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Comedian and media mogul Byron Allen. (Photo courtesy Byron Allen Media)

Byron Allen settles advertising lawsuit against McDonald’s

Byron Allen has settled his year-long legal battle with McDonald's over its alleged refusal to advertise on Black-owned television channels.

From left to right: Cathy Engelbert, the commissioner of the WNBA, and E. W. Scripps CEO Adam Symson, pose for a photograph in 2023. (Handout photo)

Scripps will keep WNBA games under new multi-year agreement

Scripps Sports will continue to offer WNBA games for a few more years as part of a renewed partnership with the league announced on Friday.

A LG OLED television set.

LG maintains global dominance in OLED TVs

LG Electronics maintained its global dominance as the largest seller of OLED television sets for the 12th year in a row, the South Korean company announced this week.

Several inductees of the Emerging Leaders Class of 2025 at the StreamTV Show Awards in Denver. (Courtesy photo)

Winners of 2025 StreamTV Show Awards announced

LG Electronics, Philo and Spectrum Reach were among the companies honored with awards at the 2025 StreamTV Show in Denver this week.

The Newsmax logo.

Newsmax Plus added to Comcast’s streaming, cable boxes

The app, which offers live and on-demand access to Newsmax programming, is now available on X1-powered set-top boxes and the Xumo Stream Box.

Olivia Trusty. (Graphic by The Desk)

Senate likely to confirm Olivia Trusty to FCC next week

The U.S. Senate is likely to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee to fill a vacancy at the FCC next week.

John Oliver of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," a television program on HBO.

WBD to shut down some HBO, Cinemax multiplex channels

HBO Family and three Cinemax-branded channels will be closed as WBD focuses on spinning out its cable networks business.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen speaks with Sesame Street Muppets Jesse and Rosita at a preview of the PBS special "When Families Grieve" in the Pentagon on April 13, 2010. The program portrays the tales of children coping with the loss of a parent and skills that have helped them move forward.

House narrowly passes bill to pull public broadcast funding

The bill, which claws back $1.1 billion in public media funding, now heads to the Senate.

The logo of streaming service Philo adorns the wall of its San Francisco-based office. (Photo by Matthew Keys for The Desk)

Philo weighs adding more ad-lite bundles into core offering

The company's FAST channels are a gateway to its premium subscription, which will offer more ad-lite streaming bundles in the future.

Michael Johnson. (Courtesy photo)

Electric Entertainment promotes Michael Johnson to director role

Electric Entertainment has promoted Michael Johnson to serve as the Director of Streaming and Content Operations for Electric Now.

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Hearst, Xumo strike content, advertising partnership

The pact will see the launch of a new Lucky Dog Channel on Xumo Play.

Reporters from KTLA-TV and other news channels at a press conference in 2014. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons, remixed by The Desk)

Nexstar ready to squeeze more cash out of cable companies

Multicast News: In new investor materials released this week, Nexstar says it is ready to squeeze more cash out of cable and satellite companies.

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