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T-Mobile Earnings Accelerate For A Third Consecutive Quarter

The better-than-expected T-Mobile earnings report capped the 'biggest growth year ever," CEO said.

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Apple Stock Downgraded To Sell On Google, China, Consumer AI Demand

Apple stock fell amid a downgrade to sell. The analyst cited concern over China, a U.S. government antitrust lawsuit and iPhone 16 demand.

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Apple Is IBD Stock Of The Day As Wall Street Eyes iPhone 16 Demand, AI Software Upgrade

Apple is the IBD Stock Of The Day as Wall Street focuses on iPhone 16 demand amid the holiday shopping season and iOS 18 release with AI features.

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DOJ Seeks Google Sale Of Chrome In Antitrust Case. Will Trump Make A Difference?

Google stock fell amid a DOJ request that a federal judge force parent Alphabet to sell its Chrome browser as part of antitrust remedies.

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Comcast Earnings Beat. Company Exploring Cable Programming Business Spin-Off

Comcast stock rose on Q3 earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street targets while broadband subscriber losses came in lower than expected.

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Will DirecTV and Dish Finally Merge? 'It's Hard to Imagine That Regulators Would Block This Deal,' Analyst Says

But a lack of synergy between the two satellite TV units could render this deal, anticipated for decades, inconsequential, says one analyst

Broadcasting & Cable

Charter's Spectrum Launches ‘Life Unlimited’ Brand Platform to Counter Wireless Competition

New $30-per-month internet plan announced

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YouTube TV Slows Its Roll — vMVPD Adds Only 50,000 Customers in Q2 After Posting First-Ever Quarterly Loss

Will the return of football rekindle Google virtual pay TV service’s once-incendiary growth?

Broadcasting & Cable

Verizon To Acquire Frontier As Telecom Industry Braces For 'Convergence' Battle

Amid a rebirth of convergence-themed mergers in the telecom industry, Verizon said it will acquire Frontier in an all-cash deal valued at $20 billion.

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U.S. Pay TV Loses 1.62 Million Subscribers in Q2, 10th Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Percentage Losses for Linear

The sector has shed 4 million subscribers in the first 6 months of 2024

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Dish and Sling TV Revenue Collapses, Down a Record 10% in Q2

This might be the other shoe dropping for Charlie Ergen’s near-bankrupt parent company, EchoStar

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Addicted to the Olympics? A turnaround for the Peacock streaming service probably contributed

Three years ago in Tokyo, NBC's Peacock streaming service was a laughingstock, riddled with glitches and unfulfilled promise

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T-Mobile Fixed Wireless Growth Slows 27% to 406,000 Customers in Q2 as Operator Turns Its Attention to … Fiber-Fueled Convergence

T-Mobile, which believes it only has capacity for 7 million to 8 million FWA subscribers, just entered into its second fiber joint venture in the last 3 months

Broadcasting & Cable

Dumb in Dallas? AT&T Keeps Pushing a ‘Convergence’ Advantage It Simply Does Not Have

AT&T once again played up the ‘opportunity’ presented by its fiber-mobile convergence strategy during its second-quarter earnings call Wednesday … but the telecom still only has fiber in 12% of the country

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Comcast Has Its Worst Broadband Customer Quarter Ever at 120,000 Lost Subscribers

But Comcast’s broadband ARPU keeps rising, up 3.6% to $73.88, suggesting those lost ACP customers weren’t big revenue drivers

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How Verizon's Outlook On IPhone Upgrades Could Move Apple Stock Up Or Down

What's good for Apple stock isn't good for the telco stocks when it comes to iPhone upgrade cycles, analyst Craig Moffett noted in a report.

Broadcasting & Cable

Amid Another Worst Quarter Ever for U.S. Pay TV, Even YouTube TV Lost Subscribers in Q1, Analyst Says

Craig Moffett says advertisers are now fleeing linear for streaming, too, taking even more marquee content and eyeballs with them

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DirecTV Turns 30: Colorful History, Questions About the Future

‘It’s obvious that a pure broadcast platform isn’t long for this world,’ analyst says

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‘This Company Can Produce a Lot More Value Both in Cash for Shareholders and Also for Customers,’ Says DirecTV COO Michael Wittrock

Strategic plan includes more streaming and ‘super aggregation,’ giving consumers the entertainment they want and a better way to find programming

Broadcasting & Cable

Cable Controlled 75% of U.S. Mobile Growth in Q1, Is Exploiting Convergence Advantage Over Wireless, Analyst Says

While cable companies can offer a converged bundle to all their customers, wireless competitors don't come even close, notes Craig Moffett

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Dish Network‘s Pay TV Business: ’A Melting Ice Cube … on a Hot Day’

With Sling TV subscribers dropping below 2 million for the first time in seven years, Dish’s pay TV engine can no longer keep the larger EchoStar enterprise afloat, analyst says

Broadcasting & Cable

T-Mobile FWA Growth Slows 23% in Q1 to 405,000 Customers ... Why It's Not Time for Comcast and Charter to Rejoice Just Yet

With Verizon also reporting decelerated first-quarter fixed wireless expansion, analyst says cable's competitive threat from FWA 'probably peaked in Q4 of last year' ... but cable has another problem

Broadcasting & Cable

Peacock's $110 Million NFL Playoff Gamble Pays Off, Tripled Subscriber Growth in Q1 While Still Cutting Losses

Peacock's exclusive presentation of the Chiefs-vs.-Dolphins Wild Card game back on Jan. 13 resulted in one of subscription streaming's biggest signup events ever

Broadcasting & Cable

Pay TV Companies, and the DOJ, Push Back on Big 'Spulu' Sports Streaming Joint Venture

The new service would seem to run right up against so-called 'most-favored-nation' agreements with operators, who have been clamoring for similar kinds of skinny bundles for decades

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Altice USA Stock Perks Up in After-Hours Trading as Cable Company Meets Q4 Forecasts

But analyst Craig Moffett is concerned that price cuts meant to rekindle flagging broadband customer growth might also crater ARPU

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