Media & Entertainment

Dish Network (DISH) has filed an application with the FCC to participate as a potential spectrum bidder.

Facebook has been concentrating its efforts on video for a long time now. It has ambitions of becoming the number one player in the video ad market.

Social, mobile, analytics, and cloud (or SMAC) is a disruptive technology that’s transforming the current IT environment at a rapid pace. Many technology leaders, who failed to acknowledge its importance or were slow in embracing it, are suffering. HP has been impacted by SMAC.

21st Century Fox owns STAR India, India’s largest media network. STAR India develops, broadcasts, and produces programming for 51 channels in its portfolio.

The mobile advertising market is expected to grow at a faster rate than the overall digital advertising market.

Farallon Capital Management sold its position in Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) during the third quarter. The stock accounted for 3.39% of the fund’s total 2Q14 portfolio.

In 3Q17, Comcast’s Business Services segment generated revenues of $1.6 billion, which rose 12.6% year-over-year.

On March 25, during an event held in Cupertino, California, Apple launched its news and magazine subscription service, News+.

AMC Entertainment has fallen by almost 50 percent this year. Is the stock a buy amid the sector rotation?

In Q3 2020, billionaire investor Leon Cooperman’s top five holdings were Fiserv, Mr. Cooper Group, Alphabet, Cigna, and Trinity Industries.

Viacom, despite being undervalued by analysts, is expected to see growth from its media networks segment especially with its digital partnership deals.

When eBay (EBY) announced earlier this year that Dutch company Adyen was replacing PayPal (PYPL) as its primary payments processor, something was not discussed.

Analyst Craig Moffett believes that AT&T has an 80% chance of prevailing in court in its proposed merger with Time Warner.

China is seeing a rise in streaming entertainment—from esports to music streaming—and Tencent (TCHEY) is the biggest beneficiary.

With Zynga (ZNGA) hitting profitability milestones in its recent quarters, its cash holdings have grown.

Facebook has been hiring new talent and investing heavily in improving user experience on Instagram, WhatsApp Messenger, and Messenger. Instagram is expected to churn big money for Facebook.

In 4Q14, TPG-Axon Capital Management increased holdings in Huntsman (HUN), Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN), KAR Auction Services (KAR), and Zynga (ZNGA).

In 2017, Disney agreed to acquire the bulk of Fox assets for $52.4 billion, or $66.1 billion including debt.

ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC) has struggled since it reported disappointing fourth-quarter results. The company reported revenue of $6.9 billion.

SAC Capital built up its stake in Google Inc. (GOOG) last quarter by 97,523 shares, to 193,550 shares. Google accounts for a 1.26% position in SAC’s portfolio.

The VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO) provides exposure to gaming and related industries.

Accounting for over $200 million in revenues, micro-transactions present users with the opportunity to buy items that enhance their gameplay.

Media players Viacom (VIAB) and CBS (CBS) are again talking about a merger.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has cut ties with the company and its parent Alphabet. He served as Google’s CEO from 2001 to 2011.

Analysts have projected AMC Entertainment’s (AMC) revenue in 1Q18 (ended March 31) to increase 5.2% to $1.4 billion, boosted by acquisitions.

The S&P 500 Index, represented by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), rose 0.3% on October 23, nearing the all-time high it saw in July.

There was a sell-off in Disney (NYSE:DIS) stock amid the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, the pandemic has mainly paralyzed the company’s operations.

Cisco Systems’ (CSCO) VNI (Visual Networking Index) projects that video could comprise ~77.0% of mobile data traffic in the United States by the end of 2020.

Yahoo’s trailing P/E is almost in line with its peers but it’s below Google (GOOG), Facebook (FB), and Chinese Internet giant Baidu (BIDU).

Event-driven strategy is designed to make an investment in special situations, including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, split-offs, bankruptcy, and other major events.

ViacomCBS stock has more than doubled from its pandemic lows of $10 in the first quarter. Currently, the stock is still down about 50% for the year.

California is the only state where the merger between Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks has yet to be approved. It could be approved as early as May 12.

On a YoY (or year-over-year) basis, Suddenlink’s revenue rose ~6.7% to reach ~$0.63 billion in 1Q16.

Telecom companies compete directly with cable companies—particularly in wired voice, data, and TV services. They compete in the residential and small business segments.

NBC Universal's ad-free streaming service will now be available on Roku devices thanks to a new deal between the two companies.

Mergers and acquisitions aren’t uncommon. In fact, they play an integral role in the growth of the video gaming industry.

AMC plans to reopen some of its theaters on Aug. 20. The theaters have been closed for five months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Five years ago, Dish entered the video streaming business with the launch of Sling TV—an Internet-based live television and on-demand video service.

Walt Disney (DIS) has pulled its shows from Sky’s Sky Now video streaming service. Previously, Disney withdrew its shows and films from Netflix (NFLX).

Media networks face stiff competition for acquisition and distribution of content. Quality and exclusivity add to competition across the media value chain.