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NBA on NBC

Are Comcast and NBCU Really Poised to Take NBA Rights From Warner Bros. Discovery?

Daniel Frankel published 15 February 23

While WBD and its CEO, David Zaslav, have been publicly cool about renewing their $1.2 billion-a-season deal with the league, NBCU reportedly wants to get back on the court

Fox News

Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Rides State of the Union Coverage to Ratings Sweep

R. Thomas Umstead published 15 February 23

MSNBC surpasses ESPN for second place on primetime, total day charts

Tour de France

NBC Sports Extends TV Rights for Tour De France

Jon Lafayette published 15 February 23

All stages of famed cycling event to stream on Peacock, with some simulcast on NBC

Teen Titans Go! NBA Slam Dunk

Teen Titans Bring NBA Dunk Contest To Cartoon Network

Jon Lafayette published 15 February 23

15-minute special presented by Jordan Brand

Poker Face on Peacock

‘Poker Face’ Gets Renewal at Peacock

Michael Malone published 15 February 23

Rian Johnson’s mystery-of-the-week series has Natasha Lyonne as scruffy gumshoe

The Drudge Report

Streaming Will Surpass Linear TV in 2023, Research Company Predicts

Daniel Frankel published 15 February 23

U.S. consumption of Netflix, YouTube and TikTok will add up to 52.3% of video watching this year, Insider Intelligence said

But the Penn Badgley series still led an off audience week for Netflix
‘You’ Suck? Voyeuristic Drama’s Season 4 Opener Down 30% From Season 3 — Netflix Weekly Rankings for Feb. 6-12 But the Penn Badgley series still led an off audience week for Netflix
FCC is using this data to determine how to allocate more than $42 billion in federal grants among overbuilders
Comcast Becomes the Latest ISP Caught Giving Bad Coverage Map Data to the FCC FCC is using this data to determine how to allocate more than $42 billion in federal grants among overbuilders
Punch 'DirecTV' into a Google news search and the top 10 stories will come from Newsmax
DirecTV to Newsmax: Stop Using Your Editorial Platform to Fight a Pay TV Business Dispute Punch 'DirecTV' into a Google news search and the top 10 stories will come from Newsmax
Season 3 arrives more than 18 months after the final episode of Season 2 dropped
Apple Finally Releases Drop Date and Teaser for the Next (and Final?) Season of 'Ted Lasso' Season 3 arrives more than 18 months after the final episode of Season 2 dropped
Service outage affected customers from New York to California
T-Mobile Network Chief Neville Ray's Retirement Announcement Precedes National Service Disruption Service outage affected customers from New York to California
Launching a third, completely new streaming service would have been an expensive and distracting waste of time for a company already laboring under $48 billion in debt
Warner Blinks on HBO Max/Discovery Plus Mashup ... But It Still Wants to Do a Dumb Thing (Bloom) Launching a third, completely new streaming service would have been an expensive and distracting waste of time for a company already laboring under $48 billion in debt

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Amazon Leads $20 Million Investment In Superplastic Studio

By Jon Lafayette published 15 February 23

Amazon Studios to develop series with Superplastic characters Janky and Guggimon

Broadcasting & Cable
NHRA.tv National Hot Rod Association Endeavor Streaming

National Hot Rod Association Teams With Endeavor Streaming to Upgrade NHRA.tv

By Jon Lafayette published 15 February 23

New features added to streaming service

Broadcasting & Cable
Bally Sports

Bally RSN Parent Diamond Sports Faces $140 Million Debt Payment Deadline

By Jon Lafayette published 15 February 23

Failure to pay could lead to bankruptcy

Broadcasting & Cable
Republican Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Wilson

Lone GOP FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson to Resign

By John Eggerton published 14 February 23

Complains about agency processes under chair Lina Khan

Multichannel News
Cinedigm Cineverse

Cinedigm Swings to Profit With $4.9 Million Net Income in Q3

By Jon Lafayette published 14 February 23

Ad-supported streaming revenue grows 79%

Broadcasting & Cable
FCC nominee Gigi Sohn

Gigi Sohn: FCC Should Investigate OAN, Newsmax Deplatforming

By John Eggerton published 14 February 23

Says that should be part of larger look at bundling and most-favored-nation clauses

Broadcasting & Cable
Online video piracy

Anti-Piracy Group Shuts Down French Streaming Site

By John Eggerton published 14 February 23

Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment said website had been drawing 14 million-plus views to ill-gotten content

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Business

Bally Sports

Bally RSN Parent Diamond Sports Faces $140 Million Debt Payment Deadline

By Jon Lafayette published 15 February 23

Failure to pay could lead to bankruptcy

Broadcasting & Cable
Tubi's NASCAR car

Ad Spending on Connected TV Reached Nearly $19 Billion Last Year, Tubi/Fox Report Says

By Daniel Frankel published 14 February 23

Sure, Fox's latest streaming report reads like a position paper for its own, er, fast-growing ad-supported streaming service, but it's an effective one

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Magnite, SpringServe Picked To Provide More Ad Services For TMB

By Jon Lafayette published 14 February 23

SpringServe become ad server of record for OTT

Broadcasting & Cable
fuboTV

FuboTV Once Again Runs 'Temporary Test' of Three-Month Billing

By Daniel Frankel published 13 February 23

Just as it did last year around the Super Bowl, FuboTV demanded, at least for a few days, that new customers commit for at least a quarter

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The Pet Collective key art

One More Place to Stream the Pet Collective? Sling TV Hoists Yet Another FAST Upon Us

By Daniel Frankel published 13 February 23

Extrapolating on the slogan, 'You can't win if you don't play,' Sling TV and parent Dish hope their rebranded Freestream will capture some of that estimated $16 billion in ad money set to be spent on FASTs this year

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Technology

Super Bowl LVII

Fox Sports App Delivered Impressive Super Bowl Streaming Lag Time of Under 24 Seconds ... But Everyone Else Pretty Much Sucked

By Daniel Frankel published 13 February 23

Hulu and FuboTV were more than a minute behind the real-time action, according to Phenix

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10G Avenue exhibit at 2022 SCTE-ISBE Cable-Tec Expo in Philadelphia.

Comcast Says ‘Foundational Upgrades’ to DOCSIS 4.0 for 10 Million Homes and Businesses Will Get Done By the End of February

By Daniel Frankel published 9 February 23

With broadband customer growth flat and fixed wireless breathing down its back, Comcast gets on its 10G horse

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VIDAA OS

Hisense TVOS VIDAA Launches FAST, Calls Out Roku

By Daniel Frankel published 7 February 23

VIDAA tries to establish a presence in the U.S. TVOS market with VIDAA Play

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Onn Android TV UHD Streaming Device

Walmart Set to Refresh Ultra-Cheap Streaming Device with New 4K Google TV Box

By Daniel Frankel published 2 February 23

Introduced in two years ago and priced at under $30, Walmart's original Onn-branded Android TV-powered streaming gadgets quietly carved out a niche

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Breezeline Stream TV

Breezeline Expands Cloud-Based 'Stream TV' Service to Ohio

By Daniel Frankel published 26 January 23

Canadian owned cable TV service, formally known as Atlantic Broadband, launched its TiVo-powered IPTV platform last year

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