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TCL

TCL Gets Into the FAST Game Late With TCLtv+

Daniel Frankel published 24 August 23

Free-to-consumer offering will include more than 200 channels from Scripps Media, Fremantle, NBC Universal, FilmRise, Banijay and other suppliers

Fuse Media

Fuse’s Shades of Black Added Google TV, Android TV Lineup

Jon Lafayette published 24 August 23

Channel’s minutes watched up 94% in July from a year ago

NFL 'Thursday Night Football'

Potential Boon For Amazon and 'NFL Thursday Night Football': Nielsen to Incorporate First-Party Data From Live-Streaming Companies

Daniel Frankel published 23 August 23

Amazon's TNF numbers were more than 18% higher than Nielsen's last season

Chick Hernandez

Chick Hernandez Joins WUSA Washington To Anchor Sports

Michael Malone published 23 August 23

Interned at CBS affiliate ‘many moons ago’

LoopMe LiveRamp

LoopMe Joins Data Privacy Group Network Advertising Initiative

Jon Lafayette published 23 August 23

Company says it’s committed to protecting consumer data collection, storage and use

NFL Sunday Ticket

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

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.

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
Google to 'natively integrate' its $2 billion out-of-market games subscription package into its popular TVOS in the U.S.
YouTube Begins 'NFL Sunday Ticket' Ground Game With Google TV Integration Google to 'natively integrate' its $2 billion out-of-market games subscription package into its popular TVOS in the U.S.
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
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
DirecTV Presses FCC Again to Investigate Nexstar's Management Role With White Knight and Mission; End of Blackout Seems Nowhere in Sight 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
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
Binge, Baby, Binge: How the 'Great Catch-Up' of the Strike Era Is Shaping the Future of Television (Wolk) 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
ViewLift, which has roots extending to Leonsis' groundbreaking startup SnagFilms, just signed on to stream the Stanley Cup champs to nearly 3.2 million households
Ted Leonsis-backed ViewLift to Take the Vegas Golden Knights -- and Probably Soon, Other NHL Teams -- Into Direct-to-Consumer Streaming ViewLift, which has roots extending to Leonsis' groundbreaking startup SnagFilms, just signed on to stream the Stanley Cup champs to nearly 3.2 million households

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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
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

NextTV
Neighborhood TV Cox Media Group

Cox Media Streams Hyperlocal News With Neighborhood TV

By Jon Lafayette published 22 August 23

Free ad-supported service running in Atlanta and Charlotte; launch planned for Orlando in Q4

Broadcasting & Cable
Diamond Sports Group

Bally Sports Fight Gets Even Nastier: Sinclair Tells Its Bankrupt Diamond Subsidiary, Either Pay Us $140 Million For Our Management Services Or Don't Use Them Anymore

By Daniel Frankel published 21 August 23

The acrimony is getting intense between Sinclair and the subsidiary it set up four years ago to manage its Bally Sports regional channels

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Fire TV Channels

Amazon Adds Content To Fire TV Channels

By Jon Lafayette published 21 August 23

Providers include Fandom, Static Media, Funny or Die, ‘Outside’

Broadcasting & Cable
Tom LInk of MuxIP and Kit Gray of PodcastOne

MuxIP Platform Enables Podcasters To Distribute FAST Channels

By Jon Lafayette published 21 August 23

Deal with AVC Group comes as PodcastOne TV readies launch

Currency
NFL Sunday Ticket

YouTube's 'NFL Sunday Ticket' ... And the Desperate Drive to Convert Around 6 Million Subscribers

By Daniel Frankel published 20 August 23

Breaking even on the $2 billion rights package will be one long third-down conversion, so YouTube comes out of the tunnel with some aggressive promotional play calling

NextTV

Business

Diamond Sports Group

Bally Sports Fight Gets Even Nastier: Sinclair Tells Its Bankrupt Diamond Subsidiary, Either Pay Us $140 Million For Our Management Services Or Don't Use Them Anymore

By Daniel Frankel published 21 August 23

The acrimony is getting intense between Sinclair and the subsidiary it set up four years ago to manage its Bally Sports regional channels

NextTV
NFL Sunday Ticket

YouTube's 'NFL Sunday Ticket' ... And the Desperate Drive to Convert Around 6 Million Subscribers

By Daniel Frankel published 20 August 23

Breaking even on the $2 billion rights package will be one long third-down conversion, so YouTube comes out of the tunnel with some aggressive promotional play calling

NextTV
WGA members picket NBC Studios during the 2007-08 writers' strike.

The WGA Strike Thaws? Writers and Studios Set to Meet for a Fourth Consecutive Day

By Daniel Frankel published 18 August 23

There's no indication that a deal to end the 4 1/2-month work stoppage is imminent ... but at least, you know, they can look at each other

NextTV
IBC 2023

IBC 2023: Speaker Highlights -- 11 Media-Tech Influencers You Won't Want to Miss in Amsterdam

By Jack Reid published 17 August 23

Here are some of the panelists, keynoters and fireside chatters we've picked out for next month's big show

NextTV
Netflix DVD

Netflix to Close DVD Biz By Letting Customers Rent Up to 10 Discs at Once

By Daniel Frankel published 17 August 23

Netflix is set to end the operation that originally put it into business on September 29

NextTV

Technology

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

NextTV
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

NextTV
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

NextTV
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
Apple

Apple CEO Touts Record Revenues and Solid Growth in Services

By Scott Lehane published 4 August 23

More than a billion paid subscribers helped drive Apple’s services division to 8.2% year-over-year growth. Company CEO Tim Cook cited ‘record growth’ for Apple TV Plus, without offering any details

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