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Cablefax DailyTM Friday — October 23, 2020 What the Industry Reads First Volume 31 / No. 206 Milestones: AT&T Surpasses 38 Million HBO Max Subscribers AT&T reported 8.6mln HBO Max customer activations during its 3Q20 earnings call. That’s more than double the 4.1mln activations the company reported in the previous quarter. As of Sept 30, AT&T counted 38mln customers that were subscribed to both HBO and HBO Max. That number rises to 57mln subscribers when international customers are included. AT&T CEO John Stankey said aside from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the May launch of HBO Max went largely as AT&T expected it to. “We know we probably could have done better if we had the right kind of lineup of robust originals that we had originally slated, and that will now start to ease as production picks up,” Stankey said. “There’s some usability issues on the platform that we’d like to improve on the user interface… but that’s just part Cablefax DailyTM Wednesday, March 18, 2020 ● Page 2

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Disney/ABC is work- ing on priority messaging for parents and families for distribution across channels and platforms. not expecting a huge recovery in theatrical moving into the Foxearly Buying part Tubi :of The next year of year.” AVOD continues. More Foxopportunities entered into a definitive will alsoagreement open to acquire for AVOD serviceTubi for HBO Max, Stankey said, when its ad-supported business launchesapproximately in$440mln 2021. in net cash consideration. The acquisition bolsters Fox’s DTC digital reach while also deepening its capabilities in digital advertising, DTC interfaces and personalization technology. In return, Tubi will be able to leverage Looking at the pay TV side of the business, AT&T lost 590KFox’s subscribers advertising and distribution across relationships its cable and itsand national satellite and local promotionalproducts. platforms That’s to continue the service’s growth. Fox plans to continue to run Tubi as an independent service, but plans to expand its offerings by adding in national a major loss, but it’s still a huge improvement from the 1.2mlnand itlocal lost news in and during sports content. the sameTubi founder/CEO period Farhad last Massoudi year. willThe remain company at the head of the AVOD following said that gains at AT&T TV helped offset premium TV losses.the closingStankey of the deal,told which analysts is expected that to come he before doesn’t June 30. see “Fox Corporation’s the traditional relationships with advertisers and distribution partners, combined with the company’s dominance in news and sports programming, will help Tubi continue bundle existing in its current form far into the future. to grow and differentiate itself in the high-growth ad-supported streaming marketplace,” Massoudi said in a statement. “I “I think there will be a number of channels in the bundle thatam proud probably of what the fall team away has already over accomplished time and here itat Tubigets and a we little couldn’t bit be thinner,” more excited about joining such a fast-moving, entrepreneurial company.” Fox will finance the Tubi acquisition principally with the net proceeds from the Stankey said. “But from my point of view, the reason we’re doingcompleted HBO sale of Maxits 5% stake and in Rokuone. Itsof stake the was reasons valued at around that $350mln. we expected Fox was an early investor in Roku and Fox Corp CEO/executive chmn Lachlan Murdoch said he’s excited to expand Fox’s partnership with Roku following the walking in as we want to be where the customers want to be,Tubi and acquisition. we’re The focusedrelationship between on building the two soured a platform last month when that’s Roku relevantthreatened to pull Fox’s apps off its plat- www.cablefaxdaily.com, Published by Access Intelligence, LLC, Tel: 301-354-2101 form a day before the Super Bowl. Roku stock skyrocketed 8.8% on news of the stake’s sale. The Collapse of Theatrical Windows?: With theaters shuttering, will day-and-date releases become common? Univer- sal Pictures is the first out of the gate, announcing “Trolls World Tour” will be available April 10 for an on demand, 48-hour rental. Other in-release movie titles are set to be available as soon as this Friday. 