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YouTube TV and NBCUniversal resolved a carriage dispute, highlighting the shifting power dynamics in the TV industry as streaming services like YouTube TV grow rapidly and traditional cable providers lose subscribers. The deal includes direct content ingestion for Peacock on YouTube, signaling a new era of streaming negotiations and the decline of traditional linear TV.
NBCUniversal and YouTube TV reached a new carriage agreement, ensuring continued access to NBC, Bravo, and other channels, including a new NBC Sports Network channel, while also expanding Peacock's availability on YouTube platforms. The deal avoids a blackout for YouTube TV subscribers and highlights ongoing negotiations, with some tension over Spanish-language content.
NBCUniversal and YouTube TV have agreed to a short-term extension of their current agreement while they negotiate a new carriage deal, avoiding service disruption. The negotiations come amid broader tensions in the streaming and pay-TV industry, with YouTube TV also in talks with other networks like Disney and ESPN. The dispute highlights the ongoing challenges in media rights and distribution in the evolving streaming landscape.
Fox Corp. and YouTube TV reached a short-term agreement to continue their carriage deal, avoiding a blackout that could have affected major sports events like college football and the NFL season start. The deal ensures the continuation of Fox's networks and local stations on YouTube TV, with negotiations ongoing for a longer-term solution.
Fox and YouTube TV have reached a new agreement to keep Fox channels, including Fox News and FS1, available on the platform, preventing a blackout and ensuring viewers won't miss upcoming sports and news events.
DirecTV and Tegna have reached a carriage deal, ending a 6-week blackout that affected around 5 million customers. Tegna's 64 owned stations will return to DirecTV systems, including DirecTV Stream and U-verse cable, just in time for the NFL playoffs. The companies expressed appreciation for their subscribers' patience and stated their commitment to aligning prices with value. This resolution comes after DirecTV's spinoff from AT&T and Tegna's terminated takeover by Standard General.
Charter CEO Chris Winfrey acknowledged the loss of 320,000 video customers during the third quarter due to the Disney carriage fight but called the resulting deal a "significant step forward for the video ecosystem." The agreement, which ended a 10-day blackout of ESPN, ABC stations, and other networks, creates a new hybrid distribution model that includes free access to Disney's direct-to-consumer apps. The company estimated that the Disney dispute directly led to 100,000 video customers and 15,000 internet customers disconnecting their service. Despite beating Wall Street expectations in terms of revenue and earnings per share, Charter's shares slid due to concerns over lower-than-expected free cash flow and slower broadband growth.
Disney and Spectrum cable service have reached a new carriage deal, ending the ten-day blackout of Disney channels on Spectrum. The agreement includes free access to Disney+'s ad-supported tier and ESPN+ subscriptions for Spectrum subscribers. The resolution comes just in time for the first Monday Night Football broadcast on ESPN, which was ESPN's sixth-highest-watched broadcast last season. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Disney executives Dana Walden and Jimmy Pitaro have expressed their satisfaction with the recently announced carriage renewal deal with Charter, stating that it aligns well with the current streaming/linear hybrid environment. The agreement includes various provisions benefiting both parties, such as Charter gaining the right to offer the ad-supported tier of Disney+ to its subscribers and Disney receiving distribution support for its entire direct-to-consumer portfolio. The deal reflects the changing landscape of the industry and the importance of ad-supported streaming for Disney's future business. The agreement also leaves room for Hulu to be integrated into Spectrum subscriber tiers, and a unified app interface blending Hulu and Disney+ content is in the works. The settlement has been viewed positively by Wall Street, with both Disney and Charter shares rising.