Disney, Dish In Handshake Deal to End Blackout Of ESPN, Other Networks Jon Lafayette published 3 October 22 Channels restored to satellite and Sling TV customers while details are worked out
The Mother of All Pay TV Blackouts? ESPN Takedown on Dish and Sling TV Stirs Football Fan Revolt Daniel Frankel published 2 October 22 Sure, it's all over now. But for two desperate days, YouTube TV was flooded with refugees desperately looking to stream the big game
Dems' Latino Lead Drops in NBC/Telemundo Poll John Eggerton published 2 October 22 But large majority still favor their control of Congress
WINK-TV Fort Myers Back on Air John Eggerton published 1 October 22 Station hit by Ian is broadcasting from transmitter site
Disney Networks Blacked Out on Dish Network, Sling TV Jon Lafayette published 1 October 22 Dish accuses Disney of 'prioritizing greed'
Marquee Sports Plans Alternate Gambling Feed on Marquee Plus App Jon Lafayette published 30 September 22 Presented by Draft Kings, broadcast features Matt Spiegel, Danny Parkins, Lance Brozdowski
N.Y. Mets-Atlanta Braves; Patrick Mahomes vs. Tom Brady: What's On This Weekend in TV Sports (Oct. 1-2) By R. Thomas Umstead published 30 September 22 A look at the weekend's top TV sports events on broadcast, cable and streaming services
Ex-ESPN On-Air Host Rachel Nichols Joins Showtime By R. Thomas Umstead published 30 September 22 Nichols joins Showtime Basketball after controversial departure from ESPN
GOP Leaders Call for Streamlined Permitting for Broadband Buildout By John Eggerton published 30 September 22 Say that includes promoting cost-effective access to poles, rights of way
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’
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
GOP Leaders Call for Streamlined Permitting for Broadband Buildout By John Eggerton published 30 September 22 Say that includes promoting cost-effective access to poles, rights of way
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
