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Incoming WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar said Wednesday that expanding HBO Max internationally and getting the technology right are two takeaways from his time growing Hulu and subsequent launch of a smaller VOD service called Vessel. WarnerMedia parent AT&T revealed earlier today that Kilar will take the top job starting…

Spectrum SportsNet LA said Wednesday that it has reached a carriage agreement that will see DirecTV, AT&T TV, U-verse TV and AT&T TV Now customers finally be able to watch Los Angeles Dodgers games. The deal ends a six-year impasse that has kept the MLB team off DirecTV screens in more than half of homes in its own…

AT&T’s WarnerMedia is committing more than $100 million for crews of productions shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic. “We are stepping up with a commitment of more than $100 million to assist team members of those productions during this time. And as things evolve, we'll continue to evaluate how we can best respond…

AT&T said starting tomorrow it will offer premium video content for free to subscribers that don’t have channels like Starz, Epix, HBO and Cinemax. The move comes as AT&T’s WarnerMedia, where these networks live, is set to launch new streaming service HBO Max on a still unspecified date in May. It has been counting on…

The stock market opened lower despite a aggressive move by the Federal Reserve, in an emergency meeting early Monday – it’s third since the crisis started – to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Media stocks from Disney and Lionsgate to WarnerMedia parent AT&T were hit with downgrades on worries…

Randall Stephenson, CEO of WarnerMedia parent AT&T Sunday tipped his hat to the division’s CNN, said AT&T data usage has surged and it’s not charging for overages or cutting off service as the company and the rest of the country face down the global coronavirus pandemic – largely from home. Given, it’s his owned…

UPDATED with market close: Stocks erased earlier gains and closed at a three-year low Friday as investors weighed a rising coronavirus infection count against massive stimulus measures from global policymakers – and the former seemed to get the upper hand. Especially after a Goldman Sachs economist predicted weekly …

If you were surprised to suddenly miss the last 20 minutes of Chicago Med, Tucker Carlson Tonight or The Masked Singer just now on the East Coast, join the DirecTV club. As America hunkers down at home for what looks to be the first full week of coronavirus isolation, the AT&T-owed satellite service tonight went dark…

AT&T’s WarnerMedia is the latest company to tell employees to work from home in an abundance of caution over the spread of the coronavirus. “Beginning Monday, March 16, all WarnerMedia employees around the world who are able to work remotely are encouraged to do so until further notice,” John Stankey, president and…

John Stankey – wearing two hats as COO of AT&T and CEO of its WarnerMedia division – said he expects the coronavirus outbreak to impact supplies of handsets from China. That matters because the telco sees a wave of device upgrades when 5G service is rolled out later this year and anticipates a virtuous circle as cell…

AT&T Monday launched its new over-the-top service AT&T TV nationwide hoping the bundle of live channels, on-demand library and 500 hours of cloud DVR storage will fill a niche with consumers as it combines the feel and features of an OTT platform with the familiarity of a traditional TV subscription experience. AT&T…

The streaming wars are on, let the wireless wars begin. Investment in HBO Max, pay TV headwinds and growing competition in the wireless world led one Wall Street analyst to downgrade shares of the streamer’s parent AT&T shares today following earnings released Wednesday. John Hodulik of UBS is worried that competition…