CommScope is building assumptions of a moderate recession into its 2023 outlooks, but it’s confident it will be largely insulated from any impacts of an economic downturn. While leadership doesn’t believe CommScope will be by any means immune to the effects of issues like increasing inflation, the belief is that telecommunications infrastructure is more insulated than other segments. Read More
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Early Bally Sports DTC Results Show High Engagement, Churn
Sinclair’s Diamond Sports continues to keep subscriber numbers for its Bally Sports direct-to-consumer RSN service close to the chest two months after its full launch. Read More
Iger Back as Disney CEO, Investors Rejoice
Bob Iger is returning to Disney's CEO seat for a two-year term after less than a year away from the company. Read More
AMC Networks’ Search for Stability Continues After Spade Loss
AMC Networks is in its transition era, for better or worse, losing new CEO Christina Spade after three months on the job. Read More
EPB Goes Quantum
EPB of Chattanooga has teamed up with quantum component and design company Qubitekk to launch America’s first industry-led, commercially available quantum network. Read More
CMG Says DISH is Misleading Customers
Cox Media Group has sent a cease-and-desist letter to DISH requesting that the satellite provider take back a number of claims about why 12 CMG stations went dark on Monday. Read More
FCC Unveils National Broadband Map Draft
The FCC marked a major milestone Friday with the release of the pre-production draft of its new National Broadband Map. The map displays location-level information about broadband services available throughout the country, a major step up from the census block level data used to create the agency’s previous maps. Read More
McEachin Mourned in Washington
Lawmakers and Capitol Hill mainstays mourned the loss of Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) on Tuesday. The Democrat passed away at the age of 61 Monday evening after a years-long battle with colorectal cancer. Read More
SVOD Churn a Concern, Report Finds
Streamers in 3Q22 saw a quarter-over-quarter subscriber growth rate of 2.5%, up from 1.5% in 2Q22. That’s according to Antenna’s 3Q22 SVOD Growth Report. Read More
Tribes Earn More Support from Feds
The FCC, Commerce Department and Department of the Interior have agreed to a new Memorandum of Understanding centered on advancing spectrum opportunities for Tribal communities and deploying broadband and wireless services on tribal lands. Read More
