Paramount Plus Punches Up Sylvester Stallone Reality Series R. Thomas Umstead published 2 February 23 ‘Rocky,’ ‘Tulsa King’ actor to star in ‘The Family Stallone’ series launching this spring
NAB Says FCC Should Wrap Up Overdue 2018 Regulatory Review ASAP John Eggerton published 2 February 23 Broadcast group asks agency to suspend 2022 proceeding until it has done so
Laila Ali Hosts Branded Content for Ancestry on History Channel Jon Lafayette published 2 February 23 Segments celebrate women who made an impact
Cowgirl Channel Comes Out of the Chute on Dish, Sling TV Jon Lafayette published 2 February 23 New network from Rural Media Group launches February 5
DirecTV Names Drew Groner Senior VP, Head of Agency and Client Partnerships Jon Lafayette published 2 February 23 Exec will lead addressable, digital and data enabled ad sales
Bravo Rings Up Series Featuring R&B Groups SWV, Xscape R. Thomas Umstead published 2 February 23 ‘SWV & Escape: The Queens of R&B’ debuts March 5
Six Nations Rugby on Peacock and CNBC Starting February 4-5 By Michael Malone published 1 February 23 England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales face off on the pitch
GOP Senators Seek Info From DirecTV on Newsmax Drop By John Eggerton published 1 February 23 Said satellite provider’s business decision looked like discrimination to them
Smaller Audiences Force New Ideas in Syndication By Paige Albiniak published 1 February 23 Renewals come fast and furious in January
Rep. Chris Stewart Proposes Social Media Ban By John Eggerton published 1 February 23 Utah Republican’s new bill would prevent those 15 and under from accessing sites
SCAD TVfest Happens in Atlanta February 9-11 By Michael Malone published 1 February 23 Panels for Fox’s ‘Accused’, The CW’s ‘All American: Homecoming’, Disney Plus’s ‘American Born Chinese’, others
Cover Story: Debra OConnell Makes the Most of ABC Local, National Brands Posted 2022 ‘B+C’ Broadcaster of the Year sets a standard for local TV
Are the Golden Globes Still Golden? Posted NBC is airing the awards after dropping the 2022 ceremony. Are the Globes ready for primetime?
Diverse Movies Offer a Melting Pot of Holiday Cheer Posted Christmas-themed original films deliver on-screen inclusion
The Five Spot: Chris McGurk, Chairman and CEO, Cinedigm Posted Business guy who loves movies is bullish on television’s FAST future
Freeze Frame: Diversity Week 2022 Posted Event photos from Diversity Week in New York, the 2022 Cable TV Pioneers gala in Philadelphia and more.
Craig Cowden, Top Charter Wireless Tech Exec, Sets Exit Plan By Daniel Frankel published 13 January 23 Cowden, who has been instrumental in the engineering designs of Spectrum Mobile and Charter's CBRS strategy, will depart at the end of March
CommScope Announces New 'HomeVantage' Line of Open-Sourced, Carrier Grade Wi-Fi Gateways - CES 2023 By Daniel Frankel published 4 January 23 Wi-Fi 7-enabled devices feature RDK and OpenWrt firmware stacks
Hallmark Movies Now Gains Support on Vizio SmartCast By Daniel Frankel published 22 December 22 Sure, they missed the holiday-movie onslaught, but the $5.99-a-month Hallmark SVOD is now available to 16.5 million active SmartCast users for wedding season
Charter Outlines a Relatively Cheap, $5.5 Billion '10G' Network Upgrade Plan ... But Wall Street Is Unimpressed By Daniel Frankel published 14 December 22 Charter showed off a plan to upgrade most of its footprint to next-generation broadband tech by 2025 at half the cost of what Comcast is paying. But that was apparently still too expensive for The Street
Comcast Announces First 'Live' 10G FDX DOCSIS 4.0 Connection By Daniel Frankel published 12 December 22 Comcast said it hooked up a real Philadelphia business to symmetrical multi-gigabit internet using Full Duplex DOCSIS 4.0 Tech. Sets up wide-scale '10G' deployment to start in 2023
GOP Senators Seek Info From DirecTV on Newsmax Drop By John Eggerton published 1 February 23 Said satellite provider’s business decision looked like discrimination to them
Rep. Chris Stewart Proposes Social Media Ban By John Eggerton published 1 February 23 Utah Republican’s new bill would prevent those 15 and under from accessing sites
Libraries Prep Paper on FCC Broadband Map Deficits By John Eggerton published 1 February 23 Regulator points out that Congress limited maps to mass-market service
Ad Agencies: It’s Time to Help Resolve Our Privacy Issues By John Eggerton published 31 January 23 ANA, 4A’s distance themselves from IAB stance on particular efforts to legislate fixes
Preston Padden: ISPs Complicit in Smear Campaign Against FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn By John Eggerton published 30 January 23 Former Fox, Disney lobbyist tells Congress to ignore ‘tabloid trash’ and vote to confirm
