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Joined October 2019
Is Charter about to unload the most lucrative regional sports networks in Southern California? 🏀⚾👉 youtu.be/7Grj5AtXs7M#SportsB… #Broadcasting #Dodgers #Lakers #Spectrum #NextTMT #CableIndustry
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Is Trump's robot ban protecting U.S. innovation—or slowing the next wave of AI? This week on Next TMT, Dan Jones and Roy Chua break down the AI robot ban, SpaceX-Verizon rumors, 6G, spectrum policy, and the future of telecom infrastructure. 🎥 youtu.be/JL_Mw6toVRM
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The sports rights shuffle is getting wild. Between new streaming hubs absorbing regional sports networks and platforms bidding up global football rights, traditional cable's last remaining moat is officially drained. Who wins the subscriber war by 2027?
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Starship might carry more satellites, but #Falcon9 has the speed ⚡️Without dropping launch intervals from months down to once a week, #Starship won't be replacing Falcon 9 for Starlink constellations anytime soon. Can #SpaceX scale Starship production fast enough? 🚀
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SpaceX isn't just building a bigger rocket—Starship is the foundation for a $20B mobile network gamble. Without Starship's payload capacity, Starlink Mobile V2 satellites won't get off the ground at the scale needed to deliver true direct-to-cell coverage by 2028
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Cutting the cord was supposed to save us money. Ditch a $100 cable bill, buy a $20 Netflix sub, win-win. But with 60% of us feeling the inflation pinch and apps fragmenting, you now need 4-5 apps just to watch TV. Guess what? You're paying cable prices again.
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Is David Ellison a filmmaking genius or did he just have the ultimate cheat code? 🎬With Ellison taking over Paramount, the big question is: is he a "steward of cinema" who can help save the box office, #Paramount #DavidEllison #StreamingWars #Hollywood #MovieNews #BusinessTok
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FIFA allowing the U.S. national anthem before an international club final feels like the wrong call. Injecting national symbolism into a worldwide event risks distracting from the match and dividing the audience. #FIFA #SportsMedia #Streaming #NextTMT
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With premium apps raising prices, the massive engagement on free, ad-supported platforms shows that "good enough and free" is winning the battle for our attention span. FAST channels (Pluto, Tubi, Roku) are commanding real real estate on our TVs, pulling a steady 1% to 3% share.
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The data is proving that consumers are swapping expensive subscription fees for free alternatives. FAST channels (Pluto, Tubi, Roku) are commanding real real estate on our TVs, pulling a steady 1% to 3% share. free" is winning the battle for our attention span.
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the era of cheap streaming is officially dead. Remember when premium apps were $8 or $9? Now they're $15+, and consumer pocketbooks are officially hitting a wall. 📉🍿 We break down the entire monetization shift on the new episode of Next TMT Talks.
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The @NFL is readying to re-enter rights talks w/ @CBS, @DisneyABCTV, @NBCUniversal, @NFLonFOX and @amazon. + @MLB and @NHL are resetting in '28. @NextTMT 's @DavidBloom talked about the coming frenzy w/ sports media pros Patrick Crakes and Lucas Bertrand. youtube.com/watch?v=XkiTuyiH…
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This week, @NextTMT talks to Vert-I-Go's Dana Protsyshak about the fast-growing micro-drama sector. Why are micro dramas suddenly so popular? How are they being monetized? And how many stories about getting kidnapped by mob bosses can the market support? youtube.com/watch?v=TbO0pE-A…
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This week's Next TMT newsletter is here, diving into the SuperBowlympics of relentless hype (also, sometimes, sports); media earnings, two very different new movies from people named "M," Khaby Lame's big payday, and so much else. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/puny-p…
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AI is crushing media valuations. Publishers have lost a third or more of their traffic from Google’s AI summaries — and it’s freezing media M&A deals. #NextTMT #AI #MediaIndustry #MergersAndAcquisitions #GoogleAI #DigitalMedia #TechNews
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OpenAI isn’t just burning GPUs — it’s burning electricity. ⚡ why the company’s massive power bill may become the next big tech backlash, with AI data centers driving energy costs higher. #NextTMT #OpenAI #AI #TechNews #EnergyCrisis #DataCenters #ArtificialIntelligence
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• Netflix flagged as an “antitrust concern” • Sinclair & Nexstar hit FCC + Trump roadblocks • OpenAI’s massive power bill • Google → $4T | Nvidia → $5T | Apple → $4T • NFL Sunday Ticket surges on YouTube TV #FAST #MediaIndustry #StreamingWars #Netflix #WBD #Nexttmt
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CuriosityStream is printing money with AI 😳 They’re licensing nature + science IP to LLMs and getting 50% rev-share. Smallest streamer… biggest brain move. #NextTMT #AI #CuriosityStream #StreamingWars #TechNews #MediaIndustry #AIModels #ContentLicensing #FutureOfTV #LLMs
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