House Committee Approves Budget Increase for CPB John Eggerton Noncommercial stations continued on their path toward full funding-plus even as the President has tried to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
TV By the Numbers: July 6-12 Eleanor Semeraro, Analyst and Contributor, TV[R]EV PGA Tour, 'Good Morning America', 'Today' among most watched programming
FCC Station Repack Closes (Sort of) With Group Hug John Eggerton FCC praises broadcasters, who praise FCC staffers and carriers
Indie War Film 'The Outpost' Breaks Out on Transactional VOD Marc Berman Low budget action film finds audience amid a summer blockbuster environment limited to ‘Trolls World Tour’ and ‘King of Staton Island’
FCC Marks Complicated TV Station Repack Deadline(s) John Eggerton Still some stations not in their final spectrum homes
Roku Stock Climbs Despite Peacock and HBO Max Impasses Daniel Frankel Carriage battles usually end bad for distributors, but OTT company’s shares have spiked 50% over the last month
Indie War Film 'The Outpost' Breaks Out on Transactional VOD By Marc Berman Low budget action film finds audience amid a summer blockbuster environment limited to ‘Trolls World Tour’ and ‘King of Staton Island’
Roku Stock Climbs Despite Peacock and HBO Max Impasses By Daniel Frankel Carriage battles usually end bad for distributors, but OTT company’s shares have spiked 50% over the last month
Disney Plus Orders ‘Star Wars: Bad Batch’ By Daniel Frankel Up-and-coming Star Wars mastermind Dave Filoni to EP ‘Clone Wars’ spinoff
Disney Plus Emerges as Multibillion-dollar 'Star Wars' Franchise’s New Hope By Daniel Toy With critics and some fans souring on recent theatricals, streaming service’s acclaimed original 'Star Wars' TV series, spearheaded by a new generation of creators, have captured the venerable franchise's onward momentum
AVOD Platforms Suffer From Low Consumer Awareness: Magid By Daniel Frankel Only 32% know about market leader Roku Channel, according new survey
IMDb TV: Everything You Need to Know About the Fast-Growing Free, Ad-Supported Side of Amazon’s Streaming Business By Daniel Frankel How the AVOD service is just another soldier in the battle to keep consumers engaged with Amazon for nearly everything
Google and Android TV Threaten Roku and Amazon for Connected TV Dominance By Daniel Frankel With the incumbent OTT operating systems at impasse with Peacock and HBO Max, Google finally has its opening into the living room, LightShed Partners says
Disney Plus Orders ‘Star Wars: Bad Batch’ By Daniel Frankel Up-and-coming Star Wars mastermind Dave Filoni to EP ‘Clone Wars’ spinoff
Pluto TV Extends NFL Partnership By Daniel Frankel ViacomCBS AVOD service will continue to carry the NFL Channel
Peacock to Become Exclusive U.S. Streaming Home to UK’s Premier League By Daniel Frankel Deal announced simultaneously with ViacomCBS multi-platform pact for UEFA Euro soccer
Angelica Rosas McDaniel Named EVP, Strategy at Litton Entertainment By Paige Albiniak McDaniel was formerly CBS' EVP of daytime
BET Plus to Stream 'Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell Play' By R. Thomas Umstead Special to stream Aug. 27
AT&T U-verse TV Charges Some Customers $33 a Month in ‘Surcharges & Fees.' This Must End Now (Blog) By Daniel Frankel If you love someone, don’t let them pay a $266 a month for telecom services
Ex-TiVo Lawyer Patel Joins ‘Ultimate Patent Troll’ By Daniel Frankel Man who spearheaded Comcast IP battle before Xperi merger hired by Intellectual Ventures
Pluto TV: Everything You Need to Know About the AVOD Service That Wants to Be More Than Just a Dwarf Planet By David Bloom How will ad-supported streaming platform fit into ViacomCBS’s fast-evolving streaming universe?
Quibi Netted Only 72K Paying Subscribers From Initial Wave of Signups: Sensor Tower By Daniel Frankel Only 8% of initial signups under 90-day free plan stuck around to pay, analytics firm says
Parrot Analytics’s ‘Demand Expression’ Metric Demystified By Daniel Frankel NYT attempts to break down the startup research company’s hazy measurement of streaming show stickiness
