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- December 26
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- FCC Upholds Remaining TV-Station Ownership Limits
- Hulu’s ‘Letterkenny’ Launches Final Season; ’Fool Me Once’ Debuts New Year’s Day on Netflix: What’s Premiering This Week (Dec. 26-Jan. 1)
- What's in Store for '24? FASTs Fall, Par Gets Sliced, Apple Takes a Bigger Bite
- TV One FAST-Tracks Crime & Justice Streaming Service
- Read the December 2023 Issue of ‘B+C Multichannel News’
- December 22
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- 'Next TV's' 10 Most Read Stories From 2023
- Jennifer Wallace Canine Named News Director at WDIV Detroit
- How, When and Where to Watch 'A Christmas Story' This Christmas
- ‘Extended Family’ Review: Jon Cryer’s Return To Sitcoms Has a Familiar Appeal
- DAZN Steps Into PPV Boxing Ring with Anthony Joshua-Deontay Wilder Card
- NBA, NFL Play on Christmas Day: What’s on This Weekend in TV Sports (Dec. 23-25)
- Lionsgate Studios To Spin Off Into Publicly Traded Company
- Cable Lobby, Other Groups Push Back on FCC Bid to Quadruple the Definition of ‘Broadband’ to a Symmetrical 100 Mbps
- December 21
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- Prospect of 'Warnamount' Merger Spawns Collective 'Meh' From Wall Street
- Peacock To Stream Commercial-Free 4th Quarter in Bills-Chargers Game
- Jo Koy to Host Golden Globes on CBS
- Byron Wilkinson Named KVUE Austin President and General Manager
- Cowboys-Bills Rout Puts Fox on Top: The Week in Sports Ratings (Dec. 11-17)
- Dick Wolf Donates More Than 200 Pieces of Art to The Met
- Byron Allen Expands Allen Media Group’s Board, Adds 6 New Directors
- Indie Producer Lawsuits, Complaints Dog Cash-Strapped Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
- Diamond and NHL Forge Deal to Skate Through Current Season
- December 20
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- Big Deal: Warner Bros. Discovery Reportedly in Merger Talks With Paramount
- ATSC 3.0: Everything You Need to Know About the Broadcast Industry's 'NextGen' Technology Standard
- Infographic of The Week: Hub Entertainment Research Manages to Sum Up a Decade of Video Biz Change in a Single Chart
- Larry David Lined Up To Appear at PaleyFest LA
- Bold Prediction of the Year? All Four Major Studio-Backed Streaming Platforms Will Be Profitable Within 18 Months
- Gray Names Bruce Austin GM for Knoxville Stations
- Paramount Stock Gains on New Report of BET Buyout
- Kevin James Comedy Special Will Play on Prime Video in January
- Five ‘Survivor’ Contestants Battle for the Big Prize
- The CW Picks Up Canceled Hallmark Channel Western ‘Ride’
- Why ‘Percy Jackson’ Works on TV, According to Author Rick Riordan
- Next TV Names Winners of 2023 Best in Market Awards for Media & Entertainment
- Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Three-Peats in Primetime, Total Day (Dec. 11-17)
- Most Searched Title on Roku During 2023? ‘Super Mario Bros.’
