FCC Broadens Ban on Risky Communications Equipment John Eggerton published 25 November 22 Extends prohibitions on tech from ZTE, Huawei, Hytera and others
Comcast's XClass TV-Branded Smart TVs AWOL at Walmart on Black Friday Daniel Frankel published 24 November 22 Hisense-made smart TV's powered by the XClass TV OS, part of Comcast and Charter's newly branded JV, Xumo TV, are out of stock and unavailable for purchase amid the biggest shopping period of the year
HBO Max Sets December 'Lizzo: Live in Concert' Special R. Thomas Umstead published 23 November 22 New Year's Eve concert follows Thanksgiving documentary film about Grammy-winning performer
Black Friday Finds: 5 Sweet Deals on Streaming Gadgets and Services Daniel Frankel published 23 November 22 Fast connected TV devices. Cheap SVOD platforms. It's great to be alive on the Friday after Thanksgiving
Hallmark Channel's ‘Three Wise Men and a Baby’ Holiday Movie Delivers Ratings Gift R. Thomas Umstead published 23 November 22 Finishes as most-watched cable movie of the year with 3.6 million viewers
Big Tech Sees More State-Level Attacks on Content Moderation John Eggerton published 23 November 22 Says over 250 bills have been introduced
A Network of Their Own: TV Sportsplay By R. Thomas Umstead published 22 November 22 Women's Sports Network offers coverage of pro women’s leagues
Weekly Cable Ratings: ESPN Returns to Top Spot in Primetime By R. Thomas Umstead published 22 November 22 Fox Networks stays hot on total day chart
Mike Rowe Gets 'Dirty' on Discovery December 11 By Michael Malone published 22 November 22 'Dirty Jobs' sees host farm deer urine, work on some truly filthy pools
NTIA: ‘Notice and Choice’ Privacy Regime Needs to Go By John Eggerton published 22 November 22 Says potential legislation should not derail strong regulatory effort
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ On Paramount Plus Before Christmas By Michael Malone published 22 November 22 Tom Cruise plays Maverick Mitchell in break-out movie
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
Who Knew? T-Mobile's Neville Ray Says Booming FWA Home Internet Biz Is Built on Spare Network Capacity - 'The Cost of Serving FWA Customers Is De Minimis' By Daniel Frankel published 17 November 22 T-Mobile CEO says the network capacity being used for its fast-growing fixed wireless access service isn't needed for mobile
Fixed Wireless Access Gets Put to the Test in Major Markets - Why 'Middle of the Pack' Looks Good Enough to Us By Daniel Frankel published 17 November 22 According to a new Opensignal report, fast-proliferating 5G FWA services aren't the fastest broadband offerings out there right now. But for the money? Why not?
Gigabit-Speed Internet Is Still in Only 15% of U.S. Internet Homes By Daniel Frankel published 15 November 22 Adoption of 1 Gbps provisioned speed internet has heated up a bit recently, but the uptake remains small given the telecom industry's expensive ramp-up to multi-gigabit speeds
FCC's Geoffrey Starks: Broadcasters Can 'Democratize' Streaming By John Eggerton published 25 October 22 Democratic commissioner suggests government could subsidize that effort
DirecTV Debuts 'SignalSaver,' IP Backup for When Satellite-TV Signal Is Lost By Daniel Frankel published 20 October 22 Residential customers with a high-speed internet connection can take advantage of this new free feature
NTIA: ‘Notice and Choice’ Privacy Regime Needs to Go By John Eggerton published 22 November 22 Says potential legislation should not derail strong regulatory effort
U.S.’s ‘Team Telecom’ OK with Standard General-Tegna Merger By John Eggerton published 18 November 22 Interagency committee says it has no problem with FCC approving deal
FCC Unveils New Broadband Map By John Eggerton published 18 November 22 Commission also updates new mobile broadband speed test
FCC Approves Broadband Label Rules By John Eggerton published 17 November 22 Must be shown at point of sale and accessible to all customers
Senate Democrats Seek FTC Investigation of Twitter By John Eggerton published 17 November 22 Blumenthal-led lawmakers say platform has disregarded user safety, security
