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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.
Philo donates $1 million in commercial ad inventory to Black-owned businesses
Philo executives say the donation of commercial inventory and other initiatives align with its principles of diversity and inclusion.
AT&T stokes confusion with text message about 3G network sunset
The texts and emails warned customers that their phones would likely stop working because of an upcoming network change.
Streaming service Philo adds TV One to lineup
Philo is adding TV One to its lineup of 60 pay TV networks, making it the latest channel to be added to the budget Internet-based cable TV alternative.
Analyst: 33 percent of cable, satellite TV subscribers on promo deal
Those deals could be bad news for cable and satellite companies as more subscribers cut the cord due to the pandemic-induced recession.
FCC settles with radio broadcasters over political advertisements
The agency said the six radio broadcasters failed to maintain public inspection files as required under federal law.
Viewpoint: Social media companies are too big to police themselves
Financial loss was the goal of last week's attack — but bad actors could have more-nefarious intentions when conducting social media hacks in the future.
By:
Kobi Leins
Dish customers lose access to Cox Media-owned local stations
Customers in 10 metropolitan areas lose access to more than a dozen local networks over business dealings.
Analyst says Comcast’s Peacock downloaded 1.5 million times
Not a bad first week for an app that's still not available on Roku or Amazon Fire TV devices.
Twitter Bitcoin scam reveals broader threat to security, democracy
Twitter mediates so much in the public sphere that weak points — like last week's compromise of several dozen verified accounts — expose weaker points in society.
By:
Dr. Laura DeNardis
California’s unemployed includes 230,000 entertainment, recreation workers
The data reported this week includes TV and movie production workers, ticket-takers and actors who are out of work.
Report: Layoffs expected to impact numerous staffers at NBC
"Sweeping" and "significant" layoffs are expected across NBC's networks, sources told the New York Post.
Showtime, BET join forces for new cable multiplex channel
The new multiplex network from Showtime and BET Networks will deliver African American-centric programming, ViacomCBS executives said on Monday.