Daniel Frankel
Daniel Frankel is the managing editor of Next TV, an internet publishing vertical focused on the business of video streaming. A Los Angeles-based writer and editor who has covered the media and technology industries for more than two decades, Daniel has worked on staff for publications including E! Online, Electronic Media, Mediaweek, Variety, paidContent and GigaOm. You can start living a healthier life with greater wealth and prosperity by following Daniel on Twitter today!
Latest articles by Daniel Frankel
Amid Another Worst Quarter Ever for U.S. Pay TV, Even YouTube TV Lost Subscribers in Q1, Analyst Says
By Daniel Frankel published
Craig Moffett says advertisers are now fleeing linear for streaming, too, taking even more marquee content and eyeballs with them
Venu Sports Announces Management Team Under CEO Pete Distad
By Daniel Frankel published
Top hires for Disney, Fox and WBD JV include former FanDuel and Hulu exec Brian Borkowski as CMO, and ex Apple, Disney and Hulu operative Tim Connolly as chief business officer
Minnesota Senator Urges Comcast to ‘Return to the Negotiation Table’ With Diamond Sports Group
By Daniel Frankel published
‘My constituents are furious’ that they can’t watch Twins games, Tina Smith tells Brian Roberts
WBD Taps Former Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to Run PR
By Daniel Frankel published
Warner CEO calls him ‘the right leader’ for the job
Roger Goodell Testifies in $21 Billion ‘Sunday Ticket’ Antitrust Trial: ‘We Have Been Clear Throughout That This Is a Premium Product’
By Daniel Frankel published
NFL denies it colluded with TV companies to keep the price of its out-of-market games package jacked up over $300 a season
Chicken Soup Fails to Meet Terms for $175 Million Debt Forbearance Agreement, Purges Board
By Daniel Frankel published
William J. Rouhana, chairman and CEO of the Redbox parent company, is the only board member left
Diamond Sports Asks Bankruptcy Court for Emergency Hearing as Leagues Demand to See Sensitive Pay TV Contracts
By Daniel Frankel published
Cox Communications weighs in, too, telling judge Monday that it doesn't want the NBA, NHL and MLB to see its 'trade secrets'
After It Secured NFL TV Rights, Now Comes the Hard Part for Netflix — Finding Someone to Produce and Call the Games
By Daniel Frankel published
Netflix’s options in terms of finding contractors ‘may be limited,’ reports say
Cable One Set To Lay Off 4% of Its Employees
By Daniel Frankel published
Around 120 full- and part-time staffers will be let go, as competition from FWA and fiber overbuilders takes toll on ARPU
Is Charles Barkley's Retirement Declaration Believable … or Bluff?
By Daniel Frankel, David Bloom published
Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we examine the Rube Goldberg workings of Skydance's doomed Paramount purchase, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss' unseemly ghosting of NBA GOAT Jerry West, and some cool trinkets from Apple's World Wide Developers Conference
Disney Bundle Cuts Hulu Churn Nearly in Half (Charts of the Day)
By Daniel Frankel published
Antenna's latest 'State of Subscriptions' report also reveals that 56% of premium SVOD signups in Q1 were for ad-supported tiers
With Moody's Predicted To Cut Paramount to Junk Status, Is a Government Bailout of Hollywood Really Such a Crazy Idea?
By Daniel Frankel published
The fed has done it for auto manufacturers and banks in the past, why not one of our biggest makers of culture, (whacky) showbiz trade asks?
Chicago Cubs RSN Marquee Sports Faces ‘Bumpy’ Comcast Renewal
By Daniel Frankel published
Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney admits that prospects look a little bleak for the regional sports network jointly operated by the MLB club and Sinclair Broadcast Group
Soap Opera Effected: Roku Users Stuck in Motion Smoothing Mode With No Way to Get Out!
By Daniel Frankel published
Users of Roku-powered TCL smart TVs complain that the latest OS upgrade turned on Roku’s intolerable ’Action Smoothing‘ feature with no way to turn it off
Jerry West, the True ‘GOAT’ of the Modern $76 Billion NBA, Dies at 86
By Daniel Frankel published
The Hall of Fame player, whose silhouette still adorns the NBA’s logo, carved an even more enduring legacy as a league executive. No one else can match what he accomplished
NBCU Finally Pours Water on USA Network -- Series Reboot of John Grisham's 'The Rainmaker' Is Linear Network's First Unshared Scripted Original Since 2000
By Daniel Frankel published
The linear cable channel, which has seen reruns of lawyer dramas 'Suits' and 'White Collar' thrive on Netflix recently, gets series order for Lionsgate and Blumhouse show
Return of the ‘Triple Play’? Consumers’ Most Wanted Bundle Includes Netflix, Broadband and Mobile
By Daniel Frankel published
Consumer desires harken back to old-world cable economics, a Hub Entertainment Research study finds
Charter's Spectrum Reach Second Only to YouTube in Local Streaming?
By Daniel Frankel published
Within its top 22 Nielsen-measured local markets, cable operator's Spectrum Reach platform boasts 18.4% of all streaming usage
Netflix Locks Down ‘Night Agent’ Creator Shawn Ryan With Increasingly Rare Overall Deal
By Daniel Frankel published
The prolific producer, who’d been with Sony for the last 13 years, was reportedly signed to an eight-figure deal
NBA Finals Rebound: Best Game 2 Ratings in 5 Years
By Daniel Frankel published
Boston’s 105-98 win over Dallas was seen by an average audience of 12.063 million viewers
Personal Data for Up to 2 Million Frontier Communications Customers Held Hostage By Hacker Group
By Daniel Frankel published
RansomHub, which stole the sensitive info back in April, said the telecom has until June 14 to pay it, pay it its monies, or it will auction the goods on the Dark Web
Hisense's VIDAA Is Now the No. 2 Smart TV OS Globally Behind Samsung Tizen, Trade Group Says (Chart of the Day)
By Daniel Frankel published
The Connected TV Marketing Association says Tizen controls 13% of the 120 million smart TVs that will be sold globally this year vs. 7.8% for VIDAA
NBA-Bereft Warner Bros. Discovery Pays $650 Million for 10 Years of French Open U.S. TV Rights
By Daniel Frankel published
Annual late-spring pro-tennis tournament will shift from NBCUniversal to WBD linear channels and Max starting in 2025
MVP-Less NBA Finals See TV Ratings Crater at a Conspicuous $76 Billion Moment
By Daniel Frankel, David Bloom published
Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we watch the Clippers on TV for the first time ever in June, we try again to figure out how Shane Gillis has an audience … and that’s before Netflix’s ‘Hit Man’ sends us down a Richard Linklater rabbit hole