Cord-Cutting Sped Up in 2018: Biggest Pay-TV Ops Shed 3.2 Million Subscribers Last Year Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: Pay TV’s Pain Point Gets Worse: Cord-Cutting Sped Up in 2016 Why Cord-Cutting Soared in 2017: High Cost of Pay TV Was No. 1 Factor
RYOT’s Head of Immersive Jake Sally on the Challenges of Storytelling in Virtual Reality Read on: TheWrapTheWrap What Others Are Saying: Media Company RYOT Signs With CAA AMC Theatres Makes $20 Million Bet on Virtual Reality With Dreamscape Immersive
Some Super Bowl Ads Won’t Air During the Big Game Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: Verizon Plans Multiple Ad Plays Leading to Super Bowl Commercial Where To Watch The Super Bowl – Options On Viewing For The Big Game
Super Bowl or Soapbox? Big Game Advertisers Risk All by Trading Silly for Serious Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: NBC Still Selling Super Bowl Ads as Game Day Nears Budweiser Super Bowl commercial plunges into (uncomfortable) immigration debate
Verizon Shedding 800 Jobs In Media Unit Once Known As Oath Read on: Deadline What Others Are Saying: Verizon Beats Q3 Earnings Expectations, But Oath Media Segment Falters Disney cuts about 80 jobs in digital media unit that includes Maker Studios
Verizon Media Laying Off 800 Employees, or 7% of Staff in AOL and Yahoo Group Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: Verizon’s Oath Is Laying Off Around 500 AOL, Yahoo Employees AOL Laying Off 5% of Workforce, Unrelated to Verizon’s Yahoo Bid
Verizon Plans Multiple Ad Plays Leading to Super Bowl Commercial Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: After Further Review, Super Bowl LII Saw Record TV Ad Rates But Also More Commercial Clutter: Study Mr. Peanut to Appear in His First Super Bowl Commercial
Verizon Bundles Apple Music With Top-Tier Unlimited Wireless Plans for No Extra Charge Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: AT&T Expands Free HBO Offer to All Wireless Customers on Unlimited Plans AT&T Is Bundling HBO for No Extra Fee With Unlimited Wireless Plan
Verizon Reportedly Working on Cloud Gaming Service Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: Newswire: Microsoft to launch a subscription service for gaming on Xbox One More Than 1,000 Employees Working on EA’s Project Atlas Cloud Gaming Service
Disney Strikes Partnership With Verizon To Explore The Possibilities Of 5G Read on: Deadline What Others Are Saying: Disney And Verizon Reach New Carriage Deal For Fios, Avoiding Blackout Disney-Verizon Blackout Avoided as New Carriage Deal Is Reached
Walt Disney Pictures StudioLab and Verizon Partner to Explore 5G Innovations (EXCLUSIVE) Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: Marty Sklar, pioneering Walt Disney imagineer, dies at 83 Three things to watch as Walt Disney Co. reports second-quarter earnings
CES 2019 Preview: Technology to Watch in the Coming Year Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: CTA Names IBM’s Ginni Rometty CES 2019 Kickoff Speaker, After Backlash Over Lack of Women Keynoters Richard Plepler, Don Lemon To Keynote Variety’s Entertainment and Technology NYC Summit
Verizon Follows Comcast in Dropping Jennifer Lopez’s Fuse Media Network Read on: TheWrapTheWrap What Others Are Saying: Comcast Drops Fuse After A Decade, Says Decision Is “Suprising And Troubling” Verizon Fios Drops Jennifer Lopez-Owned Fuse Media
Disney-Verizon Blackout Avoided as New Carriage Deal Is Reached Read on: TheWrapTheWrap What Others Are Saying: Starz Reaches New Carriage Deal With Verizon FiOS, Stays Dark On Rival Optimum Disney And Verizon Reach New Carriage Deal For Fios, Avoiding Blackout
Disney And Verizon Reach New Carriage Deal For Fios, Avoiding Blackout Read on: Deadline What Others Are Saying: Disney & Altice Reach Carriage Deal Disney and Altice reach deal, averting a blackout for 2.6 million New York customers
Disney, Verizon Strike New Carriage Agreement Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: Disney Warns Verizon FiOS Customers About Potential Blackout Starz Reaches New Carriage Deal With Verizon FiOS, Stays Dark On Rival Optimum
Verizon Is Officially Killing the ‘Oath’ Name Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: Verizon’s Oath Revenue Drops 6.9% in Third Quarter Amid Exec Shuffle Verizon Takes $4.6 Billion Write Down on Oath
Verizon Takes $4.6 Billion Write Down on Oath Read on: TheWrapTheWrap What Others Are Saying: Oath CEO Tim Armstrong Stepping Down Next Month Verizon Media Chief Tim Armstrong In Talks to Leave Company
More Than 10,000 Verizon Employees Accept Buyout Offer After Restructuring Announcement Read on: Deadline What Others Are Saying: Is Verizon Preparing To Join The Live Streamed TV Stampede? Verizon Posts 32% Gain In Quarterly Profit Q1, Helped By Tax Reform
Apple 5G iPhones Reportedly on Hold Until 2020, as Verizon Sets Samsung 5G Smartphone 2019 Launch Read on: Variety What Others Are Saying: Samsung Poised to Lap Apple to Become World’s Most Profitable Tech Company Samsung Remotely Disables Note 7 Phones, but Verizon Doesn’t Play Ball
AT&T Stock Gets Upgrade To Neutral From MoffettNathanson, But Firm “Still Bearish” On Strategic Direction Read on: Deadline What Others Are Saying: AT&T Stock Rises 2% After UBS Upgrade: “The Worst Is Likely Over” Shares In MoviePass Parent Company Plunge 40% After New Stock Issue