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Comcast broadband, cable subscriber losses continue in Q2
Comcast continues to see its traditional pay TV and land-based broadband businesses erode in the face of fixed wireless Internet and streaming TV competition.
Peacock subscriptions slide to 33 million in Q2
Revenue from Peacock increases to $1.36 billion, or 24 percent higher than Q1 2024.
WBD matches offer to keep NBA games on TNT Sports
Warner Bros Discovery says it has matched at least one of the offers made by a rival broadcaster for long-term television rights of NBA games on TNT Sports.
CBS Sports, Lega Serie A renew TV distribution deal
Most games will stream on Paramount Plus with Showtime, while a few will be offered on CBS and the CBS Sports Network.
FilmRise taps Katherine Weinstein to lead content sales, distribution
FilmRise has promoted Katherine Weinstein to the role of Director of Content Sales & Distribution, starting this week.
Netflix to fully sunset ad-free “Basic” plan in U.S., France
Netflix will fully retire its low-cost, commercial-free plan "Basic," requiring grandfathered-in subscribers to buy the tier with ads or pay more for uninterrupted streaming.
Fox News grabs highest TV ratings during Republican National Convention
Fox News coverage of the Republican National Convention outperformed competitors CNN and MSNBC in overall and key demo ratings across four nights.
President Biden withdraws from race weeks before ABC News debate
Vice President Kamala Harris will now presumably appear at the ABC News presidential debate scheduled for September; less clear is who will attend the VP candidate debate on CBS.
Optimum renews deal with Gray Television for local stations
Local TV stations owned by Gray, along with Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury games, will continue to be available on Optimum TV.
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 18 years in prison
The sentence was handed down on Friday, and was two years less than what state prosecutors had requested.
TV stations go offline during global outage caused by CrowdStrike
Dozens of major television broadcasters had their operations disrupted by a global computer outage triggered by security vendor CrowdStrike on Friday.
Netflix adds 8 million global subscribers during Q2 2024
Netflix kicked off the start of tech, media and telecom earnings season for the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 with a revenue report that beat Wall Street expectations.