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Streaming service accepts $70m hike to secure rights to American comedy for 2019
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Broadcaster says White House has ‘complete lack of understanding’ about media attacks
This Week: Bank of Ireland earnings expected to take positive turn
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Netflix shares plummet as subscriber growth misses expectations
Netflix adds 5.2 million customers from April through June – a million less than forecasts
Goldman Sachs tops $100m in fees from Fox-Disney deal
Payout reflects close relationship between Rupert Murdoch and top banker
Comcast opens Disney bidding war with $65bn Fox offer
Fox shareholders to be offered $35 a share in cash for its film and television studios, cable entertainment networks
Judge clears AT&T takeover of Time Warner
US court sides with two corporate giants in landmark antitrust litigation
CRH results likely to be affected by poor weather
Business This Week: results, indicators and meetings
Disney deal with Fox reopens battle for TV’s creative talent
Streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon are swooping for leading producers
Media industry’s own ‘Game of Thrones’ is marked by twists
Regulators have cast critical eyes over proposed marriages triggered by rise of Big Tech
Time Inc to be bought by Meredith and Koch brothers in $2.8bn deal
Media firm takeover by two of the richest men in the world due to be completed in 2018
Markets fall on US tax plan and UK rate hike
In Dublin, Smurfit Kappa continues positive trend despite posting fall in earnings
Ryanair’s wings clipped by cancellations debacle
This Week: Airline’s first-half results will reflect investor jitters. Also: AIB’s egm
‘Seinfeld’ actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus battling breast cancer
HBO says actor got diagnosis a day after she won 6th Emmy for her role as Meyer in ‘Veep’
Emmys 2017: The Handmaid’s Tale makes history for Hulu
Series adapted from 1985 Margaret Atwood novel wins 8 awards including best drama
Altice lines up $185bn pitch for cable group Charter
Acquisitive European group could be set for latest round of US media consolidation
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Apple results; Irish unemployment indicator; and UCD seminar on algorithmic consumers
What do ‘Peppa Pig’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ have in common?
Entertainment companies have much to lose when their biggest hits become too big to fail
The stakes have risen since Murdoch’s last battle for Sky
21st Century Fox’s bid for pay-TV company is response to an even bigger rival takeover
There is overseas appetite for Irish firms when value is to be had
Ireland must show overseas companies we can support the scale of investment they want to make
Instagram set to bolster Facebook advertising strength
Facebook says it may be reaching limit on amount of ads it can place in front of users
How 2017 will pan out for the media in Ireland
Budgets in newspapers, radio and TV are torn up as Facebook and Google strengthen
Flurry of big deals fires takeover activity to near 2007 highs
In the fourth quarter alone, global mergers and acquisitions were worth $1.2 trillion
Wonder Woman removed from position as UN ambassador
Superhero loses honorary role as advocate for gender equality following protests
Planet Business: Scratching the shingles itch
Time Warner, John Lewis, paper receipts and Heathrow runway woe
AT&T-Time Warner deal faces major regulatory hurdle
US Senate antitrust subcommittee meet next month to discuss potential $85.4 billion deal
AT&T-Time Warner deal sparks talk of new era of mergers
Good timing for Time Warner as entire legacy media world heads for ‘secular decline’
European stocks lose momentum after strong week
Stoxx Europe 600 Index takes five-day advance to 1.3% while Iseq falls 0.3%
Massive real estate development to alter New York skyline
Hudson Yards will see new skyscrapers and cover 28 acres of midtown Manhattan
EU regulators accept Paramount geoblocking concessions
Studio was accused of stopping viewers outside UK and Ireland accessing Sky UK
Irish Women of the World: Google’s Anne-Marie Farrell and five other tech titans
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US stocks rebound on Yellen’s rates remarks
Major indices all rise with tech stocks performing strongly
Sky signs deal with CBS for Showtime rights
‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Billions’ among the new dramas that will air on Sky Atlantic channel
‘Sesame Street’ finds new home at HBO in first-view deal
Show’s makers will be able to produce twice as much new content
‘Sesame Street’ leaves US public channel PBS to sign for HBO
Deal will bring much-needed funding for future of award-winning children’s TV show
Global TV ad market to cross $200bn mark
Television business model is under pressure from likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime and Google’s YouTube
September issues bulge, but desperation is the big trend
This decade hasn’t been so hot for the print circulation of women’s monthlies
New York Times revenue misses as print ad sales fall again
Digital ad revenue up 14.2% to $48.3m in second quarter
Time Warner’s quarterly profit defies analysts’ estimates
Revenue rises 8% from success of video streaming service and Batman video game
Fibre-optic technology’s latest stride could boost capacity by up to 100%
Engineers have set new power and distance records for fibre-optic communication
Verizon Communications to acquire AOL in $4.4bn deal
AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong to continue to lead company
Booked: Change is the name of the game for companies that shape their future
Gamechangers – are you ready to change the world, by Peter Fisk. €29.99, 306pp
Glitches hit Mayweather versus Pacquiao pay-per-view
Customers take to social media to complain about problems ordering access to the fight
Netflix beats forecasts with 62m streaming subscribers
Shares jump by nearly 12 % as investors welcome latest figures
Ali Williams puts Toulon success down to winning mentality
Lock says financial divide needs to be solved to avoid ruining international game
Jury selection in Mitre’s HBO libel case ready to begin
Soccer ball maker sues over reports on HBO show that alleges it used child labour
Netflix accelerates global push as US growth slows
Revenues rises as streaming video service eyes expansion into other regions
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