Comcast, Charter Eye Wireless-Broadband Double Play Mike Farrell Cable chiefs say combination of broadband and wireless could be stickier than video-broadband play
PBS To Air Muhammad Ali Documentary Series in September R. Thomas Umstead Ken Burns-produced series to debut Sept. 19
David Zaslav: Discovery Gets More Revenue Per Sub With DTC Than With Cable Jon Lafayette Digital platform provides parity pricing to broadcast
FCC's Jessica Rosenworcel Asks Broadcasters to Promote Broadband John Eggerton Says as first informers, they can get word out to eligible EBB recipients
Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Sweeps Primetime, Total Day Charts R. Thomas Umstead Marks 12th consecutive weekly win on both charts
AMC Plus Sets July Premiere Date for ‘The Beast Must Die’ Miniseries R. Thomas Umstead Thriller to debut on streaming service July 5
'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' Leads Movies Coming From Adult Swim By Jon Lafayette 'Metalocalypse,' 'The Venture Bros.' films also greenlit for DVD, VOD, HBO Max and cable
Study: Broadcasters Deliver Record Amount of Local News By John Eggerton For the second year in a row, local TV stations produced a record amount of news in 2020 despite pandemic-related budget cuts and revenue shortfalls.
Xfinity Flex Now Up to 3.5 Million Deployments By Mike Farrell Cable CEO Dave Watson outlines possible future scenarios for broadband-only service
Nickelodeon’s ‘Baby Shark’ Shows Sharp Ratings Teeth By Jon Lafayette Nickelodeon said its new series, Baby Shark’s Big Show! is generating big ratings two months since its TV premiere on March 26.
State AGs Warn Facebook Against Kids Instagram By John Eggerton Allege past failures to protect children online
Cover Story: It’s Upfront Plus as More Commercials Come to SVOD Posted Ad dollars will flow to streaming, but are there enough eyeballs available for sale?
Operators Brace for Spike in NFL Costs Posted Analysts expect big license-fee hikes to pay for 10-year, $95 billion pacts
Broadband Infusion in Biden Plan Faces Challenges Posted Muni cable, speed requirements and wireless role add legislative hurdles
TVision Fades to Black, a Sign of Pay TV Uncertainty Posted T-Mobile’s surrender is a landmark defeat for traditional platforms
CommScope Says Combination Remote PHY/MACPHY DAA Solution Ready for Field Trials By Daniel Frankel Showcased during October’s virtual Cable-Tec Expo, the E6000n RD2333 RxD Distributed Access Architecture solution is a precursor to DOCSIS 4.0
Dish’s AWS Deal to Put 5G in the Cloud: ‘Like Netflix in a Blockbuster World,’ Ergen Says By Daniel Frankel Dish Chairman claims he based his original astoundingly low $10 billion estimate to build his 5G network with foresight that it would eventually be hoisted into the cloud
There’s More to Roku vs. Google Than the Usual Dollars and Sense By Alan Wolk YouTube TV’s potential separation from OTT platform raises issues Google wants to avoid
Comcast Touts 4G Speeds from DOCSIS 4 Device By John Eggerton Comcast said it has conducted the first ever lab test of a device it said will allow it to deliver multi-gigabit upload and download speeds over a hybrid-fiber coaxial (HFC) cable.
Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile Undercuts the Big 3 on Unlimited 5G By Daniel Frankel New pricing model competes favorably with AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile
Study: Broadcasters Deliver Record Amount of Local News By John Eggerton For the second year in a row, local TV stations produced a record amount of news in 2020 despite pandemic-related budget cuts and revenue shortfalls.
State AGs Warn Facebook Against Kids Instagram By John Eggerton Allege past failures to protect children online
FCC Emergency Broadband Subsidy Program Launches May 12 By John Eggerton Agency says it will provide updates on distribution of $3.2 billion
Sens. Markey, Cassidy Introduce Update to Online Child-Protection Law By John Eggerton COPPA would expand to teens, create personal info 'eraser button'
NAB on TV White Spaces: No More Microsoft Hand-Outs for 'Failing Experiment' By John Eggerton NAB says Microsoft's suggestion of terrain-based interference test is 'disingenuous'
