TV services remain essential for many operators, even if media asset sales mark a change in ambition
"Telecoms operators were looking to become players in the wider media market; this is no longer the case."
Reports that BT plans to sell its stake in TNT to joint-venture partner Warner Brothers Discovery come after many other telecoms operators have sold off their content division – a list that includes AT&T, Comcast and Telia.
This article explores how media asset sales by BT, Comcast and others mark a change in ambition.
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