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Capitol Hill

GOP Bill Would Deny Capital to Huawei, Chinese Telecoms

John Eggerton

Kennedy says sanctioned companies should not find 'ready' U.S. investors

Signage stands outside the Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. headquarters in Cockeysville, Maryland, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018

Sinclair Broadcast Group to Lay Off 5% of Workforce

Jessika Walsten

Sinclair cites impact of pandemic as reason

Capitol Hill

NCTA, Others Tell Congress FCC Has 3.45 GHz Auction Wrong

John Eggerton

Say current framework favors biggest players, discourages 'robust' participation

NBCSN, Ring City USA Set March 4 Boxing Card

R. Thomas Umstead

Event first of 14 Thursday night fight cards in 2021

fubo Sportsbook

FuboTV Secures Market Access for Sports Book in Indiana and New Jersey

Daniel Frankel

With Iowa already secured, streaming company has three of the 20 states with legal sports betting locked in for new service

Charter Boosts more Spectrum Broadband Speeds

John Eggerton

Says 400 Mbps will be available to 6 million more subs

Former Lending Tree and Disney operative, now head revenue and growth for WarmerMedia, gets jiggy with the jargon in our exclusive Q&A — HBO Max Marketing Exec Brad Wilson Talks 'High Reach, High Frequency' … and Having the Necessary ‘Fire Power’ Former Lending Tree and Disney operative, now head revenue and growth for WarmerMedia, gets jiggy with the jargon in our exclusive Q&A

Quarterly revenue reaches the six-figure mark for the first time, rising 98% to $105.1 million, but losses come in at $167.8 million — FuboTV Hits 548K Subs in Q4, Up 73% Quarterly revenue reaches the six-figure mark for the first time, rising 98% to $105.1 million, but losses come in at $167.8 million

Comcast chief said ‘lot of cash ‘could be coming its way — Roberts: Comcast Has Hulu Exit Opportunity in a “Couple of Years” Comcast chief said ‘lot of cash ‘could be coming its way

Cable operator said entertainment-based video traffic increased by 70% over 2019 — Comcast: Streaming Accounted for 71% of Downstream Traffic Last Year Cable operator said entertainment-based video traffic increased by 70% over 2019

New court documents reveal the streaming tech vendor’s stunning $34 million loss in 2020 … and its plan to get bailed out by its biggest customer — T-Mobile Comes to MobiTV’s Rescue New court documents reveal the streaming tech vendor’s stunning $34 million loss in 2020 … and its plan to get bailed out by its biggest customer

Satellite TV startup founded by former Starz CFO Michael Thornton and ex-Disney exec Tres Izzard calls it quits — Orby TV Shuts Down, Directs Customers to Dish Satellite TV startup founded by former Starz CFO Michael Thornton and ex-Disney exec Tres Izzard calls it quits

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Google Play Store

Apple and Google App Store Fees Take Hit in the Arizona House

By Daniel Frankel

Government body advances amendment that would allow 'Fortnite'-style alternative payment options for companies headquartered in the state

'Good Morning America' in the Amazon Fire TV live channel guide.

Amazon Fire TV Adds IMDb TV, Xumo to Live Lineup

By Daniel Frankel

With the further addition of the Amazon news app to the live TV guide, Platform now offers over 200 free live-streamed channels

Xfinity Flex

Comcast Xfinity Flex Tops 3 Million Boxes

By Jon Lafayette

Comcast’s broadband-only product Xfinity Flex crossed the 3 million box mark, according to CEO Brian Roberts.

Kevin Mayer Dazn

DAZN Names Kevin Mayer Chairman; John Skipper Leaving

By Jon Lafayette

DAZN Group said it named Kevin Mayer, the former top streaming executive at Disney, as chairman of the board.

Broadcasting & Cable

Nielsen Gracenote Personalization

Gracenote Personalizes Program Guide Images to Boost Viewership

By Jon Lafayette

Gracenote launched a new product that personalizes the images promoting titles in program guides and other user interfaces that the company said boosts viewing for video distributors.

Broadcasting & Cable

Dish DraftKings

Dish Puts Chips on Sports Betting, Fantasy in Deal with DraftKings

By Jon Lafayette

Dish Network said it reached a strategic agreement that will bring DraftKings sports book and fantasy sports to Dish customers.

Broadcasting & Cable

Vudu X1 Xfinity

Comcast’s Vudu Streaming Service Launches on X1, Flex

By Jon Lafayette

150,000 titles available to viewers

Broadcasting & Cable

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Business

broadband

Cable Now Controls Nearly 70% of U.S. Fixed Broadband After Biggest Year Since 2008

By Daniel Frankel

Top eight MSOs added more than 4.8 million customers in 2020

Comcast’s Roberts Hints At Amazon Support for Peacock

By Mike Farrell

‘We’ll get to all major platforms soon,’ cable chief says

Multichannel News

Tom Rutledge

Charter’s Rutledge: New Streaming Services ‘Haven’t Been Successful From a Linear Perspective Yet’

By Daniel Frankel

Cable company’s chairman and CEO says that while linear pay TV services are being “priced out of the market,” the OTT platforms that are replacing them haven’t generated nearly as much profit

Vizio SmartCast Fox

Vizio Aims for Some of That Roku-like Magic with IPO

By Daniel Frankel

In SEC filing, U.S.-based manufacturer said its smart TV shipments spiked 20% last year to 7.1 million. But its real strength may be the 12.2 million active users for its SmartCast OS

Discovery's David Zaslav announcing Discovery Plus

Has Discovery Plus Really ‘Taken Off’?

By Daniel Frankel

The ‘New York Times’ and other media outlets seem to have declared the new SVOD service to be a hit. But with only 5 million U.S. subscribers, it still seems to be early days

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Technology

Google Play Store

Apple and Google App Store Fees Take Hit in the Arizona House

By Daniel Frankel

Government body advances amendment that would allow 'Fortnite'-style alternative payment options for companies headquartered in the state

'Good Morning America' in the Amazon Fire TV live channel guide.

Amazon Fire TV Adds IMDb TV, Xumo to Live Lineup

By Daniel Frankel

With the further addition of the Amazon news app to the live TV guide, Platform now offers over 200 free live-streamed channels

broadband

Average Monthly U.S. Broadband Usage Could Reach 650 GB in 2021

By Daniel Frankel

OpenVault says faster speeds are increasing consumption

Xfinity Flex

Is Comcast Getting Ready to Expand Xfinity Flex Out of Footprint?

By Daniel Frankel, Addie Morfoot

With cable operator announcing Flex device support for its Xfinity Stream app Thursday, speculation heats up that it will soon follow through on talks to port the platform into smart TVs sold by Walmart

IMDb TV

Amazon Gains Google TV App Support for IMDb TV

By Daniel Frankel

AVOD service is now streamable on new Chromecast and other Google TV devices. Support for other Android TV-based gadgets arriving ‘in the coming weeks’

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