Lucas Manfredi joined TheWrap in November 2022 after four years at Fox Business. He can be reached at lucas.manfredi@thewrap.com.
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A DirecTV-Dish Merger Would Create a Mega-Pay TV Operator, But Won’t Stop the Industry’s Decline | Analysis
The deal for $1 and $9.75 billion in debt is more about finding a “sense of stability” in a declining market as DirecTV and Dish transition to streaming, analysts tell TheWrap
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DirecTV Placed on Negative Credit Watch by S&P Global, Fitch Amid Dish Network Merger
The satellite TV giants are teaming up to create a pay TV operator with around 18 million subscribers in a deal for $1 and $9.75 billion in debt
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Disney to Combine Hulu, ABC’s Scripted Drama and Comedy Teams Under Simran Sethi
ABC Signature will also cease to operate as a standalone studio, folding into 20th Television under Karey Burke’s supervision
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Disney+ Expands Streams Feature With Four New Channels for Premium Subscribers – Here’s Everything You Need to Know
The themed live channels will run curated programming, linear-style, on Disney+
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How Free, Ad-Supported Streaming Is Bridging the Gap Between Linear and SVOD | Analysis
FAST’s “spaghetti on the wall” phase is over and the bar for content and distribution is getting higher
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Comcast’s Sky Sues Warner Bros. Discovery for Denying Partnership on ‘Harry Potter’ Series
A WBD spokesperson categorizes the lawsuit as a “baseless attempt” by the company to gain leverage in programming negotiations
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EchoStar Stock Jumps Over 11% as Dish, DirecTV Enter Advanced Merger Talks
A deal between the two companies would create the largest pay TV provider with around 20 million subscribers
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‘UnPrisoned’ Canceled After 2 Seasons at Hulu
“While we’re super duper disappointed, we’re also crazy deeply grateful. Making this show was a labor of love,” star and EP Kerry Washington says
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Meryl Streep to Star in ‘The Corrections’ TV Adaptation From CBS Studios
The novel’s author Jonathan Franzen will adapt his work for the screen and executive produce
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Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch’s Pay Rises 9% to $23.8 Million in 2024 Package
Rupert Murdoch’s pay fell 7% to $21.2 million, but he sees “enhanced retirement health and life insurance benefits,” according to Fox’s proxy report
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Paramount Considers Dropping Nielsen TV Ratings Partnership
The two parties’ current agreement is set to expire on Monday
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‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Trailer Teases Abby, Snow and a Big Time Jump
HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama based on the Naughty Dog video game franchise returns in the first half of 2025
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Disney+ Password Sharing Crackdown Rolls Out for US Subscribers – Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Account holders can add an extra member outside of their household for $6.99 per month on basic plans
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NBCUniversal Promotes Joaquin Duro to Telemundo Sports EVP
The network’s senior vice president of AVOD streaming and digital succeeds Eli Velazquez, who will exit at the end of the month
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Paramount+ Comms Team Gutted in Latest Round of Layoffs
The media giant’s second round in its 15% U.S. workforce reduction began Tuesday
