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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 35

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday May 17, 2013 @ 2:59pm PDTTags: Daniel Loeb, Deadline Big Media, National CineMedia, TV Upfront Market

Listen to (and share) episode 35 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman. Deadline’s executive editor joins host David Bloom to discuss the advertising upfronts this week, including the CBS victory lap and whether an auto ad spending blitz will finance this year’s pricey programming; Daniel Loeb’s (and possibly Les Moonves’) plans for Sony; and National CineMedia’s whiz-bang new technologies to give exhibitors and studios more bang for their in-theater ad bucks.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 34

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday May 10, 2013 @ 4:15pm PDTTags: Deadline Big Media, Jeff Bewkes, YouTube

Listen to (and share) episode 34 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman as Deadline’s Executive Editor David Lieberman and host David Bloom look at out-of-whack CEO pay; a Washington threat to the Pay TV oligopoly; YouTube goes subscription with 30 new channels; and why Time-Warner’s Jeff Bewkes thinks blockbusters make sense financially. 

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 33

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday May 3, 2013 @ 3:16pm PDTTags: Deadline Big Media, DreamWorks Animation, FCC

Listen to (and share) Episode 33 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media, as Deadline’s Executive Editor David Lieberman and host David Bloom look at earnings-season results for most of the Big Media companies; a worrisome prediction for summer box office bombs just as the summer movie season kicks off; the FCC’s new chairman; and DreamWorks Animation’s new tech acquisition.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 32

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday April 26, 2013 @ 12:24pm PDTTags: Apple, Deadline Big Media, Google Fiber, Netflix

Listen to (and share) Episode 32 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media, as Deadline executive editor David Lieberman and host David Bloom discuss whether Netflix is about to take off or already has soared as high as it can; what to make of Apple’s massive stock buyback and dividend announcements; and disputes over whether Google Fiber is hurting Time Warner Cable and other competitors, even as Moody’s predicts heavy consolidation ahead for cable providers trying to lock down business clients.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 31

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday April 19, 2013 @ 12:12pm PDTTags: CinemaCon, Deadline Big Media, DishTV, Sprint

Listen to (and share) episode 31 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman as our executive editor and host David Bloom talk about this week’s CinemaCon gathering where exhibitors and major studios talked about creating more movies that more kinds of audiences might want to watch, and whether the theater business can coexist alongside Premium VOD services. David also discusses what Charlie Ergen may be trying to do with DishTV’s big $25.5 billion bid to buy the mobile phone company Sprint.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 30

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday April 12, 2013 @ 1:39pm PDTTags: Aereo, CinemaCon, Deadline Big Media, Google Fiber

Listen to (and share) our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman as our executive editor and host David Bloom talk about broadcaster threats to abandon the airwaves for pay cable if Aereo wins; a gloomy Fitch’s report on the exhibition business just ahead of next week’s CinemaCon gathering in Las Vegas; and what ultrafast internet connections such as Google Fiber might mean for Hollywood.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 29

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday April 5, 2013 @ 1:39pm PDTTags: Aereo, CBS, Deadline Big Media, Netlfix

Listen to (and share) our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman as our executive editor and host David Bloom talk about a big win in the courts for Aereo’s video service and what that means for broadcast investors; whether we’ve reached Peak Netflix as company shares began a precipitous fall this week; and if CBS is going to ruin the stock buyback party for all of its big media counterparts.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 28

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday March 22, 2013 @ 1:05pm PDTTags: Angry Birds, Deadline Big Media, FCC

Listen to (and share) episode 28 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman as our Executive Editor and host David Bloom look at changes at the top of the Federal Communications Commission and what it means for the business of cable TV, broadband and wireless; a new No. 2 in the global film business and how that may change the film business; whether Hollywood is making enough family-friendly fare for the exhibition business; and if Angry Birds can disrupt with media business with an online cartoon.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 27

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday March 15, 2013 @ 3:06pm PDTTags: AMC Entertainment, Carmike, Deadline Big Media, DreamWorks Animation, The Croods

Listen to (and share) Episode 27 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman as our Executive Editor and host David Bloom look at Crood attempts to revive the sagging shares of DreamWorks Animation; brightening numbers for two of the biggest exhibition chains; and what it might mean for Los Angeles and the entertainment business as a whole now that live-entertainment and sports giant AEG is off the market, and its long-time CEO has departed.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 26

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday March 8, 2013 @ 3:21pm PSTTags: Deadline Big Media, Disney, Fox, Time Warner

Listen to (and share) episode 26 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman. Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom look at Fox’s decision to launch a national sports channel; Time Warner’s plan to spin off its Time Inc. holdings; and Bob Iger’s wins at the Disney annual meeting this week.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 25

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday March 1, 2013 @ 3:34pm PSTTags: Cablevision, Deadline Big Media, Disney, Starz, Viacom

Listen to (and share) episode 25 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman.

