AMC Networks Restructuring To Result in $350-$475 Million Charge Jon Lafayette published 1 December 22 Severance and retention costs total $50 million to $75 million
'The Mandalorian' Season Three on Disney Plus March 1 Michael Malone published 1 December 22 Din Djarin headed back to Mandalore in 'Star Wars' series
Syndication Ratings: 'Jeopardy' Leads Many Syndies in Hitting Season Highs Paige Albiniak published 1 December 22 'Jeopardy' was buoyed by Tournament of Champions, while less competition and daylight helped rest of pack in week ended November 20
World Cup Coup: Google TV and Android TV Devices Get Access to FIFA+ App Via VIDAA Deal Daniel Frankel published 1 December 22 Google carves out distribution agreement with Hisense-owned TVOS maker, which has exclusive rights to the soccer-focused app and its coverage of the World Cup
Gray Names Curtis Miles GM of Kansas City Stations Jon Lafayette published 1 December 22 Exec previously ran WAOW, Wausau, Wisconsin
Groups Say Streamers Are Still Marketing Violence to Kids John Eggerton published 1 December 22 Seek FTC investigation
DirecTV Integrates Discovery Plus Into Service Offering By Daniel Frankel published 1 December 22 DirecTV satellite TV and DirectTV Stream customers who subscribe to the SVOD through their pay TV service get $2 off their monthly bill
Netflix Teases 'Harry & Meghan' Documentary By R. Thomas Umstead published 1 December 22 Lives of Duke and Duchess of Sussex portrayed in six-part series
Ad Campaigns Get Optimal Reach With 40-45 Networks, Effectv Reports By Jon Lafayette published 1 December 22 Analysis finds 6% gain in reach per five networks added until point of diminishing returns achieved
Xumo TV: Everything You Need to Know About the Comcast and Charter Streaming OS Joint Venture By Scott Lehane published 1 December 22 An up-to-date look at the TVOS JV being launched by America’s biggest cable operators
ESPN Nets Professional Pickleball Association Team Championships Event By R. Thomas Umstead published 30 November 22 PPA Tour bubly Team Championships finals to air December 18 on ABC
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
Xumo TV: Everything You Need to Know About the Comcast and Charter Streaming OS Joint Venture By Scott Lehane published 1 December 22 An up-to-date look at the TVOS JV being launched by America’s biggest cable operators
Shane Portfolio Joins Charter as Senior VP, Network Engineering By Jon Lafayette published 30 November 22 Gary Koerper, Make Baldino promoted to senior VP
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
Congress Must Provide Clarity on America’s Wireless Future By Evan Swarztrauber, Luke Hogg published 28 November 22 Reauthorization affords an opportunity to refine FCC’s spectrum auction authority
FCC Broadens Ban on Risky Communications Equipment By John Eggerton published 25 November 22 Extends prohibitions on tech from ZTE, Huawei, Hytera and others
Big Tech Sees More State-Level Attacks on Content Moderation By John Eggerton published 23 November 22 Says over 250 bills have been introduced
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
