Television
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Cord Cutters News trims staff, lays off editor-in-chief
Editor-in-Chief Roger Cheng were among the layoffs at Cord Cutters News this week, along with two staff writers.
WBD streaming subscribers grows to 97.7 million
Warner Bros Discovery becomes first major media company to earn full-year streaming profit.
DirecTV wins Tech Emmy Awards for signal reliability, pause ads
DirecTV won two Technical & Engineering Emmy Awards this week for the company's advancements concerning video and advertising deliveries.
Vizio wins Emmy Award for smart television platform
Vizio has received an engineering Emmy Award for its development and deployment of its refreshed streaming television operating system.
Florida journalist Timothy Burke charged over hack of Fox News
Florida journalist Timothy Burke has been charged with numerous computer hacking crimes, according to an indictment obtained by The Desk.
Amazon to pay $120 million for NFL playoff game next year, report says
Amazon is ready for some more football — but it wants a bigger game than the Black Friday match-up it streamed on Prime Video last year.
Sinclair’s The Nest gets carriage on TEGNA broadcast stations
Sinclair has signed an agreement with peer broadcaster TEGNA to distribute its digital network The Nest in more cities across the country.
Sports on streaming will get more expensive, Fubo CEO warns
The company is currently fighting two programming partners in court over plans to develop a competing sports-inclusive offering.
Trump town hall brings 3.2 million viewers to Fox News
The one-hour program grabbed 55 percent of the cable news share within the key demographic of viewers attractive to advertisers.
Ashleigh Banfield signs new contract with NewsNation
The network characterized it as a "multi-year contract" that will keep Banfield's eponymous show on the channel for a while longer.
Amazon says “no changes” coming to Freevee despite Adweek report
The publication reported Amazon would sunset the free, ad-supported streaming service in a push to get more viewers on Prime Video.
Alleged California TV pirate says Dish has wrong guy
Vaneet Sharma, the alleged mastermind behind the Sharma IPTV service, says he did not steal Dish Network signals for a pirate TV operation.