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Love Language Peacock Duolingo

Peacock, Duolingo Promote Fake Reality Show For April Fools’ Day

Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

Spots offer real deals on streaming, language lessons

Awkwafina is Nora from Queens on Comedy Central

‘Awkwafina is Nora from Queens’ Season Three on Comedy Central April 26

Michael Malone published 30 March 23

Jennifer Esposito, Ken Jeong, Janeane Garofalo guest star

Family watching a smart TV

CIMM Study Looks For Smarter Ways To Use Smart TV Viewing Data

Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

Caroline Homer to lead initiative

Radford Reborns Speedvision

Retooled Speedvision Shifts Into Fast Lane With Amazon’s Freevee

Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

Relaunched network adds distribution on 13th streaming platform

AMC Networks Vizio

Vizio Adds 9 Free Streaming Channels From AMC Networks

Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

AMC Plus app available on Vizio home page

San Francisco ATSC 3.0

Tech-Heavy San Francisco Market Gets NextGen TV Broadcasts

Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

KRON converts signal to ATSC 3.0

The regional sports network home of the Yankees and Nets can now be streamed for as little as $16.66 a month sans a pay TV subscription — Yankees RSN YES Network Officially Goes DTC The regional sports network home of the Yankees and Nets can now be streamed for as little as $16.66 a month sans a pay TV subscription

Downsized figure comes after stock options pushed the CEO's compensation to over $246 million in 2021 — Warner Bros. Discovery Chief David Zaslav's Pay Dropped to Just $39.3 Million in 2022 Downsized figure comes after stock options pushed the CEO's compensation to over $246 million in 2021

NFL forms a joint venture with private equity firm to stream games in public establishments, with other live events potentially added down the road — NFL Flies With RedBird Capital to Put ‘Sunday Ticket’ in Bars and Restaurants; DirecTV Says It’s Still in Play NFL forms a joint venture with private equity firm to stream games in public establishments, with other live events potentially added down the road

Operators will be able to include Wi-Fi extender capabilities on the Evo Force 1 set-top's chipset — Evolution Digital to Integrate OpenSync Wi-Fi Management Into Android TV Set-tops, Seeks to Consolidate Operator CPE Operators will be able to include Wi-Fi extender capabilities on the Evo Force 1 set-top's chipset

Mountain View-based WaveOne makes a technology that focuses limited bandwidth resources on things like faces rather than backdrops — Apple Buys AI Video Compression Tech Company, Could Help It Make Streaming Cheaper and Better Mountain View-based WaveOne makes a technology that focuses limited bandwidth resources on things like faces rather than backdrops

Spy thriller racks up nearly 170 million viewing hours in its first four days on Netflix — Shawn Ryan's 'The Night Agent' Is Streaming's Biggest New Show of 2023 So Far -- Netflix Weekly Rankings for March 20-26 Spy thriller racks up nearly 170 million viewing hours in its first four days on Netflix

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Roku headquarters in San Jose, Calif.

Roku Plans 200 Layoffs In New Cost-Cutting Move

By Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

Company will take $30-35 million charge against earnings

Broadcasting & Cable

A sceen from Vizio's NewFront presentation

YouTube, Vizio, Amazon, Peacock, Roku, TikTok and Meta Headline NewFronts

By Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

Brief presentations featured Wednesday on IAB Main Stage

Broadcasting & Cable

California Opening Day 2023 on NBCUniversal Local's FAST channels

NBCUniversal’s California Stations Offer MLB Special on FAST Channels

By Michael Malone published 29 March 23

Noticias Telemundo California, NBC Los Angeles News and NBC San Diego News produce ‘California Opening Day 2023’

Broadcasting & Cable

Ike Perlmutter

Disney Lays Off Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter

By Daniel Frankel published 29 March 23

Six months ago, Perlmutter led an unsuccessful effort to install activist investor Nelson Peltz on the Disney board. On Wednesday, his division was subsumed by Disney

Comcast

Comcast Says Its Network Is 36% More Energy Efficient Than It Was in 2019

By Daniel Frankel published 29 March 23

The No. 1 U.S. broadband supplier said it took 21.2 kilowatt-hours of juice to deliver each terabyte of data in 2019

Thursday Night Football Amazon Prime Video

NFL Owners Table Plan To Flex Thursday Night Games for Amazon

By Jon Lafayette published 29 March 23

Issue will be discussed further in May

Broadcasting & Cable

spending decline

Analyst Turns Skeptical About Second-Half TV Ad Rebound

By Jon Lafayette published 29 March 23

Michael Nathanson sees a difficult upfront and a 5% drop in revenue in 2023

Broadcasting & Cable

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Business

Ike Perlmutter

Disney Lays Off Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter

By Daniel Frankel published 29 March 23

Six months ago, Perlmutter led an unsuccessful effort to install activist investor Nelson Peltz on the Disney board. On Wednesday, his division was subsumed by Disney

Comcast

Comcast Says Its Network Is 36% More Energy Efficient Than It Was in 2019

By Daniel Frankel published 29 March 23

The No. 1 U.S. broadband supplier said it took 21.2 kilowatt-hours of juice to deliver each terabyte of data in 2019

Charter Buys Maine’s Bee Line Cable

By Daniel Frankel published 28 March 23

Acquisition of Central Maine operator accompanies an $82 million investment to compete more forcefully against fiber rivals in the region

Bob Chapek

Bob Chapek’s Metaverse Unit Gets Whacked Amid Disney’s Mega-Cuts

By Daniel Frankel published 28 March 23

The ‘Next Generation Storytelling and Consumer Experiences’ division was one of the former Disney CEO’s pet projects

The Brady Bunch

Streaming Services Need To Focus On Longer Seasons (Wolk)

By Alan Wolk published 28 March 23

Think 34 episodes of 'Ted Lasso' is enough to fill a FAST channel? Why streaming companies should be thinking a little more about the aftermarket

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Technology

RDK

RDK Integrates OpenSync for Managed Wi-Fi

By Daniel Frankel published 29 March 23

Open-sourced framework for managed Wi-Fi software was originally developed by Plume, a tech company backed by RDK principal Comcast

MuxIP

MuxIP’s FASTHub Converts Broadcast Channels Into FASTs

By Jon Lafayette published 27 March 23

Cloud-based software creates single workflow

Broadcasting & Cable

Amazon Fire TV

Amazon Expands Its Own Fire TV Smart TV Lineup, Targets U.K., Germany, Mexico

By Daniel Frankel published 22 March 23

Amazon also says that it has sold 200 million Fire TV devices globally

Dish Network Hopper

Dish Gets Judge to Toss Jury's $469 Million Patent Verdict

By Daniel Frankel published 21 March 23

Decision comes just 11 days after a Salt Lake City jury awarded parental-control tech maker ClearPlay nearly half a billion dollars over two technologies used in Dish's AutoHop commercial-skipping feature

Charter Chooses Harmonic for Key Piece of Network Virtualization Upgrade

By Daniel Frankel published 21 March 23

No. 2 U.S. cable operator’s decision to use Harmonic virtual CMTS comes after Comcast has spent over $450 million on the vendor's virtualization tech

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