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Breezeline Stream TV

Breezeline's 'Stream TV' Expands to Connecticut, Touts 98% Self-Install and 71% High-Satisfaction Rates

Daniel Frankel published 30 March 23

The erstwhile Atlantic Broadband's plan to replace pricey TV content licensing, network congestion and truck rolls with a cloud-based, IPTV video system appears to be coming together

U.S. Capitol Dome

New Bill Would Close Streaming Service Ad-Volume ‘Loophole’

John Eggerton published 30 March 23

Legislators reintroduce update of their CALM Act

America's Got Talent on NBC

NBC Shares Summer Programming Plans

Michael Malone published 30 March 23

‘America’s Got Talent’ starts season 18 on May 30

A Dish technician standing outside a company van.

99 Problems: Dish Faces Investor Lawsuits Over Ransomware Attack, Downgrades From Equity Analysts

Daniel Frankel published 30 March 23

As if its painful transition to 5G wireless provider wasn't enough, Dish's cyberattack seems to have come at a really bad time

Apple Watch Minnie Mouse

Analyst Sees a More Magical Kingdom If Apple Acquires Disney

Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

Laura Martin calculates 15%-25% upside for Apple shareholders

Mayans M.C.

FX To Rev Up Final Season of ‘Mayans M.C.’ in May

R. Thomas Umstead published 30 March 23

Fifth and final season of ‘Sons of Anarchy’ spinoff series debuts May 24

As if its painful transition to 5G wireless provider wasn't enough, Dish's cyberattack seems to have come at a really bad time
99 Problems: Dish Faces Investor Lawsuits Over Ransomware Attack, Downgrades From Equity Analysts As if its painful transition to 5G wireless provider wasn't enough, Dish's cyberattack seems to have come at a really bad time
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
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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Love Language Peacock Duolingo

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

By Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

Spots offer real deals on streaming, language lessons

Broadcasting & Cable
Radford Reborns Speedvision

Retooled Speedvision Shifts Into Fast Lane With Amazon’s Freevee

By Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

Relaunched network adds distribution on 13th streaming platform

Broadcasting & Cable
AMC Networks Vizio

Vizio Adds 9 Free Streaming Channels From AMC Networks

By Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

AMC Plus app available on Vizio home page

Broadcasting & Cable
San Francisco ATSC 3.0

Tech-Heavy San Francisco Market Gets NextGen TV Broadcasts

By Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23

KRON converts signal to ATSC 3.0

Broadcasting & Cable
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

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

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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

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Charter Communications logo on a wall

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

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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

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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

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First look art for season three of Apple TV Plus's 'Ted Lasso'

Apple Buys AI Video Compression Tech Company, Could Help It Make Streaming Cheaper and Better

By Daniel Frankel published 28 March 23

Mountain View-based WaveOne makes a technology that focuses limited bandwidth resources on things like faces rather than backdrops

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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

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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

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