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for the next decade.” On the broadband side, AT&T added 357K AT&T Fiber customers, more than offsetting a 157K loss in U-verse and other broadband subs. The company lost an additional 29K DSL subscribers, but that was much better than the expected loss of 73K. And we couldn’t forget about wireless. AT&T added more than 1mln post-paid subscribers, including reconnects of subscribers that took advantage of the FCC’s Keep Americans Connected pledge. Pre-paid net additions hit 245K, easily beating the expected gain of 75K. It’s all good news, but MoffettNathanson still has questions as to how long AT&T can remain competitive with its current spectrum holdings. “T-Mobile has a much better mid-band spectrum posi- tion than either AT&T or Verizon. Both will need to spend money to keep up,” MoffettNathanson said in a note. “Verizon is in a position to do so. AT&T is not.” AT&T stock rose 5.84% by market close. Hulu Dropping Sinclair RSNs: Hulu is the latest streaming service set to drop all 21 Sinclair-owned Fox RSNs from its live-TV offering, including YES Network and Marquee Sports Network. Beginning Friday, Hulu said it “will no longer have the rights to distribute a number of Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) that were previously included in our Live TV plans.” Hulu assured customers that they will still have access to other sports channels including ESPN, FS1 and FS2. The move comes after YouTube TV dropped the 19 Fox RSNs last month. fuboTV dropped them in January, and DISH dropped them from satellite and Sling TV lineups last year. Sinclair pres, distribution and network relations Barry Faber said in a statement that the broadcaster offered Hulu a deal consistent with terms agreed to by other distributors. “It is unfortunate that Hulu has chosen to take away some of the most popular programming on TV from millions of subscribers, particularly given that Hulu has promised its subscribers that it has live sports,” Faber said. FCC Details T-Mobile Outage Causes: The FCC released a staff report Thursday detailing the causes and impact of a nationwide T-Mobile outage that occurred June 15. The outage lasted over 12 hours, disrupting calling and texting services nationwide, including 911 service, as well as access to data service in some areas. The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau said in the report that 41% of all calls on T-Mobile’s network failed during the outage, including over 23K to 911. “T-Mobile’s outage was a failure,” FCC chmn Ajit Pai said in a statement. “Our staff investiga- tion found that the company did not follow several established network reliability best practices that could have either prevented the outage or at least mitigated its impact. All telecommunications providers must ensure they are adhering to relevant industry best practices, and I encourage network reliability standards bodies to apply their expertise to the issues identified in this report for further study.” The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau plans to release a

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The proposed bill limits the president’s authorities; requires the president to notify Congress and senior Executive Branch officials within 12 hours of any shutdown, and requires approval within 48 hours from three-fifths of both the House and the Senate (including one-quarter of the minority party in each chamber). “The internet occupies a central place in American life and provides a venue to exercise many of our freedoms. Our Constitution and laws place checks on arbitrary and ex- pansive executive power in other spheres, and the internet deserves the same protections,” said Rep Griffith in a state- ment. “This bill would create guardrails so that any internet shutdown would require the consent of the people through their elected representatives.” Nexstar Media Group Realigning: Nexstar Media Group will combine its two primary operating subsidiaries, begin- ning Nov 1. Nexstar Digital and Nexstar Broadcasting will merge into a single operating subsidiary. The company said the new structure will align the company’s national leadership in local content and maximize the value of Nexstar’s con- tent, national reach and consumer digital reach across multiple platforms. It expects a mid-seven figure expense sav- ings in 2021 as a result of the realignment. Nexstar Media Group’s three primary businesses – broadcasting, networks and digital – will now be operating divisions under the Nexstar Inc. umbrella. Karen Brophy will lead the digital business unit, taking the title of pres, digital. Tim Busch will serve as pres, broadcasting, and Sean Compton will serve as pres, networks, overseeing WGN America, AntennaTV and WGN Radio. OpenVault, Tele Columbus Sign Deal: OpenVault and its European subsidiary made a major step forward in its European market expansion with a long-term agreement with Tele Columbus AG, Germany’s second-largest cable operator. Tele Columbus will integrate