Hill Looks To Expand Broadband Subsidy Contribution Base John Eggerton published 29 March 23 FCC would be required to undertake rulemaking to that effect
Paramount Plus Renews 'Star Trek' Spinoffs ‘Strange New Worlds,’ ‘Lower Decks' R. Thomas Umstead published 28 March 23 Animated kids series 'Star Trek: Prodigy' returns this winter
Adult Swim Greenlights ‘Royal Crackers’ Second Season R. Thomas Umstead published 28 March 23 Animated comedy premieres April 2 on the network
Charter Buys Maine’s Bee Line Cable Daniel Frankel published 28 March 23 Acquisition of Central Maine operator accompanies an $82 million investment to compete more forcefully against fiber rivals in the region
‘The Power’ Charges Amazon Prime Video: What’s Premiering This Week (March 27-April 2) R. Thomas Umstead published 28 March 23 A list of original new and returning series, movies and documentaries debuting this week on cable and streaming
Game Show Network Touts New Series In Upfront Pitch Jon Lafayette published 28 March 23 ‘Split Second,’ ‘Blank Slate,’ ‘Ridiculous,’ Hey Yahoo! get green light
‘Succession’ Season 4 Debut Draw’s 2.3 Million Viewers By Jon Lafayette published 28 March 23 New high for series as it heads towards finale
Yankees Return to Amazon Prime Video for ’23 Season By Jon Lafayette published 28 March 23 20 games to stream exclusively in New York area
Season 2 Premiere of Showtime’s ‘Yellowjackets’ Draws 2 Million Viewers By Jon Lafayette published 28 March 23 Most-streamed debut ever for network
Pickleball Slam Laces Up K-Swiss As Official Shoe By Jon Lafayette published 28 March 23 Tennis footwear maker sponsors event to be televised on ESPN
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
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
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
Comcast Reaches Major '10G' Milestone With the Introduction of CommScope Prototype FDX Amplifiers By Daniel Frankel published 27 February 23 Hardware is crucial to Comcast's deployment of its next-generation multi-gigabit DOCSIS 4.0 network
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