The Skinny

It’s earnings season yet again, and companies are giving indicators of where they may be headed. Paramount marked its earnings call by selling Simon and Schuster to KKR, which prompted some to speculate if the company is pondering offloading certain TV properties as well. Elsewhere, Warner Bros. Discovery made its departure from the RSN space official as it moves away from the AT&T SportsNets. However, it’s starting to turn its attention to Max as a platform to air live sports.
Paramount Doesn’t Shut the Door on More Sales
Paramount is selling Simon and Schuster to investment firm KKR for $1.62 billion in an all-cash deal, and the arrival of the sale has some folks wondering if the programmer could soon look for buyers for certain television properties. Read More »
 
 
WBD Leaving RSN Business, Preparing Max for Sports
Warner Bros. Discovery is officially leaving the RSN business, announcing during its 2Q23 earnings call Thursday that it has been engaged in conversations on how best to step away from the AT&T SportsNets. Read More »
 
 
Frontier's ABS Deal Opens Up World of Opportunities
It’s been a big couple weeks for Frontier, which broke new ground as the first publicly traded company in the U.S. to secure funding for FTTH infrastructure through a fiber securitization transaction. Read More »
 
 
Executive Round Up: How Will Industry Shows Change in the Future to Maintain Engagement?
On the heels of The Independent Show and ahead of Fiber Connect 2023, we asked executives in our industry how industry shows will change in the future to maintain engagement. Here's what they had to say. Read More »
 
 
Effros: Interruptus
Creating “viewer interruptus” as a sales technique won’t win you friends or keep customers as soon as they find an alternative. And in this era, there are always alternatives. Read More »
 
 
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