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CNN, Fox Business broadcaster Lou Dobbs dies at 78
The business news anchor and analyst helped shape the cable news industry over a five-decade television career.
Frontier starts offering self-install kit to fiber Internet customers
Frontier is introducing a new self-installation kit for customers who want to quickly activate service without waiting for a technician.
Disney weighs integration of linear channels into streaming apps
Disney could launch pop-up channels for Marvel films and episodes of "The Simpsons" within some of its streaming apps, according to a report.
CVS calls Redbox kiosks “unwanted machines” that are thwarting remodel plans
CVS has asked a bankruptcy court for permission to trash more than 2,500 Redbox kiosks that are inside or in front of its stores.
Subaru makes SiriusXM standard on 2025 car models
Subaru will make SiriusXM satellite radio available as a standard feature across its entire 2025 model line-up in the United States
Optimum launches low-cost streaming TV package
Altice U.S. has unveiled a new low-cost streaming TV package for its Optimum Internet subscribers.
Fandango founder J. Michael Cline dies after fall from hotel
J. Michael Cline, who founded the online ticket marketplace Fandango, has died at the age of 64.
WBD considers splitting streaming, legacy TV businesses
CEO David Zaslav is weighing that plan among others as the company works to address its massive debt load.
TCL brings free streaming TV platform to Roku
TCL TV Plus replaces the TCL app on the company's own Roku TVs, and is available to users of other Roku devices through the Channel Store.
Nexstar wants defamation case brought by ex-news directors tossed
Stanton Tang and Amy Fox sued about a year after their firings, claiming Nexstar defamed them in statements about their Pride Month memo.
Biden tests positive for COVID-19 after NBC News interview
The diagnosis, first reported by Reuters, was revealed by organizers of an event in Las Vegas where Biden was due to give a speech early Wednesday evening.
NBC will offer pop-up channels for Olympic games on pay TV
NBC will produce two spillover channels, Paris Extra 1 and Paris Extra 2, for additional live events from the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.