If Charter and Cox manage to close their $34.5 billion merger by Sept. 15, the combo will happen around the time of SCTE TechExpo. It wouldn't be the first time Charter closes a big deal around a major industry event, but there's still work to do in California. Read More
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CNN Headlines Reimagines FAST News
When CNN relaunched its FAST channel last summer, the network didn’t pitch it as a revenue play or a hedge against cord-cutting. Instead, CNN Headlines was viewed as more experimental. Read More
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. Read More
Versant’s DTC Play Takes Shape
Versant Media’s DTC picture is becoming clearer. Read More
CFX Download Dives Into CNN’s FAST Strategy
Want to go deeper on CNN Headlines? CNN SVP, Programming Nima Ahmed joined CFX Download to talk all about the network’s FAST strategy and what differentiates its programming from CNN linear and DTC. Read More
Industry Skirts FCC Trans Question
The NCTA, NAB and the Motion Picture Association—the associations that lead the TV Oversight Monitoring Board responsible for the industry’s voluntary TV ratings system—responded to the FCC’s notice seeking comment on the transparency of the ratings process. Read More
O’Rielly’s TMT Whiteboard: In Defense of Data Centers
Unfair criticism is being leveled at AI data centers (and, indirectly, all of AI) by a collection of concerned citizens and select groups. Read More
Charter’s LEO POV, Top Cox Priority
Charter CFO Jessica Fischer joined an investor conference Wednesday, where she shared how the operator views LEO satellite competition hours before SpaceX filed a prospectus with the SEC for its IPO. Read More
FCC Taking Comments on ‘The View’
Got an opinion on whether ABC’s “The View” qualifies as a bona fide news interview program? The FCC wants to know–or does it? Read More
Effros: Policy, Politics and Profit
It's hard writing about telecommunications these days. You can’t possibly understand all the ins and outs without forcing yourself to look at things from multiple angles, and even then, the picture is not terribly clear. Read More
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