Linear TV Is ‘Hanging by a Thread,’ Moffett Says Mike Farrell published 28 September 22 Cable loses 1.048 million subs in Q2, overall pay TV subscribers fall by 6.1%
Southwestern Florida Stations Cover Hurricane Ian as It Makes Landfall Michael Malone published 28 September 22 Local outlets share reports on TV, online, radio
NBCU Shakeup: Matt Schnaars Replaces Mac Budill as President of Content Distribution Daniel Frankel published 28 September 22 Budill voluntarily stepped down, the conglomerate said, after 10 years with the company
‘Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire’ Gets Second Season at AMC Michael Malone published 28 September 22 Renewal comes before the show premieres October 2
Verizon Adds NFL Plus to Its +play Market Daniel Frankel published 28 September 22 Verizon wireless users, who previously had access to live NFL games via Yahoo Sports, can once again stream games on smart phones and tablets with new $4.99-a-month service
Lauren Graham, Josh Duhamel Detail How They Ended Up on ‘Mighty Ducks’ Michael Malone published 28 September 22 New season of ‘Game Changers’ on Disney Plus
Journalist Juju Chang to Be Honored at NAMIC Conference By R. Thomas Umstead published 28 September 22 'Nightline' co-anchor to receive diversity organization’s Mickey Leland Humanitarian Achievement Award
Survey: Streaming Dominates Video Viewing By John Eggerton published 28 September 22 Netflix loses share amid flood of competition, but still tops among services
Amazon’s Epix Gets New Name Minus Creativity: MGM Plus By Jon Lafayette published 28 September 22 Brand launches January 15, 2023
National TV Ad Spending Drops 7% in August: SMI By Jon Lafayette published 28 September 22 So far in 3Q, broadcast down 42%; cable dips 6%
PBS, APTS: Cable Headend Consolidation Has Cut Off Viewers By John Eggerton published 28 September 22 Public-TV groups tell FCC ultimate result could be stripping noncoms of carriage rights altogether
Cover Story: A TV Field of Their Own Posted Women’s sports are getting unprecedented airtime, audiences
For Women in the Game, Title IX Is Bigger Than Sports Posted Landmark law, now 50, opened a field of opportunities to this year’s class of top women TV sports executives
40 Under 40 New York: TV’s Best and Brightest Hit the Big City Posted NYC TV Week gala returns to honor the industry’s emerging executives
SCTE Cable-Expo Preview: It’s All About the Broadband Posted After two years of virtual meetings, technology gathering becomes in-person event again
Cable Hall of Fame Comes Back for a Gala N.Y. Night Posted 2022 class set to be honored in person at red-carpet event
Spectrum TV App Launches on (Tens? Hundreds? Thousands?) of XClass Smart TVs By Daniel Frankel published 26 September 22 Charter, which is now a JV partner in Comcast’s quest to take its X1/Flex TVOS out-of-footprint, puts its video app on the platform
Bally Sports Plus Launches on Roku By Daniel Frankel published 26 September 22 Sinclair discloses major distribution deal on the day of the OTT service's national launch
Comcast Successfully Tests 'Final' Piece of '10G' FDX DOCSIS 4.0 Network By Daniel Frankel published 21 September 22 At SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, Comcast says it can now deliver symmetrical 4 Gbps speeds over its next-generation cable network. Actual services will start rolling out to customers in late 2023
RDK Software Stack Now Touts 100 Million Device Deployments By Daniel Frankel published 8 September 22 Open-sourced Reference Design Kit, jointly developed by Comcast, Charter and Liberty, continues to proliferate into pay TV set-tops and broadband gateways
SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Preview: It’s All About the Broadband By Mike Farrell published 6 September 22 After two years of virtual meetings, technology gathering becomes in-person event again
PBS, APTS: Cable Headend Consolidation Has Cut Off Viewers By John Eggerton published 28 September 22 Public-TV groups tell FCC ultimate result could be stripping noncoms of carriage rights altogether
USDA Grants Demonstrate Need for Government Subsidies By John Eggerton published 26 September 22 It will cost tens of millions to reach handful of rural Alaska residents and businesses
Half-Million Puerto Rico Subs Still Out in Fiona's Wake By John Eggerton published 24 September 22 FCC will grant providers some regulatory relief
CCIA Slams Canadian Online News-Compensation Bill By John Eggerton published 23 September 22 Tech trade group says it will hurt the internet ecosystem
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Online News Antitrust Bill By John Eggerton published 22 September 22 Bill would create carve-out for joint negotiations by broadcasters, newspapers
