With Black Friday usurping Thanksgiving at many stores, what hot items will cause bargain shoppers to camp out overnight and possibly miss turkey with the families? Tablets and game consoles, with the release this month of the Xbox One and Playstation 4. Both ranked high in CEA’s annual holiday forecast. Here’s a look at some special offers from MVPDs for the holidays.

More top stories in today’s CableFAX Daily:
 
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic inked a deal with the Washington Times. More details here.
 
Time Warner Cable upgraded its WiFi Finder app, which includes a “request a hotspot” feature.
 
BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield believes it’s only a matter of time until Google or another large technology company acquires “a meaningful package of sports rights.” More details here.
 

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If Paramount Skydance had just waited a week, we could’ve included them in the latest episode of CFX Download. Paramount+ launched vertical video on the iOS version of its mobile app this week. A quick scroll through the new Clips feature delivered a variety of sports, news and original programming shorts, including UFC and soccer […]

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