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Diamond Sports Group

Sinclair Touts Early 74% Conversion Rate for Bally Sports Plus Trial Users, but Additional MLB Rights Cloud DTC Service's Future

Daniel Frankel published 18 August 22

We didn't learn much during Thursday's first earnings call for Sinclair's newly spun-off Diamond Sports Group subsidiary. But we do know that Bally Sports Plus' tougher innings lay ahead of it

Donald Trump

Judge Gives Media Partial Victory in Donald Trump Search Document Challenge

John Eggerton published 18 August 22

Says redacted versions of affidavits should be released

Bad Sisters on Apple TV Plus

Sharon Horgan on Why 'Bad Sisters' Turn Bad

Michael Malone published 18 August 22

Dark Irish comedy from 'Catastrophe' star on Apple TV Plus August 19

Former CNN correspondent Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter Out at CNN

Daniel Frankel published 18 August 22

Chief Media Correspondent will depart after new CNN chief Chris Licht cancel his long-running show, 'Reliable Sources'

T-Mobile building

T-Mobile Agrees to Drop Home Internet Price Claim

John Eggerton published 18 August 22

Self-regulatory body NAD said TV ad pitch was unsupported

The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical

Netflix Lawyers Shut Down Tiktok-Spawned 'Unofficial Bridgerton Musical'

Daniel Frankel published 18 August 22

After Grammy-winning production sells out the Kennedy Center, creator Shondra Rhimes says a 'fun celebration' on social media has become a 'blatant taking of intellectual property'

Chair Lina Khan points to issues with host of online data collection, monetization practices
FTC Signals Rules Targeting ‘Commercial Surveillance’ Chair Lina Khan points to issues with host of online data collection, monetization practices
Fox News, CNN, MSNBC lead total day ratings
Weekly Cable Ratings: FBI Mar-A-Largo Raid Coverage Provides Ratings Boon for Cable News Nets Fox News, CNN, MSNBC lead total day ratings
Customers for Walmart's free-shipping service will receive the $4.99 Paramount Plus tier with limited ads at no additional cost
Walmart To Bundle Paramount Plus with Walmart Plus Customers for Walmart's free-shipping service will receive the $4.99 Paramount Plus tier with limited ads at no additional cost

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Penn State vs. Michigan State 2021

Big Ten Conference Nets Multi-Network TV Rights Deal

By R. Thomas Umstead published 18 August 22

Fox, NBC and CBS to air conference's college football, college basketball games in seven-year deal that cuts out ESPN

Nielsen July

Streaming's Share of TV Viewing Tops Cable for First Time: Nielsen

By Jon Lafayette published 18 August 22

Streaming gets 34.8% of viewing, up 22.6%

Comcast

Comcast Launches MasterClass App on Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex

By Mike Farrell published 17 August 22

Will give Comcast customers access to more than 150 elite instructors like Serena Williams, Simone Biles and Neil deGrasse Tyson

Capitol Hill

State Black Caucus Leaders Endorse Standard General-Tegna

By John Eggerton published 17 August 22

Said deal will boost diversity

An exterior view of the Federal Trade Commission building

FTC Schedules Online Forum on Proposed Online Ad Rules

By John Eggerton published 17 August 22

IAB says rulemaking threatens digital economy

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Inside the Current Issue

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

Tech

Xfinity Mobile

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

Stephouse Networks

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 satellite dish

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

CableCARD

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 Advanced WiFi

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

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Policy

Capitol Hill

State Black Caucus Leaders Endorse Standard General-Tegna

By John Eggerton published 17 August 22

Said deal will boost diversity

An exterior view of the Federal Trade Commission building

FTC Schedules Online Forum on Proposed Online Ad Rules

By John Eggerton published 17 August 22

IAB says rulemaking threatens digital economy

Screengrab of Sen. Richard Blumenthal during tech hearing

Sen. Blumenthal Blasts Google Ads

By John Eggerton published 16 August 22

Said company is skewing search, failing to weed out fraud and abuse

Capitol Building

FCC Seeks Hill Authority to Add Edge to USF Subsidies

By John Eggerton published 15 August 22

Does not say just how it would use that authority, which could include assessing ISPs, but wants flexibility

A gavel on a desk

Court Upholds FCC Decision to Share V2V Spectrum with Wi-Fi

By John Eggerton published 12 August 22

Said decision was not arbitrary or capricious

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