OpenVault’s solutions into networks to service 2.4mln IP-capable households. Ratings: WE tv’s “Love After Lockup” followed its most successful premiere ever with the highest rated episode since Season 2, drawing in more than 1.3mln total viewers for the Oct 16 episode. Doing Good: Comcast NBCU, Bank of America and the Lenfest Foundation teamed up to invest nearly $1mln to launch the OnE Philadelphia initiative. It helps provide the foundation needed for nonprofit Coded By Kids to begin to address diversity and inclusion in tech and innovation with long term solutions designed to deliver sustainable career opportunities for communities of color in Philadelphia. Distribution: Vizio added the Facebook Watch TV app to its SmartCast platform in the US and Canada. Facebook reported last month that Watch is now reaching 1.25bln viewers a month. On the Circuit: SCTE-ISBE’s Tuck Executive Leadership Program will have some special guest speakers on Oct 26 and 27. Phil McKinney, pres/CEO of CableLabs, will kick off the back-to-back appearances on Oct 26 discussing in- novation, the 10G platform and the industry’s technology vision. Stephanie Mitchko-Beale, evp and CTO of Charter, will address the Class of 2020 on Oct 27. She’ll be the first SCTE-ISBE-Tuck alum to deliver a leadership conversation at the program. Programming: ESPN’s Bristol, CT studios are set to host the virtual 2020 NBA Draft next month. On Nov 18 at 7pm, the event will air live on ESPN as the first NBA Draft to be held at the studios. --Showtime will premiere “Your Honor” on Dec 6 at 10pm. -- TBS ordered a new season of anthology series “Miracle Workers.” -- Nickelodeon’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and “The Legend of Korra” will stream on Twitch for the first time. From Oct 26-29, users will be able to co-stream the two series on the social TV platform in Latin America. As part of the deal, ViacomCBS’ channels in the region, Nick and MTV Latin America, will promote the airings across their platforms. -- Disney Junior will debut the musical animated short “Everybody Gets a Vote” on Sunday on Disney Junior’s YouTube channel and DisneyNOW. The short will air on Nov 1 on the linear channel as part of the channel’s “Read for Preschool” series. People: Synamedia named Paul Segre its new CEO, effective immediately. He comes over from software firmGene - sys. Departing CEO Yves Padrines led the company for its first two years, and will be pursuing other opportunities. -- BritBox promoted Emily Powers to evp, and head of BritBox North America. She currently oversees much of the business operations for the launch of BritBox in Australia. Cablefax DailyTM Friday, October 23, 2020 ● Page 5 PROGRAMMER’S PAGE Basic Cable P2+ Prime Rankings* ‘Equal’ Shows LGBT History Before Stonewall (10/12/20-10/18/20) HBO Max’s four-part docuseries “Equal” came just in time for the conclusion of LGBT Mon-Sun MC MC History Month. The series arrived on the streamer on Thursday, and celebrates the US US AA trailblazers and activists leading up to the Stonewall uprising in 1969. The show is AA% (000) made up of archival footage and depictions of real-life events, and much of the cast and team behind the film identifies as LGBT. “In me being trans, I also have a deeper FNC 1.380 4,252 desire to make sure that the stories that we’re telling about trans and queer people ESPN 0.967 2,979 are told with a lot of dignity and respect and love and care,” said Ava Benjamin Shorr, MSNBC 0.754 2,321 TBSC 0.602 1,853 the show’s director of photography. “When I see the show now, I’m very happy with CNN 0.585 1,802 the way we treated the material.” Each of the four chapters marks a different chapter FS1 0.499 1,536 in history. 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And the issue is not just carbon the planet’s APL 0.138 426 current occupants produce daily. An equally large question is what to do with NAN 0.137 422 the C02 emitted since the Industrial Revolution began? It continues to reside WETV 0.136 420 in Earth’s atmosphere. The start of the show sets out the problem with good BET 0.127 390 storytelling and apposite graphics. (Who knew if all the globe’s cement produc- SYFY 0.126 387 GSN 0.122 376 ers were a country, they’d be the 3rd largest carbon emitter, behind the US and NATGEO 0.112 346 China?) The good news is that the technology to get to zero carbon emissions NICK 0.112 346 exists. We can meet much of the Earth’s energy needs with wind, solar and COM 0.109 336 even nuclear power. “We will get to [Net Zero Day] … [and] there will be global TRAVEL 0.105 324 E! 0.101 311 celebrations,” says Harvard scientist David Keith. 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