Former Facebook Exec Carolyn Everson Named A Director at Walt Disney Co. Jon Lafayette published 30 September 22 Move follows pressure from investor Third Point to add media experience to board
Netflix Documentary ‘Into the Deep’ Looks Into Kim Wall Murder Michael Malone published 30 September 22 Swedish journalist murdered in a submarine by Danish inventor Peter Madsen
Ex-ESPN On-Air Host Rachel Nichols Joins Showtime R. Thomas Umstead published 30 September 22 Nichols joins Showtime Basketball after controversial departure from ESPN
Warner Bros. Discovery Sued for Allegedly Cooking Pre-Merger HBO Max Subscriber Numbers Daniel Frankel published 30 September 22 At least two shareholder suits claim that Warner inflated its HBO subscriber count by as many as 10 million users in SEC filings
GOP Leaders Call for Streamlined Permitting for Broadband Buildout John Eggerton published 30 September 22 Say that includes promoting cost-effective access to poles, rights of way
TV Scares Up New Original Programming for Halloween R. Thomas Umstead published 30 September 22 Month-long celebration features horror-themed scripted series, movie premieres
Hurricane Ian Marks Debut of FCC Cross-Agency Disaster Info Sharing By John Eggerton published 30 September 22 Commission pledges to protect confidentiality of industry-provided data
FCC Union Backs Gigi Sohn for FCC Seat By John Eggerton published 30 September 22 Says further delay hurts ‘workforce and consumers’
FCC Seeks Staffing Info on Standard General-Tegna By John Eggerton published 30 September 22 Also wants retrans-related documents in second request
Series Business: 'The Equalizer' Showrunners Joseph C. Wilson and Adam Glass By Michael Malone published 30 September 22 B+C's Michael Malone speaks with exec producers about a new show or a new season
FuboTV Tops J.D. Power Streaming Ranks While Dish Leads Cable/Satellite Providers as Consumers Say Price Drives Satisfaction By Mike Farrell published 29 September 22 Cable and satellite average 699 satisfaction score, streamers average 774; Dish ranks first in three categories
Cover Story: A TV Field of Their Own Posted Women’s sports are getting unprecedented airtime, audiences
For Women in the Game, Title IX Is Bigger Than Sports Posted Landmark law, now 50, opened a field of opportunities to this year’s class of top women TV sports executives
40 Under 40 New York: TV’s Best and Brightest Hit the Big City Posted NYC TV Week gala returns to honor the industry’s emerging executives
SCTE Cable-Expo Preview: It’s All About the Broadband Posted After two years of virtual meetings, technology gathering becomes in-person event again
Cable Hall of Fame Comes Back for a Gala N.Y. Night Posted 2022 class set to be honored in person at red-carpet event
Spectrum TV App Launches on (Tens? Hundreds? Thousands?) of XClass Smart TVs By Daniel Frankel published 26 September 22 Charter, which is now a JV partner in Comcast’s quest to take its X1/Flex TVOS out-of-footprint, puts its video app on the platform
Bally Sports Plus Launches on Roku By Daniel Frankel published 26 September 22 Sinclair discloses major distribution deal on the day of the OTT service's national launch
Comcast Successfully Tests 'Final' Piece of '10G' FDX DOCSIS 4.0 Network By Daniel Frankel published 21 September 22 At SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, Comcast says it can now deliver symmetrical 4 Gbps speeds over its next-generation cable network. Actual services will start rolling out to customers in late 2023
RDK Software Stack Now Touts 100 Million Device Deployments By Daniel Frankel published 8 September 22 Open-sourced Reference Design Kit, jointly developed by Comcast, Charter and Liberty, continues to proliferate into pay TV set-tops and broadband gateways
Next TV Innovation Awards: Innovators Shaping Video’s Evolution By Daniel Frankel published 6 September 22 Meet the influential technologists, creators and business execs being honored at the Next TV Summit on Sept. 13
Hurricane Ian Marks Debut of FCC Cross-Agency Disaster Info Sharing By John Eggerton published 30 September 22 Commission pledges to protect confidentiality of industry-provided data
FCC Union Backs Gigi Sohn for FCC Seat By John Eggerton published 30 September 22 Says further delay hurts ‘workforce and consumers’
FCC Seeks Staffing Info on Standard General-Tegna By John Eggerton published 30 September 22 Also wants retrans-related documents in second request
Bill Exempts Broadband Providers from Taxes on Infrastructure Billions By John Eggerton published 29 September 22 Bipartisan legisation meant to insure all monies go to close digital divide
Hurricane Ian Knocks Out Cable/Broadband to Half Million By John Eggerton published 29 September 22 Puerto Rico service continues to come back on line post-Fiona
