John Saavedra, Author at Cablefax

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05/27/2026

DirecTV Eyes Future With Meta Quest App

DirecTV wants to be on every screen where people are watching programming.

By John Saavedra

Found in: DirecTV / Meta / MyFree DirecTV / Vikash Sharma
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05/21/2026

Fox Sports’ Plan for World Cup Glory

There’s never been a World Cup quite like the one Fox Sports will broadcast, starting June 11. It’s the biggest edition of the world’s most-watched sports tournament—48 nations playing 104 matches across 38 days through July 19.

By John Saavedra

Found in: FIFA / Fox / Fox One / Fox Sports / FS1 / HBS / NBCUniversal / peacock / Pete Distad / Telemundo / Tubi / World Cup / Zac Kenworthy
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05/20/2026

Versant’s DTC Play Takes Shape

Versant Media’s DTC picture is becoming clearer.

By John Saavedra

Found in: CNBC / Fandango / J.P. Morgan / Mark Lazarus / MS Now / NBC News Now / Rotten Tomatoes / StockStory / Versant
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05/13/2026

At the WICT Signature Awards Luncheon

New WICT Network President/CEO Tracy Pitcher made her big debut at the annual WICT Network Signature Awards Luncheon in NYC on Tuesday.

By John Saavedra

Found in: Karen Kovacs / Michelle Rice / Mary Pouliopoulos / NBCUniversal / AMC Global Media / Spectrum Reach / Chandy Ghosh / CLEO TV / Pooja Jugran / karen bronzo / stephanie mitchko / Warner Bros Discovery / Comcast / The WICT Network / charter / Tracy Pitcher / TV One
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05/12/2026

Gaiia’s AI Powers Welo, Digital-First ISPs

Helping budget-friendly, digital-first ISP welo deploy in under 150 days was gaiia, an AI-driven OSS/BSS platform specialized in supporting telecom operations. Now, it’s secured $40 million in funding and is talking to other ISPs.

By John Saavedra

Found in: Technology / Cogeco / billing / vendor / Welo / Gaiia / BSS / Oxio
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05/07/2026

Nexstar Stays Confident on Tegna

To say the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna merger is in a tricky spot would be an understatement.

By John Saavedra

Found in: Consolidation / 1Q26 / M&A / Brendan Carr / TEGNA / Nexstar / Mergers / Perry Sook / Broadcast / Lee Ann Gliha / Earnings / Rob Bonta / FCC / Michael Biard / DirecTV / broadcast ownership

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