BET, Tyler Perry to Produce Special on COVID-19 Vaccine R. Thomas Umstead ‘COVID-19 Vaccine and the Black Community: A Tyler Perry Special’ Debuts Jan. 28
Verizon Network Problem Takes Down Internet Across Northeast Daniel Frankel Now resolved issue affected millions of users spanning Washington, D.C., to Boston Tuesday
FCC's Geoffrey Starks: Digital Disparities Must Not Stand John Eggerton Provides his take on how emergency broadband funding should be handed out
Canoe Receives Emmy Award for Technology and Engineering Jon Lafayette Canoe Ventures was awarded a Technology and Engineering Emmy for cross-MVPD dynamic ad insertion for cable network video-on-demand content.
Sec. 230 gets Academic Once-Over at State of Net Conference By John Eggerton Issue likely to draw a Hill crowd this session
What’s Premiering This Week (Jan. 25-Jan. 31) By R. Thomas Umstead HBO Max debuts Denzel Washington starrer ‘The Little Things’
NCTA: Broadband Pledgers Should Qualify for Emergency Funds By John Eggerton The new FCC is getting a lot of help as it prepares to hand out $3.2 billion in Emergency Broadband Program (EBB) aid Congress appropriated as part of its COVID-19 relief package.
Amazon’s IMDb TV Launches on Roku as Standalone App By Daniel Frankel AVOD service was previously only available on the No. 1 OTT platform through the vast expanses of the Prime Video app
Nickelodeon Adds Animation Production Operations Execs By Jon Lafayette Brian Keane will be joining Nickelodeon Animation Studios as executive VP of production and operations, a new position, as ViacomCBS’s kids business staffs up its animation division.
Cover Story: Fringe Benefits After a year of pandemic-fueled gains, cable operators are rolling out the broadband carpet by extending their networks deeper into less-populated areas
Greg Daniels Knows What Works in Streaming: He Created ‘The Office’ Producer says comedy’s switch to Peacock is ‘exceeding expectations’
El Rey Network (2013-2020) Seeks Digital Afterlife Multicultural channel talks to streaming services after discontinuing linear feed
Edward Burns Period Piece ‘Bridge and Tunnel’ Hits Epix Twenty-somethings eye big city but are reluctant to leave their hometown
TiVo Partners With Voice ID Company Pindrop By Daniel Frankel Applications could include everything from basic authentication to differentiating user recommendation profiles
Univision App Comes to Amazon Fire TV By Daniel Frankel TV Everywhere app, which features content from Univision, UniMás and Galavisión, deploys on platform ahead of new Prende service
Charter Still ‘In Process’ of Managed WiFi Rollout By Daniel Frankel No. 2 U.S. operator Charter still hasn’t deployed managed WiFi in key markets such as Los Angeles
LG Debuts Major WebOS Upgrade By Daniel Frankel Version 6.0 of LG's WebOS will include improved Magic Remote
Paramount Plus Gets March 4 Launch Date, but Questions Remain By Daniel Frankel ViacomCBS confirmed a March 4 launch date for the new Paramount Plus subscription service, but key distribution options remained a question
Sec. 230 gets Academic Once-Over at State of Net Conference By John Eggerton Issue likely to draw a Hill crowd this session
NCTA: Broadband Pledgers Should Qualify for Emergency Funds By John Eggerton The new FCC is getting a lot of help as it prepares to hand out $3.2 billion in Emergency Broadband Program (EBB) aid Congress appropriated as part of its COVID-19 relief package.
Rep. Anna Eshoo: Country Suffers from COVID-19 Online 'Info-demic' By John Eggerton Said the issue is rooted in algorithmic product design
Sen. Ed Markey: Facebook Was Apparently Used to Plan Capitol Insurrection By John Eggerton Wants answers on why it is reportedly still recommending political groups