What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (April 10-11)
Masters golf tournament, college ice hockey tournament finals drive live sports events
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Networks, Distributors Blast Nielsen For COVID Response That Caused Plunge In TV Usage Numbers
UPDATED WITH NIELSEN RESPONSE: VAB cites 'systematic under-counting' as Nielsen lost 20% of its panelists
FuboTV Buys Streaming Rights to South American World Cup Qualifying Matches
Network will produce live pre-game, half-time and post-match shows
Courtney Thomasma, Matt Graham To Head Streaming Services at AMC
Blake Callaway adds BBC America to cable network portfolio
Discovery Plus Added to Comcast Xfinity Flex
Streaming service also to be available via X1 in coming weeks
Twitter Integrates Nielsen Products Into Video Ad Sales Platform
Clients get access to Nielsen Media Impact and Ad Intel data
Business
GI Partners to Take Orbcomm Private in $1.1 Billion Deal
Transaction represents 52% premium to network gear maker’s stock price
Altice USA Completes Morris Broadband Purchase
Deal adds 36,500 subscribers in North Carolina
AMC Plus Launches on YouTube TV
Premium subscription bundle adds to list of distributors that includes Comcast, AT&T/DirecTV, Dish Network, Apple TV, Amazon, Roku
Netflix's Euro Users Should Prepare for Price Hike, Todd Juenger Says
SVOD giant has already raised prices in UK, Germany, Japan and Argentina
Technology
T-Mobile Says Its New Fixed 5G Internet Service Doesn't Support Hulu + Live TV
Wireless company, which now bundles Hulu's biggest vMVPD rival, YouTube TV, says the omission is due to a 'technical requirement in delivering the service'
Roku and Amazon Fire TV Adoption Ticks Up to 57% of U.S. Homes
The top OTT platforms are more dominant than ever as smart TVs now infiltrate 70% of households, Hub Entertainment Research says
MobiTV Insists it Has No Plans To Shutter (Updated)
Video tech company said a filing to the California EDD, which indicated that it could close down on May 2, was merely a requirement of its bankruptcy proceedings
Upstream Broadband Usage Spiked 63% in 2020
Average U.S. consumption swelled from 19 gigabytes a month to 31 GB, OpenVault says
