Nexstar Talks To Buy The CW Appear Closer To Agreement Jon Lafayette published 29 June 22 Current joint venture owners would retain a minority stake in the network
Netflix Is Back With Yet More ‘Stranger Things,' and Amazon Has the Busy Chris Pratt in 'The Terminal List' - What’s Upstream for June 30 - July 6 Addie Morfoot published 29 June 22 Also streaming this week: Hulu’s 'The Princess' and HBO's 'Last Night in Soho'
TheGrio Seeking To Deliver News, Entertainment Content to Black Audiences Across Multiple Platforms R. Thomas Umstead published 29 June 22 Byron Allen-owned network adds podcast network to website, linear TV offerings
NCTA to FCC: No Wireless Receiver Mandates, Please John Eggerton published 29 June 22 Says flexible, collaborative approach will better suit tech innovation
Lionsgate Television Signs First-Look Deal With Rashida Jones and Will McCormack Jon Lafayette published 29 June 22 Le Train Tran production company developing ‘Lovesick for Lionsgate-BBC Studios partnership
Disney Television Alternative Names Three Key Executives Jon Lafayette published 29 June 22 Jill Chapman, Alicia Martino, Mike Rosen named VPs of new unit
Mediacom Renews Paramount Global Carriage By Mike Farrell published 29 June 22 Deal includes cable channels, broadcast stations and Showtime OTT
Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Sweeps June Primetime, Total Day Charts By R. Thomas Umstead published 29 June 22 INSP moves into top five in primetime
Comcast Builds SiriusXM App into Xfinity X1, Flex and XClass TV By Daniel Frankel published 29 June 22 Comcast continues to build out its TVOS with native voice integration of 425 SiriusXM channels
Watchdog Group Asks Charter To Drop AT&T Service Inequality Claim By John Eggerton published 29 June 22 Charter said ad has already been pulled but is disappointed with NAD decision
Standard General CEO Soo Kim Doesn't Understand Tegna Deal Opposition By Jon Lafayette published 29 June 22 Maintains Apollo will have no role in running the combined company
Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2022: Hollywood Heroes Posted Fifteen power players, L.A.’s Woman of Influence will get their due June 6
40 Under 40 L.A. 2022: Meet the West Coast’s Up-and-Comers Posted Executives on the rise will be recognized at June 7 live event in Beverly Hills
Emmy Voters Immerse Themselves in New Worlds Posted Voting begins with Television Academy set to unveil nominees on July 12
Has Cable Broadband Hit the Wall? Posted Some analysts fear cable high-speed data will never recover as ‘unfettered feast on DSL’ end
Programmers Rev Up Female Superpower Posted A realistic new breed of women-led superhero shows serves youth, diversity
Stress Test -- Kansas Bandwidth Usage Spiked 24% for KU's March Madness Championship Final By Daniel Frankel published 13 June 22 OpenVault data sheds light on what happens to broadband networks when put to the test of live-sports streaming
Another Google TV Smart TV Partner Deploys Amazon Fire TV Models By Daniel Frankel published 2 June 22 Xiaomi's release of Fire TV-powered smart TVs in the UK follows a similar move by Hisense last month. It breaks with a longstanding rule about Android TV partners using 'forked' operating systems
Amazon Freevee (Finally) Gets Apple TV App By Daniel Frankel published 16 May 22 Amazon's ad-supported streaming service, formerly known as IMDb TV, gets dedicated app for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD devices
Congress Targets Loud Commercials on Streaming Services By John Eggerton published 10 May 22 CALM Act update would include extending standards to online ads
Charter CTO Stephanie Mitchko-Beale Sets Exit By Daniel Frankel published 4 May 22 Unexplained departure of cable operator's No. 2 tech exec comes as Justin Colwell is promoted to the newly created position of executive VP of connectivity technology
Watchdog Group Asks Charter To Drop AT&T Service Inequality Claim By John Eggerton published 29 June 22 Charter said ad has already been pulled but is disappointed with NAD decision
FCC's Brendan Carr to Apple, Google App Stores: TikTok Has To Go By John Eggerton published 28 June 22 Commissioner cites report of China accessing sensitive data collected by site
Group Pushes Sen. Schumer To Watch John Oliver Big Tech Video By John Eggerton published 27 June 22 Wants majority leader to schedule vote on new regs for edge
House Committee to Broadcasters: Roll Your Own Pot Spots By John Eggerton published 25 June 22 Bill would prevent FCC from targeting stations for cannabis ads where drug is legal
Writers Guilds Condemn Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade By John Eggerton published 24 June 22 Unions say end of abortion-rights guarantee will result in deaths, denial of basic rights
