CNN Said It Fired Three Staffers Who Came to Office Unvaccinated Jon Lafayette CEO Jeff Zucker postpones return to office date
Longtime C-SPAN Counsel Bruce Collins Retires Kent Gibbons Legally prominent exec, who also hosted on-air programs, joined public-affairs programmer in 1982
Most Consumers Still Prefer to Stream, J.D. Power Report Says Mike Farrell Nearly 80% of consumers say streaming habits haven’t changed; Netflix’s ‘Lucifer’ is most streamed show
Fox News Names Jacqui Heinrich as White House Correspondent R. Thomas Umstead Aishah Hasnie, Alexandria Hoff named to DC posts
HBO To Debut Pandemic-Themed Documentary in August R. Thomas Umstead 'In the Same Breath' debuts Aug. 18
ESPN To Cover NBA Summer League Games R. Thomas Umstead All 75 contests to air live across ESPN platforms
A&E Bringing Back ‘Cold Case Files,’ ‘American Justice’ With New Episodes By Jon Lafayette A&E Networks said it is bringing back its classic series Cold Case Files and American Justice with new episodes, starting Aug. 20.
Disney, Mediacom Reach Carriage Agreement By Mike Farrell Multi-year deal includes addition of ACC Network in September
Fox Business to Revamp Primetime Programming Lineup By R. Thomas Umstead Mike Rowe, Stuart Varney, Cheryl Casone to host shows
Lumen Technologies Stock Drops in Wake of Apollo Deal By Mike Farrell Shares of former CenturyLink fall 13% after pact to sell ILEC assets for $7.5 billion
Perry Sook: '84% Of The Country Has No Earthly Idea' What NewsNation Is By Jon Lafayette CEO says Nexstar will spend more than $10 million on promo campaign for news network after Labor Day
Cover Story: Local TV Connects Amid Crises Posted Multiple stories of a lifetime arrived in a short period of time, and all had critical local angles that viewers wanted — and needed
WOW Cable-System Sales Highlight Valuation Disparity Posted Overbuilder sells five markets for $1.786 billion, or 11 times cash flow
Casting Conversation: The Fine Line Between Art and Realism Posted Representation of the LGBTQ+ community continues to make inroads
Streaming Paves a Path for Addressable Ads Posted Invidi launches two initiatives that would ramp up personalization
Growing UFO Interest Spawns Cable, Streaming Shows Posted Recent government reports on possible alien sightings spur rash of related content
Verizon Fios TV App Now Supported by Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV 4K By Daniel Frankel Verizon, which lost another 62,000 linear pay TV customers in the second quarter, expands its TV app beyond iOS and Android mobile
Altice USA Launches 'Stream' Android TV Device for Broadband-only Customers By Daniel Frankel Xfinity Flex-like box is free to cable operator's 1-gig customers
SCTE Opens Cable-Tec Expo 2021 Registration By Kent Gibbons Convention returns to live gathering Oct. 11-14 in Atlanta
Android TV Operator Tier to Control 23% of Pay TV Set-tops by 2026 By Daniel Frankel Rethink Research predicts Google will be the dominant OS supplier for what’s left of the pay TV ecosystem
Streaming Paves a Path for Addressable Ads By Alan Wolk Invidi launches two initiatives that would ramp up personalization
CBS Stations To Air Special on President Biden COVID-19 Remarks By John Eggerton President to talk up vaccinations in wake of Delta variant
House Bill Would Make Streamers, Others Pay into Broadband Subsidy Fund By John Eggerton FCC asked to consider expanding contributions to Big Tech
FCC Upholds Record $10M Retrans Fine Against Sinclair-Managed TV Stations By John Eggerton Commission is unpersuaded by calls for lower penalties
Biden Signals Compromise on Bill with Billions for Broadband By John Eggerton Money would be tied to speed, price and competition
