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Audience dips for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” in Week 2
Around 15 million people watched the match-up between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons.
Philo adds six new FAST channels to streaming TV service
The channels add to Philo's growing collection of FAST content streams, which clock in at nearly 100.
Google rebrands FAST service to Freeplay on Google TV devices
In addition to the FAST rebrand, Google TV users will soon get content recommendations from The Roku Channel if the app is installed on their device.
Louisiana radio stations fail during Hurricane Francine
Several commercial radio stations in Louisiana are still off the air nearly a week after Hurricane Francine impacted the region.
ITV to end transmission of SD feeds on satellite
The move will impact TV viewers who have not yet upgraded their satellite TV boxes to support high definition signals.
Kids are key to reducing streaming subscription churn
A new report from Ampere says streaming services that offer shows sought by children are more likely to retain subscribers.
EverPass Media gets distribution rights to Amazon’s “Thursday Night Football”
The NFL's joint venture EverPass Media will distribute Thursday Night Football to enterprise customers on an exclusive basis, starting this week.
Fox Nation to debut Vivek Ramaswamy-hosted TV show
"Truths," named after Ramaswamy's book, will feature a round table discussion with various panelists, including his wife.
Charter rolls out more-transparent, all-inclusive prices on Spectrum services
As part of its "Life Unlimited" campaign, Charter is including taxes and fees and dropping contracts across some of its residential services.
Tentative deal brings Disney-owned ABC, ESPN back to DirecTV
The tentative deal will allow DirecTV and U-Verse customers to watch live sports and entertainment on Disney-owned networks, and includes future perks like access to Disney-owned apps.
The Trade Desk CEO says not interested in competing against Roku, Amazon
The Trade Desk's CEO did not dispute reports that the company is building its own smart TV operating system.
BBC boss says subscriptions, advertising not a viable option
The broadcaster is looking at a universal service fee to generate domestic revenue as it projects a further increase to its operating deficit.