The Daily
Play Ball: Opening Day is Here
With every MLB team starting their season today—the first time they’ve all begun on the same day in more than 50 years—there was plenty of excitement in the air for Opening Day. But there is also an undercurrent of uncertainty surrounding a fan’s most frequent question: Where’s the game on? Read More
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Top Stories
Broadcasters Loop in FCC on their Big 4 LPTV/Multicast Stance
With the FCC embarking on its congressionally required review of media ownership rules, the retransmission jabs are coming in hard and fast. Read More
Fiber Capital: Corning, CommScope Lead Fiber Charge
With fiber construction slated to move into hyperdrive next year, two vendors took the spotlight to show how they will meet the need for fiber-optic cable. Read More
Guardrails: Industry Wants Digital Discrimination Safe Harbors
Broadband providers and industry stakeholders are watching the FCC’s proceeding tied to digital redlining closely, and without further guidance from the Commission, many are nervous that they could be wrongfully accused of discriminating against minority and low-income communities. Read More
CuriosityStream Has the Cash
Factual streaming company CuriosityStream ended 2022 with zero debt impacting its bottom line and more than $55 million in cash, a big win at a time when it’s tough to be an independent SVOD. Read More
Keep CALM and Stream On
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reintroduced bicameral legislation that would update the CALM Act, a law adopted in 2010 to limit the loudness of TV ads. Read More
Reviving the ‘Royal Crackers’ Brand
Everyone’s buzzing about the Season 4 premiere of HBO’s “Succession,” but if you’re looking for its adult animated cousin, then Adult Swim has the show for you. “Royal Crackers,” debuting Sunday at 11pm and coming to HBO Max the next day, tells the story of a crumbling snack empire. Read More
NAB Backs Standard General
NAB is supporting Standard General in its appeal of an FCC Media Bureau decision that sent its proposed TEGNA acquisition to an Administrative Law Judge for a hearing. Read More
NAB Threatens to Sue FCC
NAB gave the FCC a deadline to respond to its request to pause its 2022 review of broadcast media ownership rules and expeditiously release its 2018 quadrennial regulatory review. Read More
Stream TV Hits Connecticut
Breezeline is rolling out its Stream TV service in its service areas in Connecticut this week. Read More
