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Tegna Names Lisa Columbia GM at WHAS-TV, Louisville

Jon Lafayette

Tegna said it named Lisa Columbia president and general manager of WHAS-TV, Louisville, Ky.

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Vizio Posts Loss Despite Gains in Platform Revenue

Jon Lafayette

Vizio reported a second quarter loss as Smart TV shipments fell but streaming on its SmartCast platform increased.

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IMDb TV Mobilizing with iOS and Android Support

Daniel Frankel

Amazon's free ad-supported streaming service, IMDb TV, is coming to mobile devices, with the announcement of app support for iOS and Android tablets and smart phones

Paramount Pictures' 'Clifford the Big Red Dog'

PVOD Isn’t Dead Yet

David Bloom

Bloom: If the pandemic hangs around into spring, is Hollywood really going to ditch one of the best options it has left?

Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards

Mike Richards, 'Jeopardy!' EP, Might Be Show's Next Host

Paige Albiniak

Mike Richards joined veteran game show in September 2020, two months before death of Alex Trebek

Roku Express 4K+

Roku Subscriber Growth and Engagement Decelerates in Q2

Daniel Frankel

Ad revenue explodes again, by 117% this time, but hardware margins go into the red amid supply chain issues

Trailer and first reviews emerge for David Chase's highly anticipated 'The Many Saints of Newark' — HBO Max's Biggest Signup Driver Yet? 'The Sopranos' Movie Prequel Taxies for Oct. 1 Premiere Trailer and first reviews emerge for David Chase's highly anticipated 'The Many Saints of Newark'

Reelgood data for mega-hyped show reveals that while Apple's subscription streaming service has grown, it still commands only a small percentage of audience share — Apple TV Plus' 'Ted Lasso' Season 2 Only Draws Around 5% of the Total U.S. Streaming Audience Reelgood data for mega-hyped show reveals that while Apple's subscription streaming service has grown, it still commands only a small percentage of audience share

Comcast has operated two transactional services since acquiring Vudu from Walmart last year. Rebranded store will remain Roku’s official transactional outlet — Comcast Combines Vudu and FandangoNow Comcast has operated two transactional services since acquiring Vudu from Walmart last year. Rebranded store will remain Roku’s official transactional outlet

Separately, companies have a way to go — Warner Bros. Discovery Sets Sights on 200 Million Sub Mark Separately, companies have a way to go

‘Everyone has lost money,’ CEO complains — Discovery’s David Zaslav Blasts 'Antiquated’ ‘Unreliable’ Nielsen ‘Everyone has lost money,’ CEO complains

AT&T's vMVPD Biz Comes Full Circle with 'DirecTV Stream' Rebrand Spinoff restores the 'DirecTV' brand to the erstwhile DirecTV Now; U-verse to remain a standalone service

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Peacock To Exclusively Stream Notre Dame Home Opener

By Jon Lafayette

Comcast streaming service Peacock will have exclusive coverage of Notre Dame football’s home opener as part of the company’s push to use sports to get more people to sign up and use Peacock.

Redbox

Redbox Free Streaming App Gets Support on Samsung Smart TVs

By Daniel Frankel

Redbox 'Free Live TV' and 'Free on Demand' are now streamable on the top-selling smart TV brand in the U.S.

House of Max WarnerMedia

House of Max Branded Content Studio Launched by WarnerMedia

By Jon Lafayette

Unit creates custom ad experience for entertainment networks including HBO Max, TNT, TBS

Broadcasting & Cable

LG Electronics

HBO Max Finally Gets Support on LG Smart TVs

By Daniel Frankel

HBO Max fixes yet another long-festering distribution problem, putting its app on webOS

ViacomCBS Streaming Services Carried in New Deal With Cox

By Jon Lafayette

Paramount Plus, Showtime OTT and Pluto TV offered to subscribers

Broadcasting & Cable

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Vizio Smart TVs Add Discovery Plus App

By Jon Lafayette

Discovery and Vizio said they made a deal that will make the Discovery Plus streaming service available to Vizio SmartCast users by September.

Broadcasting & Cable

Discovery Plus

Discovery Claims 18 Million Direct-to-Consumer Customers

By Jon Lafayette

Discovery said that it had 17 million direct-to-consumer customers at the end of the second quarter and that increased to 18 million as of Tuesday as the company televised the Olympics in Europe.

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Lumen Technologies Stock Drops in Wake of Apollo Deal

By Mike Farrell

Shares of former CenturyLink fall 13% after pact to sell ILEC assets for $7.5 billion

Multichannel News

Mediacom

Broadband Focus Drives Double-Digit Q2 OIBDA Increase at Mediacom

By Mike Farrell

Mid-sized operator adds 14,000 broadband customers in period; fourth straight quarter of 15% or more cash flow growth

Multichannel News

Schurz Communications

Schurz Buys Ohio Fiber Provider New Knoxville Telephone Co.

By Mike Farrell

Terms not disclosed; deal will expand fiber reach in West Central Ohio

Multichannel News

Charter Promotes Jodi Robinson to EVP Digital Platforms, Jake Perlman to EVP Software Development & IT

By Mike Farrell

Will report to chief product and technology officer Rich DiGeronimo

Multichannel News

Jungle Cruise

Is Disney Plus Done with Premier Access?

By Daniel Frankel

Disney's day-and-date streaming strategy goes from 'watershed moment' to potentially finished forever in just three short weeks

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Technology

Redbox

Redbox Free Streaming App Gets Support on Samsung Smart TVs

By Daniel Frankel

Redbox 'Free Live TV' and 'Free on Demand' are now streamable on the top-selling smart TV brand in the U.S.

LG Electronics

HBO Max Finally Gets Support on LG Smart TVs

By Daniel Frankel

HBO Max fixes yet another long-festering distribution problem, putting its app on webOS

Vizio WatchFree+

Vizio SmartCast Revamp Heats Up Streaming Video’s Interface Wars

By David Bloom

Vizio’s announcement of a revamped and enhanced version of WatchFree+ marks the latest battle in an ongoing war to differentiate one set of connected TVs from everyone else’s

Xfinity Flex

Comcast Touts 3.8 Million Xfinity Flex Deployments

By Daniel Frankel

Cable company says it’s ‘continuing to explore’ out-of-footprint opportunities for its OTT platform

Amazon Fire TV Cube

Amazon Adds Zoom Calling to Fire TV Cube

By Daniel Frankel

Feature significantly broadens the two-way calling capability of connected TV device

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