NAB to FCC: ATSC 3.0 Transition Is in Peril John Eggerton published 27 January 23 Broadcasters say FCC action is needed to goose move to next generation transmission
Fine With Flat? Comcast Lost 26K Broadband Subscribers in Q4 ... Why Investors Are OK With That Daniel Frankel published 26 January 23 For the first time ever, Comcast reported a quarterly customer loss for its core wireline connectivity business. Wall Street's surprising reaction? Meh
Fox Nation Streams ‘The MisEducation of America 2: Live Summit’ January 26 Michael Malone published 26 January 23 Pete Hegseth hosts forum on education in America
DirecTV Adds New Conservative Channel The First to Lineup Jon Lafayette published 26 January 23 Move follows raising Republican concerns by dropping Newsmax
Ad Market Has ‘Bottomed Out,’ NBCU CEO Jeff Shell Says Jon Lafayette published 26 January 23 Weakness seen to continue in first half, then a recovery, maybe
Trump Blasts DirecTV for Dropping Newsmax Jon Lafayette published 26 January 23 Donald Trump Jr. calls for boycott
Groups Pan Meta Plan To Reinstate Trump Accounts By John Eggerton published 26 January 23 Company says there will be guardrails to prevent repeat of dangerous content
Rep. Bob Latta Will Chair House Communications Subcommittee By John Eggerton published 25 January 23 Rep. Buddy Carter to vice chair panel that oversees FCC
It's On: Bally Sports RSNs Headed for Bankruptcy By Daniel Frankel published 25 January 23 Restructuring of Sinclair Broadcast's floundering Diamond Sports Group will see its largest creditors become owners ... and the RSNs' pro team partners bracing for a huge financial hit
NBC Again Gives ‘Night Court’ TV’s Biggest Promo Push: Promo Mojo By Eleanor Semeraro published 25 January 23 And more from our exclusive weekly ranking of the programming networks are promoting most heavily
FCC Seeks Stories About Broadband Access Discrimination By John Eggerton published 25 January 23 Will use as it crafts congressionally-mandated rules
Cover Story: Debra OConnell Makes the Most of ABC Local, National Brands Posted 2022 ‘B+C’ Broadcaster of the Year sets a standard for local TV
Are the Golden Globes Still Golden? Posted NBC is airing the awards after dropping the 2022 ceremony. Are the Globes ready for primetime?
Diverse Movies Offer a Melting Pot of Holiday Cheer Posted Christmas-themed original films deliver on-screen inclusion
The Five Spot: Chris McGurk, Chairman and CEO, Cinedigm Posted Business guy who loves movies is bullish on television’s FAST future
Freeze Frame: Diversity Week 2022 Posted Event photos from Diversity Week in New York, the 2022 Cable TV Pioneers gala in Philadelphia and more.
Craig Cowden, Top Charter Wireless Tech Exec, Sets Exit Plan By Daniel Frankel published 13 January 23 Cowden, who has been instrumental in the engineering designs of Spectrum Mobile and Charter's CBRS strategy, will depart at the end of March
CommScope Announces New 'HomeVantage' Line of Open-Sourced, Carrier Grade Wi-Fi Gateways - CES 2023 By Daniel Frankel published 4 January 23 Wi-Fi 7-enabled devices feature RDK and OpenWrt firmware stacks
Hallmark Movies Now Gains Support on Vizio SmartCast By Daniel Frankel published 22 December 22 Sure, they missed the holiday-movie onslaught, but the $5.99-a-month Hallmark SVOD is now available to 16.5 million active SmartCast users for wedding season
Charter Outlines a Relatively Cheap, $5.5 Billion '10G' Network Upgrade Plan ... But Wall Street Is Unimpressed By Daniel Frankel published 14 December 22 Charter showed off a plan to upgrade most of its footprint to next-generation broadband tech by 2025 at half the cost of what Comcast is paying. But that was apparently still too expensive for The Street
Comcast Announces First 'Live' 10G FDX DOCSIS 4.0 Connection By Daniel Frankel published 12 December 22 Comcast said it hooked up a real Philadelphia business to symmetrical multi-gigabit internet using Full Duplex DOCSIS 4.0 Tech. Sets up wide-scale '10G' deployment to start in 2023
Groups Pan Meta Plan To Reinstate Trump Accounts By John Eggerton published 26 January 23 Company says there will be guardrails to prevent repeat of dangerous content
Rep. Bob Latta Will Chair House Communications Subcommittee By John Eggerton published 25 January 23 Rep. Buddy Carter to vice chair panel that oversees FCC
FCC Seeks Stories About Broadband Access Discrimination By John Eggerton published 25 January 23 Will use as it crafts congressionally-mandated rules
Justice Department’s Google Suit Could Aid Broadcasters in Big Tech Battle By John Eggerton published 24 January 23 NAB has called for government to target anti-competitive ad dominance
Republican House Members Question Possible Drop of Newsmax by DirecTV By Jon Lafayette published 24 January 23 Satellite operator says channel seeks ‘significant fees’
