down, are NFL games. The NFL Network has at least seven of t…
Peter Kafka
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David Zaslav risked Warner Bros. Discovery's future by passing on the NBA — and the gamble might pay off
Warner Bros. Discovery likely lost the NBA, but it scored a huge win in its new deal with Charter. …
James Faris
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Hollywood has a big problem with how people are watching TV these days
Viewers are opting for free TV options in a move threatening to upend Hollywood's decades-old busin…
Dan DeFrancesco
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The NFL is here to save TV, again. But it's going to get harder every year.
The NFL is the most reliable programming on TV. But just like the rest of TV, its audience is getti…
Peter Kafka
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DirecTV is on the warpath against Disney in a battle it says is existential for cable TV
DirecTV's Rob Thun previewed his strategy ahead of a battle with Disney about the future of the pay…
James Faris
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These Mormon influencers turned their shocking scandal into a reality TV show. It's been good for business.
Mormon TikToker Taylor Frankie Paul got herself a Hulu reality show not by making content about her…
Palmer Haasch
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Leaked Microsoft salary data shows the pay gap between Microsoft AI and the rest of the company
It's understandable why Microsoft would shell out big for AI talent. But that doesn't make it an ea…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Apple quietly admits it's paying too much to run its streaming service
Apple has unlimited money. But it doesn't want to spend unlimited money in Hollywood. "Ted Lasso" i…
Peter Kafka
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Disney's plans to future-proof its TV business could help kill the cable bundle even faster than expected
The pay-TV bundle will lose even customers in the coming years as Disney's plan to protect its TV b…
James Faris
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Bethany Joy Lenz starred in 'One Tree Hill' for 9 seasons. She said that she lost $2 million of her TV show earnings to a Christian cult.
Bethany Joy Lenz wrote about her experience in a cult in her new memoir "Dinner For Vampires: Life …
Olivia Singh
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Russia is paying up to $4,000 a month for people to dig trenches to hold back Ukraine's offensive
Russia is building fortifications to stop Ukraine advancing further in its attack in Kursk.
Tom Porter
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Donald Trump reportedly wants to raise tariffs to pay for tax cuts
Critics of Trump's tariff proposals say that they would raise costs for Americans and stoke further…