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Bob Barker

Bob Barker, Iconic 'Price Is Right' Host and Prominent Animal Rights Champion, Dies at 99

Daniel Frankel published 27 August 23

Barker led the long-running CBS game show from 1972-2007

Next Text

The Next Text: Why Trump's X 'Views' Don't Really Matter ... But WGA Demands, CNN, Nielsen's Mushy Metrics, Fox GOP Debates and Google's Bundled, Linear TV Biz Still Do

Daniel Frankel, David Bloom published 25 August 23

Introducing our new recurring, reactionary, overtly shrill SMS exchange between Next TV writers Daniel Frankel and David Bloom, focused on the past week's TMT headlines

Woody Woodpecker on MeTV

‘Woody Woodpecker’ Set to Take Flight on MeTV

Michael Malone published 25 August 23

Winged wisecracker will be part of Saturday morning animated block

WTXF Philadelphia

Fox Cites Endorsement Letters in Philadelphia License Defense

John Eggerton published 25 August 23

Bipartisan letters say WTXF is serving public, as FCC requires

Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots looks on before their game against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field on September 20, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.

Julian Edelman Joins ‘Fox NFL Kickoff’

Michael Malone published 25 August 23

Won 3 Super Bowls with the Patriots, then jumped to ‘Inside the NFL’

Griffin Eifert #28 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish rushes the ball against the Navy Midshipmen at M&T Bank Stadium on November 12, 2022

College Football Kicks Off; Little League World Series Championship On Tap: What's On This Weekend in TV Sports (August 26-27)

R. Thomas Umstead published 25 August 23

A look at the weekend's top TV sports events on broadcast, cable and streaming services

Introducing our new recurring, reactionary, overtly shrill SMS exchange between Next TV writers Daniel Frankel and David Bloom, focused on the past week's TMT headlines
The Next Text: Why Trump's X 'Views' Don't Really Matter ... But WGA Demands, CNN, Nielsen's Mushy Metrics, Fox GOP Debates and Google's Bundled, Linear TV Biz Still Do Introducing our new recurring, reactionary, overtly shrill SMS exchange between Next TV writers Daniel Frankel and David Bloom, focused on the past week's TMT headlines
Amazon's TNF numbers were more than 18% higher than Nielsen's last season
Potential Boon For Amazon and 'NFL Thursday Night Football': Nielsen to Incorporate First-Party Data From Live-Streaming Companies Amazon's TNF numbers were more than 18% higher than Nielsen's last season
Free-to-consumer offering will include more than 200 channels from Scripps Media, Fremantle, NBCUniversal, FilmRise, Banijay and other suppliers
TCL Gets Into the FAST Game Late With TCLtv+ Free-to-consumer offering will include more than 200 channels from Scripps Media, Fremantle, NBCUniversal, FilmRise, Banijay and other suppliers
DirecTV's agreement to show Notre Dame games on a 4K channel is apparently superseded by other 'contractual obligations'
Muck of the Irish: DirecTV Now Says It Can't Show Notre Dame-vs.-Navy in Blackout-affected Nexstar Markets (Updated) DirecTV's agreement to show Notre Dame games on a 4K channel is apparently superseded by other 'contractual obligations'
Next TV kicked the tires on Google's specious TV commercial declaration 15 months ago, and now the NAD wants Goog to walk it back
Toldja! National Advertising Division Agrees With Us About YouTube TV's Bogus '$600-Cheaper-Than-Cable' Claim Next TV kicked the tires on Google's specious TV commercial declaration 15 months ago, and now the NAD wants Goog to walk it back
For Netflix, the hits just keep not coming -- Gal Gadot spy flick 'Heart of Stone' perked up a little in week 2, but Russell Crowe's 'The Pope's Exorcist' was utterly possessed by viewer apathy
'Depp v. Heard' Docuseries Puts Jury to Sleep -- Netflix Weekly Rankings for August 14-22 For Netflix, the hits just keep not coming -- Gal Gadot spy flick 'Heart of Stone' perked up a little in week 2, but Russell Crowe's 'The Pope's Exorcist' was utterly possessed by viewer apathy

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2023 Republican primary debate on Fox News

Fox News Republican Primary Debate Scores 12.8 Million Viewers, Beats 'Yellowstone' as Year's Biggest Cable TV Network Show

By Daniel Frankel published 24 August 23

But the cablecast paled in comparison to the record-breaking 24 million viewers Fox garnered back in 2015 ... when Donald Trump was on stage

