Morgan Spurlock, ‘Super Size Me’ Director, Has Died Michael Malone published 24 May 24 Filmmaker, whose TV work included ‘30 Days’ and ‘Inside Man’, battled cancer
Indy 500; NBA, NHL Playoffs: What’s on This Weekend in TV Sports (May 25-27) R. Thomas Umstead published 24 May 24 A look at the weekend’s top TV sports events on broadcast, cable and streaming services
J-Lo Battles the Robots in Netflix Film ‘Atlas’ Michael Malone published 24 May 24 Lopez plays government data analyst battling AI
Instacart Selling Party Fixings With Peacock’s ‘The Valley’ Jon Lafayette published 23 May 24 Promotion builds on ties with online retailer
Daytime Emmys To Again Be Hosted by ET’s Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner Paige Albiniak published 23 May 24 Ceremony will air live Friday, June 7 on CBS and stream on Paramount Plus
Charter to Offer Pay TV Customers Paramount Plus at No Extra Charge with New Carriage Deal Daniel Frankel published 23 May 24 Carved without the usual blackout rancor, licensing renewal enables cable operator to bundle even more subscription services
Affordable Connectivity Plan Set To Expire Despite Last-Ditch Funding Efforts By Jack Reid published 22 May 24 None of the multiple active attempts by lawmakers to provide funding for the depleted program appear close to happening
Gunnar Wiedenfels: Warner Can Still Match Any Rival NBA Rights Offer … ‘But We’re Going to Be Disciplined’ By Daniel Frankel, Jack Reid published 22 May 24 WBD CFO’s maddeningly convoluted statement on the current state of NBA rights talks come amid reports that the league is ready to move on with new telecast partners
NBA Reportedly Set to Finalize Deals With ESPN, Amazon and NBCU, Leave TNT and 'Inside the NBA' Behind By Daniel Frankel published 22 May 24 With telecast partners are about to sign written contracts worth $7.4 billion a season, Warner CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels still insists his company has the rights to match rival bids
Comcast’s Dave Watson: Focus Is on Revenue, Not Broadband Additions By Daniel Frankel published 21 May 24 With no return to broadband customer growth in sight, cable chief aims to shift the focus to his company’s stable ARPU
Comcast Prices StreamSaver Bundle at $15 a Month By Daniel Frankel published 21 May 24 Starting next week, subscribers to Xfinity-branded cable services can bundle ad-supported Netflix and Peacock with Apple TV Plus at a 35% discount
U.S. Broadband Customer Growth Slows to Pre-Pandemic Levels in Q1, With Every Sector Losing Steam By Daniel Frankel published 20 May 24 Cable, fiber and fixed wireless all decelerated with the total U.S. home internet market slowing to just 2.6% from January-March
Dish and Hughesnet Form Their First Ever Pay TV/Broadband Bundle By Jack Reid published 20 May 24 Seems like the two Charlie Ergen-led companies would have done this already before, right?
Affordable Connectivity Plan Set To Expire Despite Last-Ditch Funding Efforts By Jack Reid published 22 May 24 None of the multiple active attempts by lawmakers to provide funding for the depleted program appear close to happening
Gunnar Wiedenfels: Warner Can Still Match Any Rival NBA Rights Offer … ‘But We’re Going to Be Disciplined’ By Daniel Frankel, Jack Reid published 22 May 24 WBD CFO’s maddeningly convoluted statement on the current state of NBA rights talks come amid reports that the league is ready to move on with new telecast partners
NBA Reportedly Set to Finalize Deals With ESPN, Amazon and NBCU, Leave TNT and 'Inside the NBA' Behind By Daniel Frankel published 22 May 24 With telecast partners are about to sign written contracts worth $7.4 billion a season, Warner CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels still insists his company has the rights to match rival bids
Comcast’s Dave Watson: Focus Is on Revenue, Not Broadband Additions By Daniel Frankel published 21 May 24 With no return to broadband customer growth in sight, cable chief aims to shift the focus to his company’s stable ARPU
Comcast Prices StreamSaver Bundle at $15 a Month By Daniel Frankel published 21 May 24 Starting next week, subscribers to Xfinity-branded cable services can bundle ad-supported Netflix and Peacock with Apple TV Plus at a 35% discount
Panasonic Selects TiVo TVOS to Power Its Mid- and Entry-Level Smart TVs By Daniel Frankel published 17 May 24 Japanese electronics maker's latest product introduction comes after TiVo parent Xperi said that it had added a sixth smart TV OEM partner
ATSC 3.0: Everything You Need to Know About the Broadcast Industry's 'NextGen' Technology Standard By Scott Lehane published 9 May 24 The new over-the-air technology standard is still coming … we think
More Stations in San Antonio Launch NextGen TV Broadcasts By Jon Lafayette published 7 May 24 Graham Media’s KSAT transmitting using ATSC 3.0 format
Harmonic Shares Rise Nearly 17% After Cable Tech Vendor Beats Guidance in Q1 By Daniel Frankel published 2 May 24 Comcast and Charter continue to drive the virtualized tech provider’s business, supplying nearly half its quarterly revenue
Congress Has the Opportunity To Keep Millions of Americans Connected (Guest Blog) By Kathy Grillo, Shane Larson published 2 May 24 Telco, labor union make joint call for Congress to fund Affordable Connectivity Program