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Streaming your favorite shows and movies is fun. Less fun: paying for six different services, remembering multiple passwords, figuring out which service has which program—and toggling to live TV so you can watch news and sports. Guess who says he can help? The cable guy.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Streaming your favorite shows and movies is fun. Less fun: paying for six different services, remembering multiple passwords, figuring out which service…

Updated Jan. 3, 2024 7:43 am ETActivist investor ValueAct reached a deal to back Walt Disney’s slate of board nominees at the coming 2024 shareholder meeting, bolstering the company’s position as it looks to fight off a proxy battle with rival activist Nelson Peltz.Disney signed a confidentiality agreement allowing it to share company information with shareholder ValueAct Capital Management and consult with the firm on strategic matters. The entertainment giant said Wednesday that the arrangement allows the activist…

Updated Dec. 11, 2023 7:47 am ETTucker Carlson is launching his own subscription streaming service, the former Fox News host’s official foray into paid content after months of posting videos on X.The service, Tucker Carlson Network, is expected to go live on Monday, people familiar with the matter said. It will be home to at least five different shows by midweek, they said, including interviews, short-form videos and monologues.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Updated Dec. 9, 2023 12:16 am ETJeff Zucker ran NBC’s “Today” show as a young executive producer and was CNN’s boss for nearly a decade. Now, the television veteran is angling for a very different assignment: turn conservative British news publications into global brands. Zucker is heading an investment group that has become the top contender to buy the Telegraph and the Spectator, a newspaper and a magazine that are both more than 150 years old. Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Updated Dec. 5, 2023 4:49 pm ETThe next Republican presidential primary debate will give the two-year-old cable-news upstart NewsNation a chance to introduce itself to a wider audience.  Launched in 2021 as a fully fledged news network, NewsNation has struggled to make a mark in the crowded cable-news landscape, trailing behind the more established brands despite high-profile hires such as former CNN host Chris Cuomo. Adding to its challenges, the overall audience for cable TV keeps shrinking every year amid cord-cutting.…

Netflix, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Viacom18 and other streaming companies plan to collectively lobby the Indian government to delay or revamp a broadcast bill they fear will be onerous for the sector, sources familiar with the matter said.India last month introduced the new draft law to regulate the broadcasting sector that will also apply to streaming giants. It proposes the formation of individual content evaluation committees with members from various social groups who will review and sign off on shows before they…

Nov. 29, 2023 10:38 pm ETNascar has struck new television and streaming rights deals worth $7.7 billion with media partners including Amazon, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox as interest in the sport grows. The value of Nascar’s new seven-year deals is 40% higher than its prior arrangements, a person familiar with the situation said. Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Nov. 29, 2023 10:38 pm ETNascar has struck new television and streaming rights deals worth…

Emmett Shear’s sudden appointment as OpenAI CEO late Sunday puts him at the center of high-stakes drama within the company and in the world of artificial intelligence.Shear, the co-founder of the popular videogame-livestreaming service Twitch, became OpenAI’s interim chief executive after the surprising and dramatic ouster of its former boss Sam Altman over the weekend.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Emmett Shear’s sudden appointment as OpenAI CEO late…

Emmett Shear’s sudden appointment as OpenAI CEO late Sunday puts him at the center of high-stakes drama in both the world of artificial intelligence and within his new company.Shear, the co-founder of the popular videogame-livestreaming service Twitch, became OpenAI’s interim chief executive after the surprising and dramatic ouster of its former boss Sam Altman over the weekend.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Emmett Shear’s sudden appointment as OpenAI…

Disney is examining whether its future should include fewer television networks.After Chief Executive Bob Iger said last summer that some of Disney’s TV networks, which include ABC, FX and National Geographic, might not be core to the company, executives set out to determine which channels have long-term value and which are expendable. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Disneyis examining whether its future should include fewer television networks.After…