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Frndly TV to add Weigel’s Me TV Plus
Streaming service Frndly TV will add Me TV Plus from Weigel Broadcasting to its low-cost plan, which starts at $7 a month.
Montana broadband build-out comes with $300,000 price tag per home
Providing high-speed Internet connections to rural parts of the country could be more expensive than federal officials previously thought.
Germany will overtake UK with subscription video subscribers, report says
Western Europe will have around 273 million total SVOD subscribers by the end of the decade.
Philips puts Pluto TV on smart sets in Europe, Latin America
Philips is putting the free streaming service Pluto TV on its TP Vision sets in Europe and Latin America.
Sinclair deal with Nexstar returns some CW affiliates to DirecTV
The renewed agreement between the two broadcasters allows Sinclair to negotiate carriage of its affiliates with streaming cable alternatives.
Channel 4 launches streaming channels in U.S.
Britain's Channel 4 is launching two free, ad-supported streaming channels in the United States.
Charter offers Spectrum customers free access to Peacock
Charter is offering Spectrum TV and Spectrum Internet customers free access to Peacock Premium through a special promotion.
NPR CEO John Lansing to retire later this year
NPR CEO John Lansing will leave the organization at the end of the year, the public radio program distributor said on Tuesday.
Three sports piracy websites shut down by Egyptian authorities
Three illegal streaming websites were shut down by Egyptian authorities working in partnership with ACE, the group said on Tuesday.
YouTube TV to drop CW Network programming in some areas
YouTube TV customers in four areas will lose access to CW Network shows due to affiliation changes, starting Friday.
Former BBC, New York Times leader named CEO of CNN
Mark Thompson will take over the top job at CNN Worldwide in early October, officials announced on Wednesday.
T-Mobile to lay off 5,000 workers, mostly in corporate roles
T-Mobile is laying off a significant amount of its workforce to address customer acquisition costs and other expenses, the company's CEO said in a letter this week.