Comcast NBCU Picks Startups For Latest Lift Labs Accelerator Jon Lafayette published 15 August 22 Tech companies get mentored by execs from Comcast units
Nexstar Media Acquires 75% Stake in The CW Network Jon Lafayette published 15 August 22 Mark Pedowitz stays on as CEO
Disney Imagineers a Great Headline, But the Coming Months May Be More Complicated (Bloom) David Bloom published 15 August 22 The three Disney-owned streaming services now have ever-so-slightly more subscribers together than Netflix does all by itself. Did someone in Burbank just come up with a perfect distraction?
YouTube Continues to Build 'Channels' App Aggregation Store: Report Daniel Frankel published 14 August 22 YouTube wants to let users subscribe to other streaming services through its app, just like Amazon Prime Video Channels
Yankees, Red Sox Face Off: What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (August 13-14) R. Thomas Umstead published 12 August 22 A look at the weekend's top TV sports events on broadcast, cable and streaming services
Court Upholds FCC Decision to Share V2V Spectrum with Wi-Fi John Eggerton published 12 August 22 Says decision was not arbitrary or capricious
Cable Finally Loses Broadband Market Share in Q2 with First Negative Growth Quarter Ever By Daniel Frankel published 11 August 22 The top seven U.S. cable companies collectively lost over 60,000 subscribers from April - June
Crown Media Family Networks Rebrands as Hallmark Media By Jessika Walsten published 11 August 22 Move to Hallmark Media aligns the networks and streaming service with parent Hallmark Cards
Prime Video Scores ‘Good Neighbors’ Soccer Docuseries By R. Thomas Umstead published 11 August 22 Three-part sports documentary chronicles Mexico-U.S. soccer rivalry
Shannon Bream Gets Permanent ‘Fox News Sunday' Gig By John Eggerton published 11 August 22 First woman to host the Sunday news and public-affairs show
'Rise' Film to Stream Across Disney Bundle By R. Thomas Umstead published 11 August 22 Disney Plus's basketball-theme movie based on lives of Antetokounmpo family debuts on Hulu, ESPN Plus on August 18
Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2022: Hollywood Heroes Posted Fifteen power players, L.A.’s Woman of Influence will get their due June 6
40 Under 40 L.A. 2022: Meet the West Coast’s Up-and-Comers Posted Executives on the rise will be recognized at June 7 live event in Beverly Hills
Emmy Voters Immerse Themselves in New Worlds Posted Voting begins with Television Academy set to unveil nominees on July 12
Has Cable Broadband Hit the Wall? Posted Some analysts fear cable high-speed data will never recover as ‘unfettered feast on DSL’ end
Programmers Rev Up Female Superpower Posted A realistic new breed of women-led superhero shows serves youth, diversity
As Comcast, Charter and Altice Add Nearly 700K Wireless Customers in Q2, 'Junior Cable' Gets Ready to Join the Mobile Fray By Daniel Frankel published 10 August 22 Wireless companies are looking to steal fixed ISP marketshare from cable, but a wave of tier 2 & 3 MSOs are coming for their lunch, too
Verizon Loses Fastest ISP Crown to Cox Communications By Daniel Frankel published 10 August 22 Verizon had finished No. 1 every quarter in the Ookla Speedtest Intelligence speed rankings since the beginning of 2020
DirecTV Says Dish Network 5G Plan Will Wreak Havoc on Its Satellite TV Signals By Daniel Frankel published 25 July 22 Dish wants to deploy 5G wireless services in the 12 GHz spectrum band. DirecTV thinks that's going be a problem
Charter to Cut Off CableCARD Support By Daniel Frankel published 11 July 22 Network upgrades will render already obsolete cable-TV security standard utterly useless for the small number of loyal cable customers still using it in their TiVo and SiliconDust DVRs
Charter Launches AI Security Feature for Managed Wi-Fi Customers By Daniel Frankel published 6 July 22 Security Shield provides 'cyber-security at the network level' for those who pay $5 a month for a Spectrum router
FTC Signals Rules Targeting ‘Commercial Surveillance’ By John Eggerton published 11 August 22 Chair Lina Khan points to issues with host of online data collection, monetization practices
NCTA: FCC Must Maintain TV Simulcast Mandate By John Eggerton published 11 August 22 Said ATSC 3.0 is slow rolling and sunset deadline must be moved
OneWeb, Intelsat Team on Hybrid In-Flight Broadband By John Eggerton published 11 August 22 Will pitch multi-orbit solution to fill coverage gaps
CCIA Launches Research Center By John Eggerton published 11 August 22 Comes as computer companies face Washington pushback
FCC Rejects Starlink RDOF Grant By John Eggerton published 10 August 22 Said its proposal was risky and did not meet program requirements