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NFL Amazon AI

Amazon Will Let AI Call the Plays on 'Thursday Night Football' This Season

By Jack Reid published 24 August 23

Amazon plans to introduce new AI tools to help engage viewers for its second NFL season

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T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert

T-Mobile Layoffs: Despite Sprint Merger Promises Back in 2019, 'Un-carrier' Leaves 5,000 Workers Unemployed

By Daniel Frankel published 24 August 23

After cutting 7% of its workforce, primarily 'corporate and back-office' positions, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said the layoffs are 'all about getting us efficiently focused on a finite set of winning strategies'

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CNN Max

Warner Bros. Discovery To Add Streaming CNN Max to Max

By Jon Lafayette published 24 August 23

Beta version of new 24/7 live news service to launch Sept. 27

Broadcasting & Cable
NFL Sunday Ticket

YouTube Begins 'NFL Sunday Ticket' Ground Game With Google TV Integration

By Daniel Frankel published 23 August 23

Google to 'natively integrate' its $2 billion out-of-market games subscription package into its popular TVOS in the U.S.

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Kojak Gets a FAST Channel on Google TV

More NBCU Fast Channels Added To Google TV and Android TV Devices

By Jon Lafayette published 23 August 23

Look out Cabot Cove. There’s a whole channel of ‘Murder, She Wrote’

Broadcasting & Cable
White noise on TV

DirecTV Presses FCC Again to Investigate Nexstar's Management Role With White Knight and Mission; End of Blackout Seems Nowhere in Sight

By Daniel Frankel published 22 August 23

DirecTV calls BS on Nexstar's claim that it can somehow keep sensitive third-party retrans information out of the hands of its top executives

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Business

2023 Republican primary debate on Fox News

Fox News Republican Primary Debate Scores 12.8 Million Viewers, Beats 'Yellowstone' as Year's Biggest Cable TV Network Show

By Daniel Frankel published 24 August 23

But the cablecast paled in comparison to the record-breaking 24 million viewers Fox garnered back in 2015 ... when Donald Trump was on stage

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NFL Amazon AI

Amazon Will Let AI Call the Plays on 'Thursday Night Football' This Season

By Jack Reid published 24 August 23

Amazon plans to introduce new AI tools to help engage viewers for its second NFL season

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T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert

T-Mobile Layoffs: Despite Sprint Merger Promises Back in 2019, 'Un-carrier' Leaves 5,000 Workers Unemployed

By Daniel Frankel published 24 August 23

After cutting 7% of its workforce, primarily 'corporate and back-office' positions, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said the layoffs are 'all about getting us efficiently focused on a finite set of winning strategies'

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White noise on TV

DirecTV Presses FCC Again to Investigate Nexstar's Management Role With White Knight and Mission; End of Blackout Seems Nowhere in Sight

By Daniel Frankel published 22 August 23

DirecTV calls BS on Nexstar's claim that it can somehow keep sensitive third-party retrans information out of the hands of its top executives

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Family watching TV

Binge, Baby, Binge: How the 'Great Catch-Up' of the Strike Era Is Shaping the Future of Television (Wolk)

By Alan Wolk published 22 August 23

We’re looking at a period where a lot of people are catching up on all the series they’ve missed over the past five years

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Technology

NFL Sunday Ticket

YouTube Begins 'NFL Sunday Ticket' Ground Game With Google TV Integration

By Daniel Frankel published 23 August 23

Google to 'natively integrate' its $2 billion out-of-market games subscription package into its popular TVOS in the U.S.

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AT&T Internet Air

AT&T Expands 5G FWA Play, Internet Air, to 16 New Cities, Including L.A., Chicago, Philly and Phoenix

By Daniel Frankel published 22 August 23

Fixed wireless access expansion comes after fiber-focused AT&T soft-launched the service in April to select DSL-only markets

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Comcast Storm-Ready WiFi

Comcast's 'Storm-Ready WiFi' Router Features Backup Power, Transitions to LTE Cellular When Weather Events Go South

By Daniel Frankel published 15 August 23

Comcast is introducing the $7-a-month gadget right in front of hurricane season

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Xperi's TiVo TVOS

Xperi Says Sharp Will Start Selling TiVo-Powered Smart TVs in Europe Next Year

By Daniel Frankel published 9 August 23

Foxconn-owned Sharp is the second smart TV maker to use the TiVo OS. Xperi also says that TiVO sets will start appearing in the U.S. in 2024

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Family watching TV

Solving Connected TV Viewers’ Content Choice Conundrum (B+C Guest Blog)

By Ron Gutman published 9 August 23

Why streamers are in fierce competition for content discovery across the CTV ecosystem

Broadcasting & Cable

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