MCN Newswire: AT&T Eyes Sports-Free Skinny Bundle; Regulatory Fears Pushed Fox Toward Disney Over Comcast; Randall Stephenson Stays on Message in Antitrust Trial

Multichannel Newswire   April 20, 2017     Today's Top Stories       AT&T Eyes Launch of Sports-Free Skinny OTT TV Service: Reports 'AT&T Watch' to sell for $15/month, per reports of CEO Randall Stephenson's testimony READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Stephenson said on the witness stand in the DOJ's AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial that the OTT TV service will be like DirecTV Now but will not include sports programming and will start at a less expensive price point.   Regulatory Fears Helped Sway Fox Toward Disney Deal Fox nixed Comcast offer because of antitrust concerns, lack of termination fee READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Disney had agreed to pay a $2.5 billion termination fee should the deal not pass muster with regulators, while Comcast refused to make a similar guarantee, and Fox feared a Comcast combination would face a hard path to regulatory approval.   Reports: AT&T's Stephenson Says Need for Scale Led to Time Warner Buy Telco chief stresses combined company won't use programming as weapon READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Staying on message in his AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial testimony, Randall Stephenson said the deal is necessary for the distribution giant to continue competing effectively against over-the-top providers.   More Top Stories       Cheddar to Join Hulu Lineup Amazon Prime Exceeds 100 Million Subs FCC Freezes C-Band AT&T Latin America Withdraws IPO Comcast Teams on Internet-Based Patient Care Platform Sinclair: Consolidation Is Not Retrans Blackout Culprit O'Rielly: Beating World to 5G Is What Matters Paramount Network Greenlights 'First Wives Club' to Series Discovery Names Jane Latman General Manager of Travel Channel ACA Calls Double TV Station Reach Discount Doubly Wrong more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Netflix Launches Mobile Previews MCN Slideshow: Freeze Frame Photos | 04.16.18 People: Senate Commerce Schedules Vote on FTC Nominee Slaughter   Events     Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 5-6, 2018 | Tampa, FL Learn More The Programmatic TV Summit June 7, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More OTT & Video Distribution Summit August 2, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA Learn More   News Technology Summit September 26, 2018 | Baltimore, MD Learn More   16th Annual Hispanic Television Summit October 4, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   Streaming Tech Leadership Summit October 22-23, 2018 | Atlanta, GA (SCTE) Learn More   NYC Television Week October 29-November 1, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Awards, part of NYC TV Week October 29, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   NYC Television Week's 40 Under 40 Awards October 30, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More TV Data Summit, part of NYC TV Week October 31, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Advanced Advertising Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Next TV Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More   more events »   Jobs     Digital Content & Marketing Manager KUSM-TV/MontanaPBS – Bozeman, MT, United States   World Cafe Contributing Host WXPN – Philadelphia, PA, United States   Producer Roadtrip Nation – costa mesa, CA, United States   Associate Producer, Fresh Air with Terry Gross WHYY – Philadelphia, PA, United States   more jobs » News Blogs Events Images Tech   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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