- B+C Station Awards 2023: Honoring Leaders in Local TV
- Amazon Prime’s ‘Reacher’ Reaches Top of TVision’s Power Score Rankings
- Tentative Deal Between Diamond Sports Group and MLB Reportedly Pays 9 Teams Their Full Bally Sports Bill, While the Twins, Guardians and Rangers Get Take-It-or-Leave-It Cut-Rate Offers
- December 19
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- Cameron Hopman Joins WKOW Madison as Chief Meteorologist
- 'My Life With the Walter Boys' Expands into Week 2 Hit -- Netflix Weekly Rankings for December 11-17
- The Monthly Price of a Full Collection of Premium U.S. SVOD Services Went Up $17 in Just One Year (Charts)
- GOP: Biden Broadband Program Allows Illegal Rate Regulations
- ‘Barbie’ Movie Watched in 1.2 Million Households Streamed on Max
- B+C Hall of Fame Announces Class for September 2024 Ceremony
- EDO is Measuring CTV Ad Outcomes On Fubo
- Media and Sports Ads Capture Viewer Attention: DoubleVerify Report
- Vizio Sees Engagement Lift From Holiday Home Screen
- Brightcove Puts 3 Execs in New C-Suite Positions
- TV Viewing Gets Thanksgiving Boost in November: Nielsen
- December 18
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- Genius Move? Amazon Reportedly in Talks to Bail Out Bankrupt Bally Sports RSNs
- ‘Lego Masters: Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular’ on Fox Dec. 18-19
- Amid Diamond’s Apparent Detente With MLB, Twins Return to Bally Sports Remains Doubtful
- Xumo TV: Everything You Need to Know About the Comcast and Charter Streaming OS Joint Venture
- Kaity Tong, WPIX New York Anchor, Shares Cancer Diagnosis
- YouTube TV Adds a Linear Pay TV-Like Feature That Takes Users to Their Last Viewed Channel With a Single Button Push
- MGM Plus Beams Up ‘Beacon 23’ Renewal
- ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Debuts; ‘Dr. Death’ Returns: What’s Premiering This Week (Dec. 18-25)
- Tubi To Stream Documentary Following Star WNBA Players
- Starz Renews ‘Power Book IV: Force’
- Comscore To Move Forward With 1-for-20 Reverse Stock Split
- Nexstar Stations Take Over CW Affiliations in 3 Markets
- Innovid Names Dani Cushion as Chief Marketing Officer
- December 17
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- December 15
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- Pete Saiers Named VP/News Director at KOVR-KMAX Sacramento
- BritBox App Made Available on Vizio Smart TVs
- Independent FETV May Be Dropped by Comcast In Some Markets
- Mark Wahlberg Film ‘The Family Plan’ Premieres on Apple TV Plus
- College Football Bowls, Saturday NFL Games, Showtime Boxing Card: What’s on This Weekend in TV Sports (Dec. 16-17)
- Seth Rogen-Rose Byrne Comedy ‘Platonic’ Gets Second Season on Apple TV Plus
- FCC’s Net Neutrality Docket Bulges With Initial Deadline Input
- Misti Turnbull, Jordan Cipala Named VPs at Cox Media Group
- Teads Integrates Carbon Emission Measurement To Ad Manager
- Scripps Names LeAnne Markins Station Manager at WKBW Buffalo
- December 14
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- TBS To Relaunch ‘Friday Night Vibes’ in January
- Third Court Upholds Legality of Universal Service Fund
- Former ABC TV Exec Ben Sherwood's Youth Sports Streaming Startup MOJO Sports Acquired By TeamSnap
- Nat Geo, Stanley Tucci Cook Up Food-Themed Docuseries
- Fox Orders Crime Drama ‘Murder in a Small Town’ For 2024-2025
- Larry David Says He’ll ‘Finally Shed Malignant Larry David Character’ After 25 Years, Upcoming 12th Season of HBO’s ‘Curb’ Will Be the Last
- Smart TV Shipments Have Fallen to a Decade Low in 2023, While China's Hisense and TCL Are Running Down Market Leader Samsung (Yes, Charts)
- ‘Dateline’ Renewed by NBC Stations for Eighth Season in Syndication
- ‘Girls5Eva’ To Start Season Three on New Network
- Nelson Peltz’s Trian Officially Declares Plan To Seek Two Disney Board Seats
