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Disney pays $1 billion to keep its OpenAI friends close, MAGA senators offer chilling (and shockingly cogent) regulatory predictions for Netflix, and quick, somebody break up the suddenly red-hot U.S. linear pay-TV business

Also in our weekly look at all things technology, media and telecom, are the 'reformed' Golden Globes somehow shadier than ever?

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David Bloom & Daniel Frankel
December 15, 2025

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After its first positive customer-growth quarter in eight years, and several nifty product innovations, are we witnessing linear TV’s glorious revival?

There were 303,000 more linear pay TV customers in the U.S. Sept. 30 than on June 30, equity research company MoffettNathanson reported — the first time the left-for-dead M&E sector has grown subscribers sequentially in eight years.

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