Television
News articles and original analysis on the television industry, including broadcasting, cable television, satellite television, streaming television, advertising, measurement and policy.
Fox Sports lays off staffers as part of corporate restructuring
Fox Sports issued pink slips to around 80 workers this week as part of a corporate restructuring effort.
Fox Sports lays off staffers as part of corporate restructuring
Fox Sports issued pink slips to around 80 workers this week as part of a corporate restructuring effort.
Comcast teases relaunch of tech-centric G4 channel
Comcast will revive the G4 brand for some kind of media product more than five years after it closed the tech-centric cable TV network.
Comcast customers to get Marquee Sports under new deal with Sinclair
An extension of the company's re-transmission agreement also includes more than 70 local stations in 50 markets and several Fox Sports-branded regional networks.
Philo donates $1 million in commercial ad inventory to Black-owned businesses
Philo executives say the donation of commercial inventory and other initiatives align with its principles of diversity and inclusion.
Streaming service Philo adds TV One to lineup
Philo is adding TV One to its lineup of 60 pay TV networks, making it the latest channel to be added to the budget Internet-based cable TV alternative.
Analyst: 33 percent of cable, satellite TV subscribers on promo deal
Those deals could be bad news for cable and satellite companies as more subscribers cut the cord due to the pandemic-induced recession.
Dish customers lose access to Cox Media-owned local stations
Customers in 10 metropolitan areas lose access to more than a dozen local networks over business dealings.
Analyst says Comcast’s Peacock downloaded 1.5 million times
Not a bad first week for an app that's still not available on Roku or Amazon Fire TV devices.
California’s unemployed includes 230,000 entertainment, recreation workers
The data reported this week includes TV and movie production workers, ticket-takers and actors who are out of work.
Report: Layoffs expected to impact numerous staffers at NBC
"Sweeping" and "significant" layoffs are expected across NBC's networks, sources told the New York Post.
Showtime, BET join forces for new cable multiplex channel
The new multiplex network from Showtime and BET Networks will deliver African American-centric programming, ViacomCBS executives said on Monday.