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‘One Of The Most Shameful Hours We Have Ever Seen On Cable TV’
Topline A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers criticized Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s downplaying of the January 6 Capitol riots in a segment Monday featuring tapes provided exclusively to the conserv...
With Financial Turmoil At Bally Sports Networks, Major Leagues Gear Up For A Future Without Cable
‘Linear’ broadcast TV combined with streaming games offer the best alternatives to reach the most fans, insiders say. But regional sports networks like the one owned by Sinclair are getting in the way...
Subsea Cable From The Mainland To Puerto Rico
Man with a plan for Puerto Rico. Alternative Transmission It is big. A big idea. Some of the world’s biggest energy and engineering companies are interested in it, as is the Department of Energy. The ...
Cable News Hosts Call GOP Chaos ‘A Total Clown Show’ As Trump Urges ‘Vote For Kevin, Close The Deal’
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 03: U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) waits as the House of … [+] Representatives holds the election for Speaker of the House, on the first day of t...
How Streaming Services Are Bundling Like Cable Networks Used To
Bundle Together: Streaming Platforms Control Costs To Compete Getty Images Streaming providers have been taking a page out of cable’s playbook by bundling options as more choices threaten to ove...
Don’t expect cable TV-like package for streaming services any time soon
The Disney+ website on a laptop computer in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images A contradiction is developing in the world of streami...
DISH Network And Walt Disney Company Do A Rare “Handshake” Carriage Agreement For Cable Networks
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Associated Press In a rarity in the cable network industry, after the Walt DisneyDIS Company pulled down its networks from satellite video provider DISH NetworkDISH including ACC ...
Showtime Merger With Paramount+ May Not Sit Well With Cable Operators
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg © 2015 Bloomberg Finance LP The news that ParamountPARA PARA PARAMOUNT Global is considering shutting down its $11 0.99/month Showtime streaming service and port t...
Sports Rights Continue To Soar, Making Untenable Economics For Broadcast And Cable Networks
Photo by Friedemann Vogel – Pool/Getty Images. Getty Images The cost of sports rights continue to soar in the double and even triple digits, making it unlikely that linear broadcast and cable ne...
Streaming Viewership Surpasses Cable For First Time, Nielsen Says
Topline Led by Netflix, streaming platforms captured a record 34.8% of all television views in July, according to Nielsen’s monthly ratings report, marking the first time that streaming has surpassed ...
Cable Broadband Subscribers Drop For The First Time
In a first, cable broadband subscribers have dropped in second quarter 2022. (Photo by John … [+] Moore/Getty Images) Getty Images For a decade cable companies have been losing millions of video...
Is Fixed Wireless Ready To Take On Cable? It’s Early, But The Initial Data Seem Promising
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 26: Pedestrians cross an intersection near a T-Mobile store on Sixth Avenue in … [+] Manhattan on July 26, 2019 in New York City. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Just...
Sun Cable Taps Macquarie, Moelis To Raise $21 Billion To Fund World’s Longest Undersea Power Cable
Solar panel on dramatic sunset sky background, Alternative energy concept getty Sun Cable—backed by Australian billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest—has appointed Macquarie Capital and M...
How This Cable Provider Will Launch Loyalty Coin On Cardano
Per an official post by Input-Output Global (IOG), a major cable provider in the U.S. DISH Network will launch a decentralized identification and loyalty program on the Cardano blockchain. The publicl...