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Matthew Keys is the award-winning founder and editor of TheDesk.net, an authoritative voice on broadcast and streaming TV, media and tech. With over ten years of experience, he's a recognized expert in broadcast, streaming, and digital media, with work featured in publications such as StreamTV Insider and Digital Content Next, and past roles at Thomson Reuters and Disney-ABC Television Group.
BT switches off final 3G wireless tower
The company's decommissioning of a wireless tower in Belfast marks its full commitment to 4G and 5G service.
Ampere: Streaming revenue to overtake pay TV this year
Streaming's revenue growth is attributed mainly to hybrid advertising-subscription models, according to Ampere.
Cord Cutters News trims staff, lays off editor-in-chief
Editor-in-Chief Roger Cheng were among the layoffs at Cord Cutters News this week, along with two staff writers.
WBD streaming subscribers grows to 97.7 million
Warner Bros Discovery becomes first major media company to earn full-year streaming profit.
DirecTV wins Tech Emmy Awards for signal reliability, pause ads
DirecTV won two Technical & Engineering Emmy Awards this week for the company's advancements concerning video and advertising deliveries.
AT&T says cyber attack did not cause widespread outage
A massive failure of AT&T's network left millions of customers unable to make phone calls or access the Internet from their wireless devices on Thursday.
Vizio wins Emmy Award for smart television platform
Vizio has received an engineering Emmy Award for its development and deployment of its refreshed streaming television operating system.
Vice to cut hundreds of jobs, stop publishing online
Vice Media will implement layoffs and stop publishing to its own website as part of a broader restructuring aimed at making the brand profitable by summer.
Florida journalist Timothy Burke charged over hack of Fox News
Florida journalist Timothy Burke has been charged with numerous computer hacking crimes, according to an indictment obtained by The Desk.
Dish Wireless executive Michael Kelly to leave company
Dish Network's emerging wireless division is losing another top executive.
Amazon to pay $120 million for NFL playoff game next year, report says
Amazon is ready for some more football — but it wants a bigger game than the Black Friday match-up it streamed on Prime Video last year.
BuzzFeed issuing more pink slips after selling Complex
BuzzFeed is laying off around 16 percent of its global workforce as it works to trim costs amid a weak advertising market.