Sentences with phrase «cable channel partners»

Increasingly, their network and cable channel partners are refusing to license their shows to the independent streaming services — historically the active licensers of that content and now their chief competition for subscribers.

Not exact matches

Vice had not provided updates on its offline intentions until today, but rumours of a takeover attempt by conventional broadcasting companies Time Warner and Fox served to keep the news channel - speculation alive, because being absorbed into a traditional media conglomerate would give Vice easy access to their cable networks and partners.

The deal's announcement was expected last week, but not all of A&E's distribution partners — the cable and satellite TV companies that carry the network's channels — have signed off on the change, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks were private.

In order to start anything remotely resembling a conglomerate, even a miniature one, Trump would need a partner to pay for it, and he would likely have to purchase a cable channel from an existing player.

Earlier this week, the makers of the Nintendo Switch video game console turned on streaming with the release of a new Hulu app, and newcomer Philo joined heavyweights like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime in the streaming space by partnering with dozens of popular cable channels.