Business
Failure to launch: Big media pulls the plug on Venu sports streamer
Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery on Friday abandoned plans to launch Venu Sports, their live sports joint venture.
$1 purchase
DirecTV To Buy Dish Network For Only $1, But Will Pay Off Company’s Nearly $9.75B Debt
DirecTV has announced that they will be buying Dish Network for $1, with the U.S. multichannel video programming distributor agreeing to take care of Dish Network’s accumulated debts.
ABC
DirectTV, Disney Reach Agreement Following 2-Week ESPN And ABC Blackout
DirecTV announced that it had reached an agreement with Walt Disney Co. to restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service.
Alan Bergman
Disney Yanks ABC, ESPN And Other Channels Off DirecTV Amid Contract Dispute
ABC, Disney, ESPN stations and streaming service that includes Hulu were not available for DirecTV customers on Sunday, as the networks pulled by network parent Walt Disney Company over a contract dispute.
ABC
Disney and DirecTV aim to renew deal ahead of NFL season
Walt Disney and DirecTV are racing to renew their distribution agreement before the current pact expires on Sunday.
14 billion
Federal Judge Overturns $4.7B NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’ Jury Verdict, Ruling In Favor Of NFL
The NFL has even more reasons to be excited as the season is just over a month away from kicking off.
Agreements
Comcast pulls Bally Sports channels, imperiling US broadcaster’s restructuring
Comcast stopped broadcasting Bally Sports channels taking some MLB games off the air.
Deplatform
Florida CFO backs legislation to punish corporate media deplatformers
Florida’s Republican Chief Financial Officer voiced support for state legislation that would restrict state fund managers from placing funds with corporations who deplatform independent media outlets at a Feb. 6 press conference at the state house here.
AT&T
West Virginia AG Morrisey on AT&T’s War on Conservative Customers
While lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been weighing in and condemning big cable provider DirecTV’s latest efforts to silence conservative news channels – the effort to fight back is also rumbling on a state level.