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A bull rider riding a bull. (Stock photo)

Dr. Phil’s cable channel to carry professional bull riding

Merit Street Media cable channel will offer coverage of Professional Bull Riders events as part of a four-year deal with the organization.

The Warner Bros Studios logo is seen on a building along Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles, California on May 28, 2007. (Photo: Flickr user abgpt)

OSN signs WBD content deal for Middle East, North Africa

The deal suggests WBD is focused on international expansion of Max in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

The Transamerica Building in Tucson, Arizona.

Telemundo station brings NextGen TV signals to Tucson

A Comcast-owned Telemundo station is providing NextGen TV signals to the Tucson area.

The logo of California-based Internet Archive. (Photo by Arnold Gatilao via Wikimedia Commons)

Wayback Machine parent Internet Archive suffers cyberattack

The Internet Archive is in the process of dealing with a cyberattack that has crippled some of its online services for the past three days.

Rick Howe (left) and Inscape founder Zeev Neumeier participate in a discussion at the TV of Tomorrow Show in 2024. (Photo by Matthew Keys for The Desk)

Zeev Neumeier brings Gray Swan out of stealth mode

Gray Swan is a service powered by artificial intelligence that aims to help marketers better optimize their connected TV campaigns.

T-Mobile agrees to pay $4.4 billion for U.S. Cellular

The sale will see T-Mobile acquire U.S. Cellular's wireless customers, stores and some spectrum-related assets.

Sky Stream device coming to Italy in June

Comcast's Sky Group is bringing its streaming TV device, called Sky Stream, to customers in Italy.

The headquarters of Deutsche Telekom in Bonn, Germany.

American who hacked T-Mobile in 2021 arrested in Turkey, faces extradition

John Binns, 24, admitted to accessing servers connected to T-Mobile; he was federally indicted in 2022.

The logo of streaming service Frndly TV. (Graphic by The Desk)

Frndly TV retracts statement on MeTV Toons carriage

The service will carry the channel shortly after it launches in mid-June, but isn't ready to announce distribution plans just yet.

William Johnson discusses his new role at TEGNA-owned KYTX in December 2023. (Still frame via TV broadcast)

TEGNA anchor accused of child sex crimes in Texas

William Johnson is accused of child sex crimes that allegedly occurred before he joined a TEGNA television station last year.

The Roku Channel offers subscriptions to numerous third-party services, including Paramount Plus. (Graphic by The Desk)

Bundles drive better consumer engagement, study reveals

New research from Parks Associates and Bango are trumpeting the strategy of subscription bundles across different services. 

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Priya Dogra.

Priya Dogra lands at Sky Group as new advertising chief

Priya Dogra is joining Comcast's Sky Group as its new Chief Advertising & New Revenue Officer, starting next month.

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