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The Ups And Downs Of A Movie-Streaming Magnifico
Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 11:48am | 443Read More...Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) just renewed a second season for two of its original shows: "Last Chance U" and "Stranger Things." "Last Chance U" details the life of college football players, and "Stranger Things" portrays the mystery of a missing boy through a science-fiction-meets-horror-film lens...
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Report: Apple And ABC Working 'Intensely' On TV Deal
Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 11:26am | 216Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) brought ABC's live news to its Apple TV streaming service last year in what some considered to be the beginning of a long-lasting relation between Apple and ABC's parent company, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). Patently Apple picked up a story that Disney executives have been...
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Is ESPN's Next Move Another Nail In Cable TV's Coffin?
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 2:11pm | 807Read More...ESPN is one of a dozen channels coming to Sling TV, a new live streaming service from DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH). Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) will also bring ESPN@, ABC Family and the Disney Channel to the service. USA Network (the second-biggest cable network) has not yet signed on to...
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Dish Deal With Disney Could Be A Game Changer
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 10:56am | 557Read More...The ways in which people watch television content have already started to evolve. Thanks to a new agreement between Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and satellite provider Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) that evolution could speed up. Last week Dish signed a contract for Internet streaming rights for ESPN,...
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AMC's 'The Walking Dead' Setting a New Horror Standard
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 2:02pm | 576Read More...Historically, Halloween was a time when regular network television series gave a passing nod to the popular holiday with perennial “Trick or Treat” episodes. Cable channels dusted off their stash of old horror flicks and viewers enjoyed such offerings as Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) owned, Syfy...
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Why Are Amazon's Streaming Video Announcements Always So Lame?
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 1:25pm | 836Read More...Is Amazon Prime's success a good excuse for lousy licensing deals? Early this morning, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that it had signed an agreement with Disney (NYSE: DIS) to stream a number of shows from ABC Studios, The Disney Channel, and ABC Family. This means that Amazon Prime members will...
