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Premium Content
08/06/2025
ESPN, WWE Step Into the Ring
One of the surprises of the day was the announcement that Disney cut a five-year deal with the WWE to make ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster of all of the wrestling company’s premium live events, starting in 2026.
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Premium Content
08/05/2025
Roku Launches ‘Accessible, Affordable’ SVOD Howdy
Roku launched a new, budget-friendly SVOD called Howdy, which offers ad-free entertainment programming for $2.99/month.
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Premium Content
05/13/2025
FCC Probing EchoStar
The ongoing EchoStar – SpaceX saga took another turn this week, with FCC Chair Brendan Carr sending a letter to EchoStar informing it that agency staff would investigate its compliance with buildout milestones
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Premium Content
10/30/2024
Comcast Set for WBD Carriage Renewal in 2025
Next year is a big one for Comcast as it gets ready to negotiate carriage renewals with Warner Bros. Discovery. What Lightshed Partners is keeping its eye on is the aspect of WBD losing its piece of the NBA rights deal to Amazon and NBCUniversal,
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Premium Content
02/07/2024
Different Tunes for Fox, Disney as MVPDs Consider Streamer
Forget the question of how much this ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox sports streamer will cost—we want to know what MVPDs think.
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Premium Content
01/08/2024
LightShed: Cable Providers Face Turbulent 2024
This will be the first year the cable industry’s consumer broadband base contracts, according to LightShed Partners’ 2024 predictions.