‘State of the Union’ Renewed by SundanceTV Michael Malone Nick Hornby short-episode drama gets second season
Michael Powell Pitches FCC Unity John Eggerton Said every entity has responsibility to help heal divisions
Sling TV Becomes the Latest vMVPD to Give Ground, Ups Price by $5 Daniel Frankel Both Blue and Orange tiers are now priced at $35 a month for new customers
Analysis: Americans Averaged 600 Hours of Netflix in 2020 John Eggerton The Office claims most days in top 10, but originals dominate
U.S. Streaming Video Revenue Surpassed $26.5 Billion in 2020, DEG Says Daniel Frankel 'Transactional' portion of the business grew for the first time since the DVD era, Digital Entertainment Group
Comcast Will Drop or Modify 'Best In-Home Wi-Fi' Claim John Eggerton Comcast has agreed to either drop its advertising claim of "Best In-Home Wi-Fi Experience" or modify it to confine that claim to superior attributes it can support.
AT&T Takes $15.5 Billion Charge in Q4 on Declining Pay TV Biz By Daniel Frankel Move comes as telecom shifts away from ‘high-overhead, premises-type’ operations like DirecTV
Groups Push Digital Civil Rights By John Eggerton Some civil rights groups are using the first days of the new Administration as an "inflection point" to bend the arc of tech priorities toward justice and inclusion.
AT&T CEO John Stankey Targets Q2 for AVOD Version of HBO Max By Daniel Frankel He says telecom’s overall business needs to ‘evolve’ beyond its subscription legacy
‘Resident Alien’ Premieres on Syfy Jan. 27 By Michael Malone Alan Tudyk plays Harry, an alien pretending to be a doctor in a small Colorado town
Sinclair, Bally’s Rebrand Regional Sports Networks By Jon Lafayette Fox Sports Carolinas, Fox Sports Tennessee folded into Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southeast
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
Verizon Network Problem Takes Down Internet Across Northeast By Daniel Frankel Now resolved issue affected millions of users spanning Washington, D.C., to Boston Tuesday
Canoe Receives Emmy Award for Technology and Engineering By Jon Lafayette Canoe Ventures was awarded a Technology and Engineering Emmy for cross-MVPD dynamic ad insertion for cable network video-on-demand content.
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
Groups Push Digital Civil Rights By John Eggerton Some civil rights groups are using the first days of the new Administration as an "inflection point" to bend the arc of tech priorities toward justice and inclusion.
FCC's Jessica Rosenworcel: Time to Think Big, and Act By John Eggerton Acting FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel's first public meeting in the center seat will consist of status reports on works in progress responsive to the Congress' passage of the COVID-19 aid package.
FCC's Geoffrey Starks: Digital Disparities Must Not Stand By John Eggerton Provides his take on how emergency broadband funding should be handed out
