First Half of 2020 Advertising Report: Streaming Services Went Big with TV Ads Eleanor Semeraro, Analyst and Contributor, TV[R]EV Hulu, Amazon Prime Video are the big players
'Live' to Re-Broadcast Regis Philbin's Final Episode Paige Albiniak Iconic talk-show host died Saturday at the age of 88
House Members Seek Expanded COVID-19 Aid Help for Broadcasters John Eggerton Back counting as small businesses stations that are part of larger groups
Universal and AMC Strike Deal for Premium VOD Streaming Daniel Frankel Agreement means studio can debut $20 rental version of movies just 17 days after their theatrical premiere
Discovery Ups Investment as DogTV Expands DTC Jon Lafayette Funds will also go toward international expansion
TV By the Numbers: July 20-26 Eleanor Semeraro, Analyst and Contributor, TV[R]EV Plus a deep dive on MLB’s Opening Day
Broadband Access Tech Sales Expected to Drop 7% in 2020: Dell’Oro By Daniel Frankel On the cable side, pandemic-related Investments in existing CCAP platforms have caused operators to postpone DAA projects
Humax Says It’s Building Android TV-Solution for ‘Major North American’ Telecom By Daniel Frankel South Korean vendor also touts introduction of 'world's most advanced' Android TV set-top
Linear Generated 63% of TV Viewing in 2019 By Michael Balderston Usage of long-form streaming like Netflix came in at only 16% of viewing, research company Omdia said
'Drew Barrymore' Gets Head Start on Launch with Website Debut By Paige Albiniak Site will be home of several digital features before broadcast talk show premieres Sept. 14
Sinclair's Aitken: ATSC 3.0 Merges News, Alerting By Cora Leighter Technologist explains how NextGen TV enables integration of emergency info into news workflow
SES and Harmonic Team on C-Band Transition By Michael Balderston Harmonic’s XOS series will be used to support SES customers
Android TV Integrates YouTube Music into YouTube App By Daniel Frankel Move comes as Google sunsets its Play Music service
'Drew Barrymore' Gets Head Start on Launch with Website Debut By Paige Albiniak Site will be home of several digital features before broadcast talk show premieres Sept. 14
Netflix Cancels Turkish Series ‘If Only’ Amid Local Pressure to Axe Gay Character By Daniel Frankel Decision came after show was denied a filming license
Is Roku Pushing Its Luck? By Mike Farrell Analyst says as streaming platform flexes muscles with Peacock, HBO Max, it could be made irrelevant by larger players
Netflix: ‘Extraction’ Its Most Popular Original Movie Ever with 99M Viewers By Daniel Frankel Streaming service releases ranking of its top 10 original films
Disney Plus Orders ‘Star Wars: Bad Batch’ By Daniel Frankel Up-and-coming Star Wars mastermind Dave Filoni to EP ‘Clone Wars’ spinoff
Linear Generated 63% of TV Viewing in 2019 By Michael Balderston Usage of long-form streaming like Netflix came in at only 16% of viewing, research company Omdia said
SES and Harmonic Team on C-Band Transition By Michael Balderston Harmonic’s XOS series will be used to support SES customers
Verizon Fios TV Loses Another 81K Customers By Daniel Frankel Once the hottest platform in pay TV, it has now dropped below 4 million subscribers
AT&T Loses Another 886K Linear Pay TV Customers in Q2 By Daniel Frankel Introduction of new Android TV-powered AT&T TV service fails to stem the blood loss
Pluto TV Goes Live on Verizon Platforms By Daniel Frankel Following May integration deal, free ad-supported streaming service deploys across Verizon Android mobile devices, Fios and Stream TV set-top boxes, and 5G Amazon Home Fire gadgets
