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...While carriage disputes between media and cable companies are common, the timing for the current fight comes amid one of the busiest weeks in the US for live sport, a cornerstone of cable programming....
...More recently, manufacturers have launched 3D televisions that are supposed to make sports events and films come alive. Lots of press, not many sales. Is Apple going to change all that?...
...They were ultimately acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which was best known as an operator of local television affiliates scattered across the US....
...Its media assets include Cox Communications, a cable television company; automotive trade publications such as Kelley Blue Book; and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper....
...The Santa Cruz-based company, founded in 2009, has more than 500 employees. In December it acquired Uber Elevate, the flying taxi arm of the ride-sharing group. Uber has also invested $125m in Joby....
..., just like the rest of the traditional television universe....
...Dana Frank, an expert on Honduras at the University of California Santa Cruz, said the Biden administration “should be taking responsibility for what [the US] did to create this monster”....
...To understand the pressures facing Disney due the digital switch of consumers, it’s worth reading the FT analysis on its business here. ESPN is stuck on a sinking ship: cable television....
...Dana Strong, the head of Comcast’s residential US cable business, will succeed him as Sky’s chief executive....
...“And we’re able to say: this is the president of the United States.”...
...In February, eMarketer predicted 28m American households will cancel their cable TV subscriptions by the end of this year....
...All of that is gone now,” says Oscar Ortíz Antelo, a senator and presidential candidate from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, which is an opposition stronghold in the wealthier eastern lowlands....
...Seizing the limelight, Mr Avenatti became a regular antagonist of the president on cable television and, as his profile grew, late last year embarked on a national tour to build support for a presidential...
...Mr Cohen had long been at the side of Mr Trump and during the presidential campaign he was one of the most aggressive defenders of the former New York property mogul on US cable television....
...Set in Barcelona, La Casa De Papel has made global stars of its cast, underscoring the impact of the streaming service on television viewing habits and tastes around the world....
...Bobby Mitchell moved from Santa Cruz eight years ago, and works at both a high school and a craft beer bar....
...Lynn Perkins, chief executive of US babysitting service UrbanSitter, says managing the screen time for her three children, aged five to 10, is a very different proposition to television, because the displays...
...‘Reigning Queens: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, 1985’ — The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc / Licensed by DACS, London Edward Luce is the FT’s US national editor Follow @FTProperty...
...The key players Judge Richard Leon, United States District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Leon was appointed to the federal judiciary by President George W Bush in 2002....
...Like the proposed $85n takeover of Time Warner by AT&T, the previous deal united a big distributor, the number one cable operator, with a big stable of content, spanning The Office and the Olympics....
...“I’ve known Mike for years and can think of no better person to lead our television businesses during a time of such extraordinary evolution and opportunity,” said Mr Vinciquerra, who succeeded Michael Lynton...
...“For Latinos, television is no longer a habit, it’s become more of a choice,” says Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises....
...Santa, however, never brought anyone the kind of visions on which Fincher made his name....
...The deal has the blessing of John Malone, the cable billionaire who is Discovery’s largest individual shareholder and who has been a force driving media consolidation for several decades....
...disrupting the television industry....
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