- Army-Navy Game Delivers 7 Million Viewers; Lakers-Pacers NBA In-Season Tourney Final Draws Nearly 5 Million: The Week in Sports Ratings (Dec. 4-10)
- Prime Video Orders Third and Final Season of ‘Good Omens’
- Nick, Vanessa Lachey Dating Show ‘Love Is Blind’ Gets Two More Seasons
- Scripps Commercials for Tablo Feature Jesse Palmer, Emmitt Smith
- Truthset Data Collective Names Kevin Dean General Manager
- Trevor Noah Returns as Grammys Host
- TV Stations in El Paso, Texas, Start NextGen Broadcasts
- WPIX Begins Broadcasting Using NextGen TV In Big Apple
- Lifetime Gives Military Spouses Its Annual ‘Gift of a Lifetime’
- December 13
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- Brian Gregory Named WVEC Norfolk General Manager
- Disney Channel Sets February Date for Season 2 of ‘Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’
- AXS TV Hails ‘Cash Cab Music’ as Part of Winter Programming Slate
- Starz’s ‘Hightown’ To Return in January for Final Season
- ‘America’s Most Wanted’ Brings John Walsh Back as Host
- Comcast's Legal Battle With Key ‘10G’ Tech Vendor Gets Even More Interesting
- CPJ Seeks Investigation of Alleged Israel Defense Forces Targeting of Journalists
- Anthony Anderson To Host Emmy Awards on Fox
- FCC Votes To End Pay TV Early Termination Fees
- Oliver Hudson, Fox Ink Producing Deal
- BET Plus Wraps Up New Holiday Movies Leading Into Christmas
- MLB's Pirates Join NHL's Penguins as Owners of Warner-Abandoned SportsNet Pittsburgh
- MeTV Celebrates Series Finales on Final Day of 2023
- iSpot Hires David Coletti To Head Sports Insights Unit
- Ad Spending on Top 6 Streaming Services Dropped 8% to $1.07 Billion: MediaRadar
- David Goldstein, KCBS-KCAL Investigative Reporter, Signs Off
- Weekly Cable Ratings: ‘Hannity’ Propels Fox News to Repeat Wins in Primetime, Total Day
- Samsung Launches Conan O’Brien TV in 3 International Markets
- Hard Rock, State Farm, Brighthouse Financial, Franklin Sports Sign Up As Pickleball Slam 2 Sponsors
- Madhive Teams With Blockgraph To Use First-Party Data for TV Campaigns
- Apple TV’s ‘Monarch’ Roars Back To Top Spot In TVision Power Score Rankings
- Andre Braugher Dead at 61: Emmy-Winning Dramatic Star of ‘Homicide: Life on The Street’ Deftly Transitioned to Deadpan Comedic Success in ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’
- December 12
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- FilmRise Partners with Samsung TV Plus to Launch Free Channels in Europe
- Pitch Black 'Leave the World Behind' Lights Up an Audience -- Netflix Weekly Rankings for December 4-10
- Cagey With the Engagey? Why Netflix's New 'Engagement Report' Doesn't Tell Us Much About Its Tough Viewership Year
- The CW Shares Midseason Premieres, Including ‘I Am’ Documentary Series
- AXS TV Gets Expanded Carriage on Comcast’s Xfinity
- Earth, Wind & Fire, Keith Urban, Jelly Roll to Perform in ‘The Voice’ Season Finale
- Congress Grants FCC Stopgap 2.5-GHz License Authority
- Comcast Starts Doling Out Xumo Stream Box to Its Internet Customers
- BritBox Taps Nimesh Kataria As CFO, Creates Global Editorial Team
- The 'NBA Cup' Runneth Over: In-Season Tournament Championship Generates ABC/ESPN's Biggest Non-Christmas Pro Hoops Audience in Six Years
- Warner to Disaggregate Max Anew, Set to Sell It Through YouTube Primetime Channels This Time
- ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 Will Bow on Netflix in Spring ‘24
- Lena Dunham, Husband Are Behind Netflix Rom-Com ‘Too Much’
- Seedtag Names Chad Schulte Senior VP, Agency Partnerships
- Dish Media Engages BrightLine for Interactive Ads on Sling TV
- Magna Gets Access to OpenAP Cross-Platform Audience Data With Acxiom Integration
- No Surprise: Taylor Swift Is Top U.S. Artist on Vevo
- Netflix Experiences Significant Service Disruption
- Charles Barkley Blasts Nielsen Over ‘King Charles’ Ratings
- December 11
