Federal regulators could launch a probe if Comcast (CMCSA), 21st Century Fox (FOXA) and Walt Disney (DIS) bring in Time Warner (TWX) as a fourth partner in Hulu, especially if the media quartet becomes much more selective in licensing content to Web video streamer Netflix (NFLX). So says Paul Gallant, an analyst at Guggenheim Partners. Gallant notes that the Department of Justice in 2012 reportedly launched an antitrust investigation involving
Facebook (FB) on Wednesday released its news app Notify for Apple iPhone users in the U.S., deepening the social network giant’s relationship with media giants such as Fox News (21st Century Fox (FOXA), CNN (Time Warner (TWX), Bloomberg, The New York Times (NYT) and Buzzfeed. That comes even amid reports that Facebook is revising advertising on its Instant Articles platform following complaints from publishers. Facebook’s Apple iOS Notify app
Netflix (NFLX) does a pretty good job at picking original shows that get good reviews from critics, but it’s still not as good at it as Time Warner’s (TWX) HBO is. Entertainment news website Exstreamist did a study of shows by six major TV networks to see which does the best at green-lighting critically acclaimed original programs. It used data from Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates reviews from media critics, and looked at non-reality prime-time