David Bloom and Daniel Frankel return with another jam-packed Next TMT Talks — and this week, everything’s on the table:

🍏 Apple & Peacock’s Bundle Bungle: What went wrong with Apple’s first cross-platform streaming bundle, and what it reveals about the future of subscription partnerships.
🏀 NBA Gambling Scandal: As the season tips off, a betting probe shakes the league, exposing links to organized crime and forcing Adam Silver to act fast.
🎬 Warner Bros Discovery Auction: Is the sell-off real — and who could actually buy it? Apple, Amazon, or Paramount-Skydance?
📱 Teens & Screens Report: UCLA’s latest study shows Gen Z wants fewer fantasies and more friendships — are streamers listening?
🚀 Elon Musk’s Starlink vs 5G: Could satellites replace wireless internet? Netflix is already studying it.
💰 Penske’s Pay-to-Play Awards: Variety and Deadline’s “fake” podcast awards raise big ethics questions for Hollywood media.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:15 A Bundle Bungle for Peacock and Apple TV

07:17 Creator of Breaking Bad, Ben Skilligan; Pluribus

09:50 UCLA Center For Scholars and Storytellers; Teens andScreens report

13:59 The Sell-Off of Warner Bros Discovery Begins inEarnest

18:46 A Gambling Scandal Hits the NBA Again just as itannounces to new streaming partners

26:54 Bad Bunny, Superstar and the Superbowl

29:39 Musk, Starlink vs Verizon etc

34:54 Customer Experience in Telecom

35:51 YouTube TV, Sports and where to watch

38:05 Jay Penske's trade publications are shaking down a newcorner of the entertainment biz with fake awards

Apple’s bundle fail, NBA betting scandal, Warner Bros sale, Musk’s Starlink, and Hollywood’s pay-to-play problem — all on Next TMT Talks.