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Jim Nantz Bill Self March Madness 2022

March Madness Registers Record Sales With Prices Up Mid- To High-Single Digits

Jon Lafayette published 8 March 23

Sports continue to buck soft TV ad market

Regina Hall

OWN To Debut Essence Magazine Documentary Series

R. Thomas Umstead published 8 March 23

Regina Hall, Halle Berry, Whoopi Goldberg to appear in ‘Time of Essence,’ set to debut this summer

CBS Sports Golazo Network

CBS Sports Starting Free Golazo Network Dedicated to Soccer

Jon Lafayette published 8 March 23

Streaming channel available on Paramount Plus, Pluto TV, CBS Sports app and CBSSports.com

apples and oranges

Why FAST Channels Are Not the Same as Cable Networks (Wolk)

Alan Wolk published 8 March 23

While the free ad-supported streaming ecosystem is, in many ways, similar to cable television, it is also quite different in some very important areas

The Challenge: World Championship on Paramount Plus

‘The Challenge: World Championship’ Premieres on Paramount Plus, MTV

Michael Malone published 8 March 23

Competition series has contestants from ‘The Challenge’ in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Argentina

David Chase

Really, No Room at Warner Bros. These Days Even for David Chase's Next Project? He's Taking His Talents to FX

Daniel Frankel published 8 March 23

The legendary 'Sopranos' creator still has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, but he's now set to team with 'A Teacher' creator Hannah Fidell at FX Productions

Turns out, Nielsen's claim that streaming viewership is down 8% can be poked full of holes, even by Nielsen's own data
What 'Slow Start'? Streaming For Netflix's Most Popular Original Shows Was Actually Up 5% Through the First Six Weeks of 2023 Turns out, Nielsen's claim that streaming viewership is down 8% can be poked full of holes, even by Nielsen's own data
Music- and culture-themed streaming channel set to debut on Amazon's free ad-supported platform March 21
Spin Magazine Lives on as Amazon Freevee FAST Channel Music- and culture-themed streaming channel set to debut on Amazon's free ad-supported platform March 21
Jedda will replace longtime chief financial officer Steven Louden ... and hopefully deliver a fresh narrative to dissonant investors
Roku Names Veteran Amazon and Stitch Fix Exec Dan Jedda Its New CFO Jedda will replace longtime chief financial officer Steven Louden ... and hopefully deliver a fresh narrative to dissonant investors
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley TMT thing Monday, the Roku CEO made a compelling case as to why Roku will eventually beat out Google in Europe and other overseas parts
Anthony Wood: Roku Will Run Down the Android 'Phone OS' Internationally With 'Purpose-Built' Streaming Software Speaking at the Morgan Stanley TMT thing Monday, the Roku CEO made a compelling case as to why Roku will eventually beat out Google in Europe and other overseas parts
More than twice as many streaming consumers choose to peruse YouTube than the next closest competitor, The Roku Channel, according to an opt-in panel of 5,000 homes
YouTube Is the First App CTV Users Choose When They Fire Up Their Smart TVs ... By a Lot, Study Finds More than twice as many streaming consumers choose to peruse YouTube than the next closest competitor, The Roku Channel, according to an opt-in panel of 5,000 homes
It’s possible that the comedian's savage verbal assault on Will Smith has already generated a bigger audience than the one that watched Smith’s actual physical assault on Rock at the Oscars a year ago
Netflix Got the Water-Cooler Moment It Was Looking For When Chris Rock Slapped Back Live (Bloom) It’s possible that the comedian's savage verbal assault on Will Smith has already generated a bigger audience than the one that watched Smith’s actual physical assault on Rock at the Oscars a year ago

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Paramount Billboard

Paramount Says It’s ‘Popular’ In New Trade Ad Campaign

By Jon Lafayette published 8 March 23

Billboards show Kevin Costner from ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘Paw Patrol,' ‘Ghost,’ NFL

