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ITVT names 20th anniversary awards recipients
The TV of Tomorrow Show and its organizers have announced the winners of the 20th annual awards for leadership and innovation.
Apollo Global makes $11 billion bid for Paramount studios
Apollo Global Management has offered National Amusements $11 billion to acquire Paramount Global's film and television studio business.
Sinclair brings tennis-centric T2 to free broadcast TV
The streaming channel will launch as a virtual network on Sinclair-owned stations broadcasting in ATSC 3.0.
Paramount Plus to debut with ads in Canada, Australia
Paramount Plus will debut an ad-supported tier in Canada and Australia in the coming weeks.
TCL TV Plus adds 13 new free streaming channels
TCL's free, ad-supported streaming television service TCL TV Plus has added 13 new linear content streams.
Streaming gains on traditional TV in February, Nielsen report shows
Streaming accounted for nearly 38 percent of all television watching in the United States last month, up from 34 percent last year.
Tech community rallies around editor who lost home in fire
The journalism and tech communities have donated more than $84,000 to a TechCrunch editor whose home was destroyed by a fire last week.
Robert Schildhouse to take expanded role at Britbox International
Schildhouse will also serve as the President of Britbox North America, reporting to BBC executive Rebecca Glashow.
DirecTV will let satellite customers opt out of local channels
Customers will get $12 off their bills if they agree to drop local stations; streaming and U-Verse customers are not eligible, The Desk has confirmed.
Sinclair commits resources to help public TV stations launch NextGen TV signals
Sinclair said the move is intended to encourage more public TV stations to sign on to NextGen TV, which will help them reach viewers already using the new digital broadcast standard.
WOW! reports lower revenue as customers move toward larger services
A decision to move customers off traditional TV service along with increased competition in the broadband space impacted WOW!'s Q4 and year-end revenue, executives affirmed this week.
Ex-Apple exec Pete Distad to lead sports streaming service
The media executive held high-level roles at Apple and Disney's Hulu, and will now be tasked with developing and launching a new sports streaming service.