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- Prime Video’s ‘Reacher’ Returns, Apple TV Plus Movie ‘The Family Plan’ Debuts: What’s Premiering This Week (Dec. 11-17)
- ‘Percy Jackson’ Creator, Stars Get Questioned at 92nd Street Y
- Moonbug, Producer of Netflix’s Wildly Popular Kids Show ‘CoCoMelon,’ Downsizes
- Kal Penn Guest Hosts ‘The Daily Show’ This Week
- Altice USA in Negotiations to Sell Cheddar News to Private-Equity Company Regent (Report)
- Ad Sales Research Head Andrea Zapata is Leaving Warner Bros. Discovery
- Magid Streaming Survey Sees More Churn, FAST Channels in 2024
- Combined Disney Plus and Hulu App Has Streaming's Most Popular Catalog, Study Finds
- Combat Sports Streamer FITE Rebrands as TrillerTV
- Linear Showtime Gets Renamed as Paramount Plus With Showtime Jan. 8
- Lippin Group Elevates 3 Execs to Office of the Chairman
- Golden Globes Nominations: Three ‘Succession’ Stars Up for Best Actor
- ‘I Was Kind of Dumbfounded That They Would Ask Me To Do a Cooking Show,’ Said Harry Hamlin, Star of AMC’s 'Mayfair Witches'
- Why Shohei Ohtani and His New $700 Million Dodgers Deal Aren’t Too Rich For Still Thriving RSN SportsNet LA
- December 8
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- Netflix Targets $40 Million in 2024 Pay for Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos, Greg Peters
- ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ Christmas Movie Premieres on Disney Plus
- Paramount Global Stock Jumps on Report of Possible Buyout
- Anthem Sports & Entertainment to Launch TNA Plus With Endeavor Streaming
- Local News Close-Up: L.A. News Battle Begins Before Sunrise
- NBA In-Season Tournament Final, MLS Cup: What’s On This Weekend in TV Sports (Dec. 9-10)
- Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke Star in Netflix Thriller About Cyberattack
- Tastemade Names McCall Gridley Head of Sales & Partner Experience
- NFL, College Football Telecasts Run Up Viewership Numbers: The Week in Sports Ratings
- December 7
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- Has the Wireless Industry's Wild 5G Party Hit the Hangover Stage?
- Fragmented TVOS Market Splinters Anew as China's TPV, Maker of Philips TVs in Europe and Asia, Gets Set to Hoist 'Titan OS' (Report)
- Hollywood Labor Peace May Not Last — The Guild Contract for More Than 170,000 IATSE Workers Is Set To Expire in July
- Comcast Set To Up Prices on Xfinity Cable Services … Again
- CBS Salutes Norman Lear With Primetime Special
- ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Top Gun,’ Taylor Swift Lead TVision’s 2023 CTV Highlights
- Prime Video Punches Up Live Sports Lineup with Premier Boxing Champions Distribution Deal
- H&I Network Celebrates New Year With ‘Twilight Zone’ Marathon
- Allen Media’s Local Now Adds 2 FAST Channels From Vice
- Brian Cheung Named Correspondent at NBC News
- Annie Mae Joins WTTG Washington as Traffic Reporter
- Viamedia Goes Outdoors, Handling Ad Sales for Perpetual Media
- A+E ‘Alone’ Gets Greenlit By RTL Plus in Germany
- As the Norman Lear Tributes Continue To Roll In, This Somehow Feels a Little Bigger Than the Usual Hollywood Goodbye
- Warner Poaches A24 From Paramount, Shifts Hot Indie Label's Movies to HBO and Max
- December 6
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- Dr. Phil McGraw’s Merit Street Media To Launch on Trinity Broadcasting Network
- Me TV, Catchy Comedy To Pay Tribute to Norman Lear
- DaLaun Dillard Joins KRIV Houston as Morning Anchor
- Disney+ Integrates (Most of) Hulu in 'Beta,' But the Disney Bundle Has Devolved Into Confusing Shell Game
- Fox Celebrates ‘M*A*S*H’ When Special Airs New Year’s Day
- Tracy Underwood Named President of ABC Signature
- FCC, States Team Up to Police Internet Provider Conduct
- Weekly Cable Ratings: DeSantis-Newsom Debate Powers Fox News to Primetime Win
- Norman Lear, Unparalleled Producer, Dead at 101
- ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Holds Top Spot In TVision Power Score Rankings
- WMAQ Chicago Plans New Year’s Special With Co-Host Billy Corgan
- Luis Fernández Named Chairman of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
- SAG-AFTRA Ratifies Pact With Studios With 78% of Vote
- December 5
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- 'Squid Game' Reality Show Stays Hot, But Overall Viewership Was Down 42% Year Over Year -- Netflix Weekly Rankings for November 27 - December 3
- ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Back on Fox With New Judges March 4
- Mark Lazarus on Managing NBCUniversal’s Broadcast, Cable and Streaming Networks
- Altice USA CEO Dennis Mathew: Struggling Cable Operator Is Learning to Compete Against Fixed Wireless
- HBO Gives ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ 3-Year Renewal
- Charter’s Jessica Fischer: Xumo Stream Box Won’t Replace the Traditional ‘World Box’ Set-Top Anytime Soon
- TiVo's Spun-Off Patent Troll, Adeia, Battles Elon Musk and X in Federal Court
- Prime Video Orders ‘Cruel Intentions’ Series
- Bold Baking Network To Emerge From Oven in First-Quarter 2024
- Gary Oldman, Star of ‘Slow Horses,’ to Get Grilled at New York’s 92nd Street Y
- Rita Ora, Jeannie Mai To Co-Host ABC’s ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ With Ryan Seacrest
- Future Today Adds Snoop Dogg’s ‘DoggyLand’ To HappyKids Lineup
- MavTV Relaunches Under Former Fox Executive CJ Olivares
- Gracenote Launches Nexus Auto Data Platform for In-Car Media Operating Systems
- Experian Identity and Audiences Integrated Into Samsung’s DSP
- Yahoo Launches AI-Powered Blueprint For Forecasting, Optimization
- December 4
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- After a Rare Boffo ‘Home Video’ Run, Warner Mega-Hit ‘Barbie’ Finally Books a Subscription Streaming Premiere Date on Max
- ‘Yellowstone’ Season Three Coming to CBS
- ‘OWN Celebrates The New Color Purple’ Special to Debut December 8
- Happy Holidays? Spotify Conducts TMT's Biggest Layoff of 2023 Despite 11% Q3 Revenue Grow
- ESPN, TNT Set To Telecast NBA In-Season Tournament Knockout Stage
- Cox, DirecTV Offer Augmented-Reality Version of NBCU’s ‘Watch What Happens Live’
- Comcast Cashes Disney’s $8.61 Billion Check for Hulu
- Paramount Plus’s ‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie,’ ‘Leave The World Behind‘ on Netflix: What’s Premiering This Week (Dec. 4-10)
- Jason Priestley Boards New CW Series ‘Wild Cards’
- Pablo Guzman, WCBS New York Reporter, Has Died
- Verizon To Bundle Ad-Supported Netflix and Max for $10 a Month
- CBS News and Stations Names Tracy Wholf as Senior Producer of Climate
- BrightLine Puts Pedal To the Metal With New CTV Ad Formats
- U.S. TV Ad Spending To Drop 5.1% to $52.3 Billion, GroupM Forecasts
- One of These Things Is Not Like the Other: Was Florida State's Perfect 13-0 Record Sacked By the SEC's $3 Billion TV Deal With Disney/ESPN?
- December 1
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- FCC Chair: Regulatory Authority Over Streaming Must Come From Congress
- Fox Tries a Christmas Movie, With Justin Long in the Cast
- CBS To Air 'Funny You Should Ask' Special from Byron Allen in Primetime
- College Football Conference Title Games, NFL Week 13: What’s on This Weekend in TV Sports (Dec. 2-3)
- Altice’s Optimum Unit Makes Senior Executive Appointments
- Can Eddie Murphy Save Christmas? Critics Say No
- Pixability Adds Attention Metrics For YouTube From Playground xyz
- Younify Adds The Roku Channel To Universal Streaming Guide
- DirecTV’s Rob Thun Tells Tegna to Get Direct With Either the Networks or Pay TV Customers as the Latest Retrans Dispute Devolves Into Yet Another Blackout
- Verizon Appears to Have Rebranded Its ‘Stream TV’ Android TV-Based Gadget as Fios TV+, Made It the Default Set-Top For New Fios Video Customers
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