Broadcasting & Cable
Roku OS 10.5

Streamers Showed Slower Growth In Fourth Quarter, Analyst Says

By Jon Lafayette published 8 March 23

Subscriptions and revenue to continue decelerating in coming years, Wells Fargo’s Steven Cahall says

Broadcasting & Cable
Vidgo

Vidgo Sets 30-Day Free Trial Promo for Sony Smart TV Users

By Daniel Frankel published 8 March 23

Deal applies to vMVPD's 150-channel, $80-a-month 'Premium' tier

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Netflix original series 'Outer Banks'

‘Outer Banks‘ Leads Ice-Cold Late-Winter Ratings Week – Netflix Weekly Rankings for Feb. 27-March 5

By Daniel Frankel published 8 March 23

No Netflix show breaks the 100 million-hour viewing mark

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Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)

Facial Recognition Ban Bill Proposed

By John Eggerton published 7 March 23

Would prevent government from using technology

Multichannel News
Thursday Night Football Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video To Stream NFL Game on Black Friday for Free

By Jon Lafayette published 7 March 23

Kick off expected at 3 p.m. ET on November 24

Broadcasting & Cable
Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters

Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters Pushes Back on European Union Efforts to Have Netflix Subsidize ISP Infrastructure

By Daniel Frankel published 7 March 23

Newly minted co-CEO says the EU is trying to make consumers pay twice for the same internet

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Business

Paramount Billboard

Paramount Says It’s ‘Popular’ In New Trade Ad Campaign

By Jon Lafayette published 8 March 23

Billboards show Kevin Costner from ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘Paw Patrol,' ‘Ghost,’ NFL

Broadcasting & Cable
Vidgo

Vidgo Sets 30-Day Free Trial Promo for Sony Smart TV Users

By Daniel Frankel published 8 March 23

Deal applies to vMVPD's 150-channel, $80-a-month 'Premium' tier

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Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters

Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters Pushes Back on European Union Efforts to Have Netflix Subsidize ISP Infrastructure

By Daniel Frankel published 7 March 23

Newly minted co-CEO says the EU is trying to make consumers pay twice for the same internet

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John Malone

John Malone and Former Charter Board Colleagues Pay $87.5 Million to Settle Suit Related to the TWC Purchase

By Daniel Frankel published 6 March 23

The 6-year-old suit accused the defendants of unfairly benefitting from Charter's $78.7 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable back in 2015

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EarthX

Indie Green-Themed Network EarthXTV Lands Carriage on FuboTV's Base Tier

By Daniel Frankel published 6 March 23

The fledgling cable network devoted to environmental sustainability is also carried by Charter and NCTC member pay TV providers

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Technology

wikimedia commons

Comcast Just Used Its Virtualized 10G Network to Test a New Targeted FTTP Scheme

By Daniel Frankel published 2 March 23

Denver trial conducted at the end of 2022 introduces even more fancy new acronyms: 'virtual broadband network gateway' (vBNG) and 'remote optical line terminal' (rOLT)

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money shakedown

Bad Adeia Genes: Rovi Patent Biz Lives on, Signs Verizon For More Hot IP Licensing Action

By Daniel Frankel published 2 March 23

There's a newly spun off patent unit in town with an ancient Athenian name rendered upon it. And if you're in the U.S. pay TV biz, you better pay tribute

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VIDAA OS

TVOS Wars: Hisense Moves to No. 2 in Global Smart TV Shipments

By Daniel Frankel published 28 February 23

Hisense recently said that it'll start pushing its own video operating system, VIDAA

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Reach Mobile

NCTC Signs Reach Mobile to Provide Turnkey Tech for Cable Group's Big Wireless Launch

By Daniel Frankel published 28 February 23

Reach will provide foundational cloud-based SaaS support when the 700+ member NCTC operators (finally) get a master MVNO agreement in place

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Comcast 10G

Comcast Reaches Major '10G' Milestone With the Introduction of CommScope Prototype FDX Amplifiers

By Daniel Frankel published 27 February 23

Hardware is crucial to Comcast's deployment of its next-generation multi-gigabit DOCSIS 4.0 network

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