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Quick stories from the technology, journalism and media industries, updated daily.
Fubo begins offering personalized alerts during NBA playoffs
Fubo is testing the deployment of personalized sports notifications to better engage subscribers during the NBA Playoffs, and could roll the feature out more broadly during football and baseball season.
Everyone TV adds more streaming channels to Freely
Everyone TV, the media consortium backed by the United Kingdom's four main public service broadcasters (PSBs), has added more channels to its free streaming service Freely TV.
Warner Bros Discovery streams added to Tablo DVRs
WBD has brought nearly four dozens free streaming channels to Tablo DVRs.
Gray Media promotes Dana Neves to Senior Managing VP
In her new role, Neves will oversee Gray Media broadcast outlets in the U.S. northeast and mid-Atlantic regions.
Appeals court tables Sony’s limited win in CBS lawsuit over game shows
A California appeals court has paused a preliminary injunction that effectively allowed Sony Pictures Television to reclaim licensing rights to two game shows.
Spectrum promotes Chris Fulton to SVP, Business Customer Ops & Experience
Charter Communications has promoted Chris Fulton to serve as its Senior Vice President of Business Customer Operations and Experience for Spectrum
Fox News Digital leads news outlets with multiplatform views, minutes during Q1
Fox News Digital achieved its highest-rated quarter ever with average monthly total digital multiplatform unique visitors during the first quarter (Q1) of the year.
Philo adds free streaming channels from Kevin Hart’s entertainment company
Philo has inked a distribution deal with Kevin Hart's media company Laugh Out Loud Productions to distribute two of the company's free streaming channels on its platform
ESPN attracts 2.3 million prime-time viewers during Q1
aThe network's daily average minute audience was around 868,000 viewers, according to Nielsen ratings.
DirecTV adds NBC-owned streaming channels to free platform
DirecTV has struck a deal with Comcast's NBC Universal to add more than a dozen free streaming channels to its no-cost platform MyFree DirecTV.
Salem Media Group announces partnerships with Trumps
The CEO of Salem Media said the deals were proof that it is an "exciting time to be a Salem shareholder."
Gray Media promotes Mark Little to GM of KWQC
Gray Media has promoted the news director of its Memphis television station to serve as the general manager of its local TV outlet in Iowa.