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Fubo loses TV subscribers, trims financial losses in Q2
Fubo revealed its subscriber count in North America fell to 1.45 million during Q2, reflecting a sequential dip of 60,000 paid customers.
NewsNet, Sports News Highlights shut down
Low TV viewership and a cash crunch were cited among the reasons for NewsNet suddenly going off the air over the weekend.
NBC sees more than 35 million viewers with Sunday Olympics coverage
Around 4.5 million viewers streamed Sunday events on Peacock, Comcast said in a statement.
Bloomberg fires reporter who broke prisoner swap story
The arrangement was subject to an embargo, which Bloomberg violated in a rush to be first with the news.
Fox Weather hires Mike Seidel away from The Weather Channel
The free, ad-supported streaming climate channel has also landed on Paramount's Pluto TV.
CBS News shakes up local broadcast leadership team
Adrienne Roark and another executive get expanded roles at the Paramount-owned news division.
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Paramount Global (Press release)
OutKick to launch “The Ricky Cobb Show” on August 12
The Ricky Cobb Show will be available on OutKick.com, across OutKick’s social channels and on all major podcast platforms.
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OutKick (Press release)
NBC gets nearly 32 million viewers to Olympics on Thursday
The network and Peacock posted a total audience delivery of 31.7 million viewers.
Judge tosses verdict in NFL Sunday Ticket antitrust case
A judge has tossed a $4.7 billion jury award in a closely-watched antitrust case involving the NFL and its "Sunday Ticket" television package.
People are “changing their daily routine” to watch the Olympics, NBC says
Workplace productivity is down as employees adjust their schedules to watch key Olympic competitions daily, one NBC executive said.
SiriusXM launches free music tier to win back customers, boost ad sales
The plan, called SiriusXM Free Access, is available in most vehicles equipped with SiriusXM 360L receivers.
Streaming sports helps fuel sales of Roku devices during Q2
Time spent on Roku devices increased on a year-over basis to 30.1 billion streaming hours, the company affirmed.