New sports streaming platform: What to know

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, #23, during the NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2024. Jevone Moore | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The U.S. media world was rushing — panicking? — Wednesday to try to figure out the … Read more

2024 is shaping up to be the year of the streaming bundle

The atmosphere at the Disney Bundle Celebrating National Streaming Day at The Row in Los Angeles on May 19, 2022. Presley Ann | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images This year proved to be yet another tough one for pay TV, as more people cut the cable cord. But it wasn’t exactly kind to streaming … Read more

Media, telecom companies face rough 2024

The Grinch Source: Universal Studios  It’s human nature for a new year to bring optimism and hope. For executives, investors and employees in the entertainment and telecommunications industries, 2024 is set to disappoint. Maybe that’s too grinchy. Some things will get better. The actors’ and writers’ strikes are over. The 2024 U.S. presidential election should … Read more

Hollywood pays steep value for not determining streaming

Folks carry indicators as SAG-AFTRA members stroll the picket line in solidarity with putting WGA staff outdoors Netflix places of work in Los Angeles, July 11, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Photographs Information | Getty Photographs Picket indicators have lined the gates of Hollywood’s studios for almost 5 months, because the trade’s writers and actors … Read more

Inside story of Iger and Chapek

Illustration by Elham Ataeiazar After pushing again his retirement 4 occasions, Bob Iger lastly made the leap. On Feb. 25, 2020, he introduced he would step down as Disney’s CEO. His hand-picked successor, Bob Chapek, then Disney’s parks chairman, would take over the day-to-day job of operating the corporate, efficient instantly. As a part of … Read more