‘March Madness’ Continues: What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (March 25-26) R. Thomas Umstead published 24 March 23 A look at the weekend's top TV sports events on broadcast, cable and streaming services
Margaret Brennan Singles Out Female Leaders on ‘Face the Nation’ at Wonder Women Luncheon Michael Malone published 24 March 23 ‘The questions Margaret asks are making a difference,’ said Lesley Stahl
Showtime Sports Still Throwing PPV Punches With Benavidez-Plant Boxing Event (Q&A) R. Thomas Umstead published 24 March 23 President Stephen Espinoza says programmer will remain aggressive in combat-sports arena
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds FCC Broadband Subsidy Process John Eggerton published 24 March 23 Says use of private company USAC is not an impermissible delegation of authority
Starz Sets June Return Date for ‘Outlander’ R. Thomas Umstead published 23 March 23 First of two-part season debuts June 16
Capitol Hill Chews Out TikTok CEO Shou Chew John Eggerton published 23 March 23 Hearing features calls for bans of short-form video site
Hulu Sets ‘RapCaviar Presents’ Music Documentary Series By R. Thomas Umstead published 22 March 23 Six-part series debuting March 30 looks at current issues through the eyes of top hip-hop artists
FCC Proposes Mandating ‘All-In’ Cable Video Price Disclosure By John Eggerton published 22 March 23 Would allow for comparison shopping, including streaming options, commission says
Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Breaks the March Madness Press By R. Thomas Umstead published 22 March 23 Tops basketball-heavy TNT, TBS to remain atop primetime, total day charts
Warner Bros. Discovery’s TCM Marks Warner Bros. Studio’s 100th Anniversary By Jon Lafayette published 22 March 23 30 days of programming includes 10 newly restored films
‘Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes’ Features Youthful Superheroes in Africa By Michael Malone published 22 March 23 Animated show on Disney Junior, Disney Plus March 22
Wonder Women of New York 2023: Industry Lights Shine in the Big City Posted Meet those set to be honored during luncheon gala at Manhattan’s Zigefeld Ballroom
Woman of Influence: The ‘Face’ of Sunday Morning News Posted Woman of Influence Margaret Brennan reached five years in ‘Face the Nation’ moderator chair in February
Rob Manfred Leads MLB Into a Season of Changes Posted Baseball commissioner talks new rules, changing TV picture as 2023 season gets underway
Wonder Women of New York 2023: Sharon Peters Posted Executive VP and Chief Marketing Officer, Charter Communications
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
Casa Systems Founder/CEO Jerry Guo Retires, as Cable Tech Vendor Gets Bad News From Tier 1 Client By Daniel Frankel published 15 March 23 ‘Major North American customer‘ will not be proceeding with Casa on its big network upgrade, company said
Comcast Just Used Its Virtualized 10G Network to Test a New Targeted FTTP Scheme By Daniel Frankel published 2 March 23 Denver trial conducted at the end of 2022 introduces even more fancy new acronyms: 'virtual broadband network gateway' (vBNG) and 'remote optical line terminal' (rOLT)
NCTC Signs Reach Mobile to Provide Turnkey Tech for Cable Group's Big Wireless Launch By Daniel Frankel published 28 February 23 Reach will provide foundational cloud-based SaaS support when the 700+ member NCTC operators (finally) get a master MVNO agreement in place
Comcast Reaches Major '10G' Milestone With the Introduction of CommScope Prototype FDX Amplifiers By Daniel Frankel published 27 February 23 Hardware is crucial to Comcast's deployment of its next-generation multi-gigabit DOCSIS 4.0 network
FCC Proposes Mandating ‘All-In’ Cable Video Price Disclosure By John Eggerton published 22 March 23 Would allow for comparison shopping, including streaming options, commission says
House GOP Prepares Latest Smackdown of Big Tech By John Eggerton published 22 March 23 Republican-led hearing notice talks of administration ‘collusion’
President Biden Yet to Withdraw Gigi Sohn’s FCC Nomination By John Eggerton published 21 March 23 Administration may have been caught off guard by need for a fallback plan
Standard General Makes Formal Appeal to FCC on Tegna Deal By Jon Lafayette published 17 March 23 Claims Media Bureau’s hearing order will torpedo largest minority-owned, female-led TV company
FCC Proposes Audio Descriptions for All TV Stations By John Eggerton published 16 March 23 Chair Jessica Rosenworcel worked on mandate while on Capitol Hill
