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Fox News, ABC News grab highest ratings with 2024 Election Night coverage. MSNBC scored a major win, with its overall Election Night viewership topping CNN for the first time in TV history. Vizio platform revenue climbs to $197 million during Q3. Broadcasters, telecoms get major win with apparent Trump victory.
Verizon avoids carriage dispute with TEGNA - thedesk.net
20 hours ago · Verizon has reached an agreement with local television broadcaster TEGNA that will allow its pay TV customers to continue watching major network programming from TEGNA-owned stations for at least a few more years. The deal was reached on Tuesday, just hours before Verizon’s carriage contract with TEGNA was set to expire.
GCI to shut down cable TV, Yukon TV service in mid-2025
17 hours ago · This week, GCI Communications began telling customers it will stop offering cable TV service in mid-2025, with the company pushing subscribers toward its broadband Internet offerings and to third-party streaming video platforms. In the coming weeks, GCI intends to start offering customers the Xumo Stream Box as a replacement for their cable TV ...
Parks Associates: Prime Video is top streaming service in U.S.
19 hours ago · The report is part of the research firm’s Streaming Video Tracker, which will be detailed at the company’s Future of Video conference in Southern California later this month. Prime Video has topped Parks Associates’ report of the most-used streaming service since 2022, when it leapfrogged former first place contender Netflix, which has ...
Verizon urged to modify ads that showcased satellite-based texting
2 days ago · Verizon has been urged by a national advertising consortium to modify or remove certain television spots that offer insight into the company’s text via satellite capabilities. Earlier this month, the National Advertising Division (NAD) said rival telecom T-Mobile had launched a complaint about the spot, which showed people in remote locations ...
DirecTV rolls out “featured apps” carousel on Gemini boxes
4 days ago · The “My Apps” carousel allows users of DirecTV’s Gemini devices to quickly launch their most-used apps. (Courtesy image) DirecTV is evolving the user interface on its Gemini set-top boxes by adding a new carousel-style menu that collates popular third-party streaming apps.. Earlier this week, DirecTV began pushing out an update to some Gemini set-top boxes and Gemini Air dongles that ...
Comcast explores spinning cable networks into separate business
Oct 31, 2024 · The comment suggests Comcast could spin off its cable networks into a separate, standalone business, one that would be partially or wholly owned by Comcast’s shareholders. The separate company would include general entertainment networks like Bravo, E!, USA Network, SyFy and Oxygen True Crime, as well as news channels CNN and MSNBC.
The Editor's Desk: New weekly video series debuts in October
Oct 4, 2024 · The short-form show will debut new episodes every Tuesday, starting October 8, with distribution across The Desk‘s social media profiles and e-mail newsletters.Episodes will also be available to view each week through Microsoft Start (formerly Microsoft News), and an audio version of the show will debut on popular podcast platforms in the coming weeks.
TV stations to replace Circle Country with Outlaw, The365 in January
From that day, viewers who want access to Circle Country will be able to watch it on the Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Sling Freestream and Comcast’s Xumo Play. Broadcast stations will replace Circle Country with one of two new digital networks: Outlaw, which offers country western programming, or The365, a network offering Black-centric TV ...
Sinclair’s The National News Desk to offer Election Night coverage
Oct 24, 2024 · Sinclair’s national news brand will offer special coverage of the 2024 Presidential Election and key races in different parts of the country on Tuesday, November 5, The Desk has learned. The program — called “Beyond the Podium: Election 2024” — will air on approximately 90 broadcast television stations owned or operated by Sinclair ...