Deadline Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom look at the antitrust suit Cablevision filed against Viacom and what it might mean for the pay-TV oligopoly; whether Starz can be a star on its own; growing shareholder opposition to Bob Iger’s dual role at the top of Disney; and whether quality films can still sell lots of tickets.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 24

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday February 22, 2013 @ 3:14pm PSTTags: Deadline Big Media

Listen to (and share) episode 24 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman.

Deadline Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom look at whether a rash of Big Media stock buybacks and special dividends are about brand strength or stockholder bribery; what to make of a new report that suggests the pay-TV business has some breathing room before its business models “implode”; and Tom Wolzien’s plan to bring the back-and-forth of talk radio to lower-tier cable TV channels.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 23

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday February 15, 2013 @ 5:09pm PSTTags: CBS, Deadline Big Media, Discovery Channel, Media Rights Capital, Time Warner

Listen to (and share) episode 23 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman. This week Deadline Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom look at a bullish CBS and its new minority stake in AXS TV; an upbeat Discovery despite missing the quarter’s expectations, Media Rights Capital’s new movie co-financing business and Time Warner’s decision get out of a very old business.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 22

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday February 8, 2013 @ 4:02pm PSTTags: Deadline Big Media, Disney, DreamWorks Animation, News Corp

Listen to (and share) episode 22 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman. This week Deadline Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom look at what’s driving Disney’s strong share price during a solid but unspectacular quarterly earnings report, the near-record lows hitting DreamWorks Animation and the near-record highs lifting News Corp.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 21

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday February 1, 2013 @ 3:29pm PSTTags: BlackBerry, Deadline Big Media, Mark Cuban, News Corp

Listen to episode 21 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman. This week Deadline Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom discuss the red hot News Corp. stock, Moody’s moody take on the theatrical exhibition business, Mark Cuban‘s on the future of TV, and Blackberry‘s effort to ensure it has a future.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 20

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday January 25, 2013 @ 4:38pm PSTTags: Apple, Deadline Big Media, Fox, Netflix

Listen to episode 20 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman. This week Deadline Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom discuss Wall Street’s wildly different responses to Apple and Netflix earnings announcements; whether Fox should create a national sports network; and a very bad week in the business of games.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 17

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday January 4, 2013 @ 4:52pm PSTTags: Al Jazeera, Current TV, Deadline Big Media

Here’s episode 17 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman. This week, Deadline Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom discuss the impacts of an important tax provision for Hollywood passed as part of this week’s fiscal cliff bill; what happens with Al Jazeera’s purchase of Current TV, especially after Time-Warner Cable dropped the channel; and a look at some of the big trends at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show, which Lieberman will be covering and for which he’ll host a panel on streaming TV.

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 16

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday December 27, 2012 @ 1:50pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Big Deals TV, Deadline Big Media, DirecTV, Dish, Netflix

Here’s episode 16 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman. This week, Deadline Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom ponder what are likely to be some of 2013′s biggest questions in the business of Big Media: Are we headed for a fundamental restructuring of the pay-TV business? Will DirecTV and Dish merge? Will Pay-TV providers declare open season on pricey and underperforming channels? Will a cabler get out of the TV programming business altogether? Will there be an Apple TV and what does it mean for Hollywood? And can Netflix corner the streaming video market or will it risk overextending itself?

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Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 15

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday December 21, 2012 @ 4:25pm PSTTags: Deadline Big Media, Disney, Lucasfilm, NBCUniversal, News Corp

Here’s episode 15 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman. This week, Deadline Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom look at some of 2012’s biggest stories and trends and what they’ve meant for the business of entertainment and media, including: growing conflicts over rising pay-TV costs; the resurgence of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Comcast’s NBCUniversal; Disney’s big bet on superhero franchises with its LucasFilm purchase; and Chinese giant Wanda’s acquisition of AMC Entertainment.

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