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Exclusive reports from Matthew Keys and The Desk.
Exclusive: Pandemic hurt Orby TV’s ability to raise new funds, CEO says
Orby TV tried to raise more money, but a last-minute deal suddenly fell through, the company's chief executive said in an e-mail.
Feds investigate reporter over U.S. Capitol attack tweet
Federal authorities have opened an investigation against a reporter who tweeted from inside the U.S. Capitol building during a riot on January 6.
KXTV picks Nia Towne for news director role
Nia Towne has been tapped to lead broadcast news operations at KXTV, Sacramento's ABC affiliate.
ViacomCBS quietly launches new digital channel Fave TV
ViacomCBS quietly launched a new streaming TV channel last month on its owned-and-operated CBS stations across the country.
A streaming TV recommendation tool finds an unexpected ally in cable TV companies
The Cohen brothers developed a tool to help customers break free from expensive cable TV packages. They didn't expect to find a partner in the cable companies themselves.
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Comcast X1, Flex customers to get HBO Max app this week
The rollout comes more than six months after Comcast said HBO Max would be offered natively to X1 and Flex users.
Discovery to charge $5 a month for Discovery Plus streaming service
Discovery Networks will offer two subscription packages in its direct-to-consumer streaming service that could launch as soon as December.
Exclusive: AT&T, Roku near deal to bring HBO Max to users
The two sides are close to reaching a deal that would bring native support for HBO Max to more than 40 million Roku users.
“We’re not changing s**t:” T-Mobile pushes back after networks cry foul over TVision
A T-Mobile executive said the company believes TVision complies with the terms of its distribution agreements with programmers.
T-Mobile pulls speaker from conference amid TVision controversy
The phone company had committed an executive and sponsorship funding to this week's Stream TV Show conference.
Network executives feel misled by T-Mobile’s TVision pitches
Executives at Discovery, ViacomCBS and NBC Universal say they were given incomplete information about T-Mobile's streaming television service.
Disney accidentally tells Comcast customers they’ve lost FX, National Geographic
Some Comcast customers were confused Friday night after seeing two social media posts from Disney that claimed they'd lost access to FX and the National Geographic Channel.