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Senator urges streaming services to make content free
Angus King is urging Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Hulu, Disney Plus and HBO Max to make their content free over the Christmas holiday.

Investors pitch CNN boss on prospect of separating news network from AT&T
Investors have pitched CNN's top executive Jeff Zucker on the prospect of taking the news network private in a way that would separate it from its parent company AT&T.

AT&T sells anime streaming service Crunchyroll to Sony
AT&T has reached a deal to sell its anime-centric streaming TV service Crunchyroll to Sony for $1.175 billion in cash.

Report: AT&T could offload DirecTV by next year
AT&T is in the final stages of an auction for its DirecTV satellite service and could offload the subsidiary company by early next year.

HBO Max has 12.6 million streaming customers, CEO says
Still a fraction of the number of overall subscribers to HBO, but it's progress.

Comcast X1, Flex customers to get HBO Max app this week
The rollout comes more than six months after Comcast said HBO Max would be offered natively to X1 and Flex users.

HBO Max will expand to Europe, Latin America in 2021
Existing HBO apps will re-launch under the HBO Max brand with an expanded library of TV shows and movies.

Roku, HBO Max talks happening “daily,” AT&T executive says
The chief executive of AT&T's WarnerMedia says he's optimistic a deal will be reached with Roku.

TEGNA says still working with AT&T over DirecTV, U-Verse issue
TEGNA says it is "confident" that a deal can be done "quickly" if AT&T "is now willing to begin good faith discussions."

AT&T tells customers to watch Locast for blacked-out TEGNA channels
AT&T has started telling its DirecTV and U-Verse customers to use a free streaming service to access dozens of blacked-out local channels that are operated by TEGNA.

AT&T tinkers with idea of streaming CNN-brand service
A report sheds light on AT&T's freemium streaming strategy over the next few years.

Warner to offer all theatrical releases on HBO Max simultaneously next year
AT&T is hoping to attract new subscribers to its HBO Max streaming service by offering theatrical releases there next year.