FCC Upholds Record $10M Retrans Fine Against Sinclair-Managed TV Stations John Eggerton Commission is unpersuaded by calls for lower penalties
HGTV Greenlights New Season of ‘Good Bones’ Series R. Thomas Umstead Show follows mother-daughter real estate team
Acquisitions Help Soften the Blow for Altice USA in Q2 Mike Farrell Morris Broadband buy helps offset customer losses in quarter
We tv Locks Down August Date for 'Life After Lockup' Return R. Thomas Umstead Third season of reality series debuts Aug. 27
ESPN Launches '2021NBA Draft' Coverage on July 29 R. Thomas Umstead ABC, ESPN to simulcast first round of the draft
Biden Signals Compromise on Bill with Billions for Broadband By John Eggerton Money would be tied to speed, price and competition
Crown Media’s Mahogany Greeting Card Brand to Extend into Original Movies By R. Thomas Umstead Hallmark Movies & Mysteries to offer African-American centric movies under brand
Analysts Brace for Broadband Slowdown By Mike Farrell Comcast, Charter and Altice USA all slated to report earnings later this week
NBC, E! Air ‘People’s Choice Awards’ Dec. 7 By Michael Malone Event celebrates fan favorites in movies, TV, music
Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Tops Primetime for Third Straight Week By R. Thomas Umstead USA Network’s Olympics coverage boosts network's top five primetime finish
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
Biden Signals Compromise on Bill with Billions for Broadband By John Eggerton Money would be tied to speed, price and competition
FCC's Rosenworcel: More Than 4 Million Tap Into Broadband Benefit By John Eggerton Acting FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel said that more than four million households have signed up for a new Biden Administration emergency broadband subsidy program.
Hearst's Steven Swartz Signs Infrastructure Bill Boosting Letter By John Eggerton Business leaders ask Congress to pass bipartisan bill
FCC Tees Up Return of Broadcast Staff Diversity Reporting By John Eggerton The FCC has taken a step toward potentially restoring the mandate that broadcasters file data on the diversity of their workforces and that the data be available to the public.
CBS, ABC, NBC To Blanket Capitol Attack Committee Hearing By John Eggerton NBC will make its broadcast network special report optional
