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MVPDs on Carriage Negotiations Amidst SVOD Boom

MVPDs continue to have strong relationships with programmers even as the latter group lean more into direct-to-consumer options, but those streaming solutions are already having a major impact on carriage negotiations. Read More

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fuboTV Ups Guidance After 1Q Sub Gains

Virtual MVPD fuboTV reported 43,000 net additions in 1Q21, taking its sub total to more than 590,000. Total subs are up 8% over 4Q20 and 105% compared to a year ago. Read More

Federal Funding Accepts 25/3 Standard

The US Treasury issued guidelines Monday for the $350 million in funding that the American Rescue Plan allotted for uses including broadband. Read More

CuriosityStream Grows Subs, Goes Shopping

CuriosityStream is building up its factual content stable with the acquisition of One Day University , which provides access to more than 500 talks and lectures from professors at more than 150 US colleges and universities. Read More

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TiVo Wins MobiTV Auction

TiVo was designated the successful bidder Wednesday in the bankruptcy auction for IPTV vendor MobiTV , beating out Amino , Roku and patent license firm RPX . TiVo’s $18.5 Read More

Altice Almost 10G Ready

Altice USA expects to be 10 Gig ready in the next 18 months. “We expect to be multi gig ready by next year,” CEO Dexter Goei said at Wednesday’s MoffettNathanson conference. “It’s all about the Read More

Zaslav Upset Over Nielsen Undercounts

Discovery CEO David Zaslav was fuming at an investor conference Wednesday over Nielsen ’s viewership counts after an audit from the Media Ratings Council found the company undercounted viewership totals Read More

If Bally RSNs were Liberty RSNs…

Remember how Liberty Media was in the running to buy the Fox RSNs ultimately purchased by Sinclair ? During the MoffettNathanson conference Wednesday, Liberty CEO Greg Maffei was asked if he felt pretty good Read More

EBB is Off to the Races

With Wednesday the official launch of the Emergency Broadband Benefit program, there’s a lot of speculation on just how long the $3.2 billion dedicated to broadband discounts for low-income households will Read More

News12 and Google News Partner on AI

News12 Networks and Google News Initiative announced an AI solution that creates automated content destinations for local media companies. The tool gives Read More

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