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Paramount Global will pursue merger with Skydance Media
The decision comes despite an offer from Apollo Global Management to buy the company for $26 billion.
Viaplay completes sale of UK-based business
The Viaplay sports channels in the United Kingdom are expected to rebrand back to Premier Sports.
BBC needs to reorient focus around core roles, top boss says
The top official at the BBC said the company needs to reorient its focus around a core set of ideas that involve educating and entertaining the world.
ESPN begins pointing sports fans to regional networks
The inaugural integration will see the New England Sports Network listed among live sports programming within the ESPN app.
Consolidated to push former video customers to MyBundle
The move comes about a month after Consolidated said it would exit the traditional pay TV market.
A Conversation With: ITVT Co-Founder Tracy Swedlow
The Desk chats with the producer and host of one of the most-prestigious events in the technology and television sectors.
Curiosity Stream begins using AI tools for marketing, customer feedback
Curiosity Stream is leveraging machine learning tools to reduce certain production, marketing and service-related expenses, its CEO affirmed this week.
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.
Nielsen’s Gracenote restructures video metadata products
The product group is aimed at unifying the search and discovery process across various streaming services, Gracenote says.
Free streaming TV services among most-used in America, Omdia reports
As subscription-based streaming services increase their prices, Americans are increasingly turning to free, ad-supported TV platforms for their video needs, according to new research.
Charter’s Spectrum TV offers free access to ESPN Plus
The Disney-owned sports service can be accessed by Spectrum TV customers with certain eligible plans.
VIDAA TV OS ready to compete against Roku, Amazon in U.S.
Unlike Roku and Amazon, executives at VIDAA say the tech firm has no plans to make its own streaming smart TV sets.