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Frndly TV launches streaming channel store, adds more SVOD services
Frndly TV is adding four subscription video on-demand (SVOD) products from A+E Networks to a newly-launched streaming TV marketplace.
Ofcom revises accessibility code to include streaming TV services
The code requires video program providers to offer accessibility features like subtitles and descriptive audio.
Disney Plus grabs rights to UEFA Europa League in Denmark, Sweden
The deal starts with the upcoming season and runs through the end of the 2026-27 event year.
Verizon will keep Affordable Connectivity Program discount on some accounts
Verizon Forward will allow new Home Internet customers to get essentially free service; prepaid customers will get ACP discount through May.
NPR suspends editor Uri Berliner over criticism of network
The suspension without pay comes after the business desk editor published an essay accusing NPR of embracing a partisan editorial agenda.
WNBA Draft draws 3 million to ESPN platforms
The 2024 WNBA Draft saw high interest thanks in part to Caitlin Clark's participation in the event.
Fubo CEO David Gandler sees salary fall to $5.164 million in 2023
The figure is around 38 percent lower than Gandler's cash, stock and benefits compensation earned the prior year.
Charter unveils low-cost streaming TV package for Spectrum customers
Spectrum TV Stream offers more than 90 live television channels from Disney, Fox, Discovery and others for $40 per month.
The Africa Channel to air Blkfam programming through new content partnership
The partnership will also see the Africa Channel manage a new free, ad-supported streaming channel for Blkfam.
Browse fatigue setting in for streamers, Accenture says
Around 36 percent of people surveyed said they're tired of having to search across services and platforms for something to watch.
NextGen TV broadcasters pick Roxi’s FastStream for interactive channels
One Las Vegas TV station will demonstrate the unique capabilities of FastStream by deploying an interactive content channel for local news broadcasts.
Minority groups call for rallies in response to FCC inaction on WADL deal
Faith-based community and the Rainbow Push Coalition have encouraged the FCC to approve the station's sale to Mission Broadcasting.