What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (April 10-11) R. Thomas Umstead Masters golf tournament, college ice hockey tournament finals drive live sports events
NAB's Gordon Smith To Testify on Vaccine Education Efforts John Eggerton Hill suggests media need help promoting reliable info
Senators Call Apple's Refusal to Testify at App Hearing 'Unacceptable' John Eggerton Sens. Klobuchar, Lee urge CEO Cook to change course
YES Network, Despite Streaming Blackout, Claims Best Opening Week in Nine Years Mike Farrell Nielsen says RSN averaged 391,000 viewers for its first six telecasts of 2021 season
Phoebe Robinson Takes on Late Night in New Comedy Central Series R. Thomas Umstead Celebrity interview series ‘Doing The Most with Phoebe Robinson’ debuts April 9
‘The Real Magic Mike’ Ordered By HBO Max Michael Malone Competition series based on movie franchise sees contestants ‘evolve their bodies’ and ‘develop a new level of self-confidence’
Starz Aims To Increase Women Directing Episodes of Shows By Jon Lafayette Networks is working with Alliance of Women Directors as part of #TakeTheLead initiative
Starz Offers First Look at ‘Run The World’ By R. Thomas Umstead Leigh Davenport, Yvette Lee Bowser-produced series debuts May 16
CNN’s John King to Speak at URI Lecture Series April 21 By Michael Malone Chief national correspondent a guest on live-streaming Taricani Series
Showtime Debuts Trailer for Fourth Season of ‘The Chi’ By R. Thomas Umstead Lena Waithe-produced series returns May 23
OAN OTT Launches on Las Vegas OTA By John Eggerton Herring president hopes to expand broadcast distribution of streamed news channel
Cover Story: Byron Allen Wants to Save the World And make a little — or a lot of — money along the way
HBO Leads Pack in NAMIC Vision Awards Nods Premium net on top with 17 nominations for excellence in inclusive content
Islands in the Streams Despite early growth spikes, analysts caution that not all streaming services are alike
Networks Look Overseas for Their Next Big Series More global hits get imported amid pandemic-related production delays
Upstream Broadband Usage Spiked 63% in 2020 By Daniel Frankel Average U.S. consumption swelled from 19 gigabytes a month to 31 GB, OpenVault says
Technicolor Says It’s Now Deployed 10 Million Android TV Set-tops By Daniel Frankel Company also says demand for pay TV set-tops based on the Google OS will increase at a CAGR of 24.6% over the next five years
Dove Channel Joins Frndly TV’s Profitable vMVPD Offering By Jon Lafayette Family-oriented service ended 2020 with 440,000 paid subscribers
T-Mobile Comes to MobiTV’s Rescue By Daniel Frankel Court docs reveal $34 million loss, plan for bailout by biggest customer
Google’s Juanjo Duran: Leveling the Playing Field for Diverse Programming By Stuart Miller Entertainment executive works toward equity in content distribution
FCC Seeks Input on Accessibility Rules By John Eggerton Deaf and blind advocates already said streaming video should be subject to requirements
More Twin Cities BIPOCS Can RISE with Comcast's Help By John Eggerton Company adds more small businesses to diversity program
FCC Signals Potential Different Outcome for Net Neutrality Remand By John Eggerton Tells court to wait until it has made call on recon petitions
CWA Calls for State Public Utility Broadband Regulation By John Eggerton Says ISPs spending Biden's broadband billions need minding
Pew: Social Media Still Draw Crowd Despite D.C.s Concerns By John Eggerton Majority of survey respondents said they use Facebook and YouTube; Reddit shows strong growth
