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Each year Parrot Analytics analyzes the global market share of the leading SVOD services, based on how much demand exists in each market for their original content offering, over the last 24 months. Included is a look at Netflix market share in the U.S., compared to the world. Lots of domestic competition is a factor.

One top Wall Street financial analyst says DISH's just-released Q2 results are "OK," with nicely better than expected subscriber losses. Investors may disagree, as DISH shares were off sharply in midday trading on Tuesday. By the Closing Bell, a 8.7% decline was seen.

Sinclair Television Group has notified the trustee for its 5.375% Senior Notes due 2021 that it intends to redeem, in full, its outstanding $600 million aggregate principal amount of Notes on August 13. There's just one thing, and investors may not be happy about it.

Things may be rough for CBS Corporation with respect to its "blackout" across all DirecTV, DirecTV NOW and U-Verse local lineups where it has owned-and-operated stations, but it can now celebrate a retransmission consent win against one formidable MVPD player.

"There is a strange juxtaposition forming in the world of media stocks: one of crumbling fundamentals and strong stock performance," says one top Wall Street analyst. After four years of money fleeing the sector, several media stocks "have recently been able to re-craft the conventional narrative." Yet, media industry headwinds remain.

Oh, hey ... the end of the month is approaching. Cue the boost in broadcast TV spots from the nation's auto dealer associations.

Up until 1pm Eastern on Friday, all looked well for Sinclair, with trading in positive territory. Then, with seemingly no warning, SBGI began a steep slide. What triggered the sell-off? A whiff that doesn't even involve Sinclair ... yet.

Nexstar Media Group's Board of Directors on Friday declared a quarterly cash dividend. How does one receive it? They must be shareholders of record as of August 9.

For a generation of Washingtonians, NBC had its home a stone's throw away from American University in upper Northwest D.C. Today, a two-year-old rumor became reality: NBC is moving its entire news operations to an office building near Union Station.

When will CBS Corp.-owned TV stations return to DirecTV, DirecTV NOW or AT&T U-Verse? AT&T head Randall Stephenson noted during his company's Q2 earnings call today that he's heard "crickets" from CBS regarding a new retrans deal. That said, CBS distributed "some facts regarding the current situation."

It wasn't such a great Q2 for DirecTV, and Q3 is proving to be a punishing one for the AT&T-owned unit. Guess what? This had little impact on AT&T's bottom line in the second quarter, with revenue meeting estimates. As such, the company's stock was up on Wednesday.

The company poised to become the No. 1 owner of broadcast TV stations saw its stock dip 3.3% from Monday's close in mid-afternoon trading on Tuesday. This puts Nexstar shares under the $100 mark for the first time in a month. A retrans stalemate with AT&T could be the reason.

Newly released television industry research from Boston-based Hub Entertainment Research uncovers "missed opportunities" when it comes to a number of advanced TV features. We took a look, and highlighted some of the key takeaways for you.

As of 2am Eastern on Saturday, July 20, a litany of subscribers to AT&T-owned DirecTV and U-Verse went into a frenzy. AT&T will be to blame for many. For other furious subscribers, finger-pointing will be directed at the media company rumored to be weeks away from a reunification with Viacom.

A Miami-based lawyer who cut his teeth in international law and later obtained a $58 Million verdict leading to control of a TV network has entered broadcast TV ownership. The properties Marcell Felipe is obtaining include a LPTV being sold by LBI Media.