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Verizon lowers price of HBO Max streaming app for customers
Verizon is lowering the price of its HBO Max streaming perk for its wireless and home Internet customers, The Desk has learned.
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LG Channels adds two new Stingray music channels
Smart television maker LG has added two new Stingray music channels to its streaming service LG Channels, the companies announced on Tuesday.
Weigel’s MeTV is one of the top TV networks in America. Most of its shows are decades old.
Shows like "M*A*S*H" and "Svengoolie" are pulling in hundreds of thousands of viewers each week, according to Nielsen ratings.
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Nielsen: Football boosts time spent with ad-supported sources during Q3
Traditional linear TV accounted for a stronger share of ad-supported viewership than streaming during Q3, according to Nielsen.
Stingray launches new music channels on Amazon Prime Video
Stingray says it has inked a new deal with Amazon that will see several of its own channels offered through Prime Video for free.
Harmonic agrees to sell video business to MediaKind for $145 million
Harmonic will sell its video business to MediaKind for $145 million, positioning the company to focus exclusively on broadband technology.
Uber shares ride, delivery data with marketers through new intelligence platform
Uber is launching Uber Intelligence to let advertisers analyze behavior by pairing their data with Uber’s first-party insights.
DIRECTV launches streaming app for LG smart TVs
DIRECTV is now offering its streaming television app on smart TVs made by LG and powered by the WebOS operating system.
Paramount makes $78 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, is part of a consortium backing Paramount Skydance's offer for all of Warner Bros Discovery.
Ross Video restructures commercial, technical teams with eye toward growing South Asian business
Ross Video expanded and restructured its SAARC commercial and technical teams to improve customer coverage and support.
PubMatic, Brightline partner on connected TV ad formats
PubMatic and BrightLine have partnered to bring interactive and addressable CTV ad formats to PubMatic’s programmatic platform.
Fubo lowers prices as dispute with Comcast’s NBC drags on
Fubo has lowered the prices of two pay TV packages as its dispute with NBC Universal continues into another week.