‘Prom Pact’ Targets Teens, With Lots of ‘80s References For Their Parents Michael Malone published 30 March 23 Julie Bowen’s Disney movie tips the cap to ‘Sixteen Candles’, ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Say Anything’
YouTube, Vizio, Amazon, Peacock, Roku, TikTok and Meta Headline NewFronts Jon Lafayette published 30 March 23 Brief presentations featured Wednesday on IAB Main Stage
Unions Oppose Expedited Court Review of FCC’s Standard General-Tegna Decision John Eggerton published 29 March 23 Say it is not an appealable final order
Evolution Digital to Integrate OpenSync Wi-Fi Management Into Android TV Set-tops, Seeks to Consolidate Operator CPE Daniel Frankel published 29 March 23 Operators will be able to include Wi-Fi extender capabilities on the Evo Force 1 set-top's chipset
Yankees RSN YES Network Officially Goes DTC Daniel Frankel published 29 March 23 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
Weekly Cable Ratings: Hoops-Fueled TBS Knocks Fox News From Primetime Perch R. Thomas Umstead published 29 March 23 Cable news outlet keeps up its total-day streak
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
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
NFL Flies With RedBird Capital to Put ‘Sunday Ticket’ in Bars and Restaurants; DirecTV Says It’s Still in Play By Daniel Frankel published 29 March 23 NFL forms a joint venture with private equity firm to stream games in public establishments, with other live events potentially added down the road
Paramount Plus Renews ‘Star Trek’ Spinoffs ‘Strange New Worlds,’ ‘Lower Decks’ By R. Thomas Umstead published 28 March 23 Animated kids’ series ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ returns this winter
‘CMT Music Awards’ on CBS April 2 By Michael Malone published 28 March 23 Alanis Morissette, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban to perform as gala celebrates women in country
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
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
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
Motion Picture Association Names Josh Levin as New York Region VP By John Eggerton published 27 March 23 Adds ex-NYC official in shift to regional approach to state government affairs
OneWeb Says Its Big Step Closer to Global Broadband Play By John Eggerton published 26 March 23 Launches three dozen more low earth orbit satellites
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds FCC Broadband Subsidy Process By John Eggerton published 24 March 23 Says use of private company USAC is not an impermissible delegation of authority
Capitol Hill Chews Out TikTok CEO Shou Chew By John Eggerton published 23 March 23 Hearing features calls for bans of short-form video site
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
