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AT&T has pledged to be carbon neutral across its global operations by 2035, with film and TV production at WarnerMedia one of the key areas of emphasis. Several other companies have made public vows to shrink their carbon footprints. Amazon introduced a Climate Pledge in 2019 to put companies on a path to carbon…

The FCC Monday granted AMC Networks’ motion to withdraw a complaint filed last month against AT&T that accused the media giant of abusing its market clout and favoring its own networks after merging with Time Warner. The complaint was withdraw after the two sides reached a new carriage agreement, according to an…

AT&T CFO John Stephens saw Tenet in a theater, as did a large swath of the U.S. and the world over the past couple of weeks. Elaborating on the experience Wednesday at the Bank of America Securities 2020 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference, Stephens said he “couldn’t even imagine being able to see that…

AT&T, which entered the second half of 2020 with $152 billion in net debt, is said to be shopping its Xandr advertising unit. The sale talks were first reported Tuesday by the Wall Street Journal. The company declined to comment when reached by Deadline. The detachment of Xandr from the company would mark a dramatic…

Milana Vayntrub, who portrays Lily Adams in AT&T commercials, wants the online harassment against her to stop. In an Instagram livestream that has since been reposted to Twitter, Vayntrub emotionally discussed how old photos of her have been manipulated into memes that generate lewd and vile responses. “Maybe it just…

WarnerMedia parent AT&T is looking to sell a chunk of satellite broadcaster DirecTV to private equity investors, according to the Wall Street Journal, as the the heavily indebted wireless giant pivots to media. Suitors include Apollo Global Management, which is said to have expressed interest last year, and Platinum…

NFL Sunday Ticket, for more than 25 years a major driver of subscriptions to DirecTV, is being offered by AT&T for streaming by non-subscribers. The availability is not technically new but has been phased in quietly and not attracted wide attention from customers, investors or press. It applies only for viewers in…

AT&T CFO John Stephens said the layoffs currently affecting WarnerMedia should not be seen as a course correction after the May launch of HBO Max, but rather as a “refocusing” of the company. The executive discussed the reductions of about 600 WarnerMedia staffers and many other topics during an online appearance…

As wireless giants like AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile continue to push forward with rollouts of 5G technology, the U.S. government is making more wireless spectrum available for the effort. The White House and the Department of Defense said Monday that 100 megahertz of mid-band spectrum will be made auctioned off for…

Layoffs got under way Monday at WarnerMedia, with about 600 staffers departing the company, sources told Deadline. The reductions from a workforce of about 25,000 follow major changes announced late Friday by WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar. Among the senior-level employees exiting the company are Jeffrey R. Schlesinger…

AMC Networks has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission accusing AT&T of penalizing the The Walking Dead broadcaster in favor of its own competing channels like HBO and TNT by insisting on "discriminatory" terms to renew its affiliation agreement. AT&T called AMC Networks' complaint “without…

Crunchyroll, the anime specialist now controlled by WarnerMedia, has hit a milestone of 3 million subscribers to its streaming service. GM Joanne Waage, who took the helm of Crunchyroll in late 2018, said the platform has seen accelerating growth. Founded in 2006, it reached 1 million streaming subscribers in 2016 and…