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Wonder Women of NY awards

Wonder Women of New York 2024: Celebrating Media’s Leading Lights

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Meet this year’s group of women execs who’ll be honored at New York gala on March 21

Sarah Kate Ellis

Woman of Influence: GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis Is an Advocate for Media Accuracy

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Nonprofit’s president and CEO has spent the past decade making sure the LGBTQ community is fairly covered and depicted, with much more to do

Kim Granito

Wonder Women of New York 2024: Kim Granito

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Chief Marketing Officer, AMC Networks

'Griselda' on Netflix

Killer Queens: Why Women Antiheroes Are Winning Viewers Over

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Audiences have become increasingly OK with less-than-likable female characters

Harris Faulkner, Fox News Channel

The Five Spot: Harris Faulkner, Anchor and Host, Fox News Channel

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‘Faulkner Focus’ anchor, ‘Outnumbered’ co-host is starting 2024 on a ratings roll

Tech

Vacima Networks

Vecima Moves To Compete With Harmonic in Cable’s Fast-Emerging vCMTS Market

By Daniel Frankel published

Competition for virtual network tech heats up as cable operators begin to ramp up for new DOCSIS 4.0 standard

Technology
Michael Kelly

Top Boost Mobile Exec Abruptly Departs as Dish Touts Coverage of 200 Million Americans

By Scott Lehane published

Michael Kelly, who took the reigns on Dish Network’s fledgling wireless business last April, is departing the company at the end of February just as it touts a new coverage milestone

Business
Kenan Thompson (and Gritty on video) on stage at Comcast Converge event in Philadelphia

Comcast Holds Upfront-Style Demos of Home Tech Advances

By Kent Gibbons published

Philadelphia event shows off advances heading to Xfinity subscribers’ homes

Technology
Harmonic

Harmonic Reports 20% Broadband Segment Revenue Growth in Q4 as CableOS Customer Base Expands to 108

By Daniel Frankel published

Contracts with Comcast and Charter accounted for 56% of the sales

Business
Gracenote Diversity Spotlight

Gracenote Introduces Diversity Spotlight To Make Minority Talent More Discoverable

By Jon Lafayette published

Nielsen unit worked with advocacy groups IllumiNative, Gold House, RespectAbility, National Hispanic Media Coalition and Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment to develop system

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Policy

All-in pricing

FCC Cracks Down on Pay TV ‘Junk Fees’: New ‘All-In Pricing’ Order Forces Cable and Satellite Operators To Advertise One All-Inclusive Price for Linear Video Service

By Daniel Frankel published

ACA Connects pushes back, claiming the order fails to account for the No. 1 driver of ‘sticker shock,’ broadcast retransmission fees

Policy
Broadband speed test graphic

FCC Ups Benchmarks for Broadband Speed

By Kent Gibbons published

FCC sets 100 Mbps as standard for downloads, 20 Mbps for uploads, up from 2015 benchmark of 25/3

Policy
Prime Video cameramen at 'Thursday Night Football'

D.C. Lawmakers Vet Streaming as a New Sports Siphon

By John Eggerton published

Hill takes a hard look at the move of big-ticket content online

Policy
subscribe button

FTC Should Let FCC Take Lead on Cable Consumer Protection (MCN Guest Blog)

By Deborah Lathen published

Proposed ‘Click-to-Cancel’ regulations afford less protection, transparency than cable’s current regime

Policy
U.S. Capitol

House Passes Law Protecting Journalists From Government Overreach

By John Eggerton published

PRESS Act would safeguard sources and relevant communications

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