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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.
Creditors reject Dish bond exchange offer - thedesk.net
23 hours ago · November 11, 2024. Share: (Courtesy image, Graphic by The Desk) A group of creditors associated with Echostar’s pay television service Dish Network have rejected a bond exchange offer from the company, which was one of the contingencies rooted in its proposed merger with rival TV distributor DirecTV. The rejection came in the form of a letter ...
Roku, Amazon and Samsung are most-dominant CTV platforms
1 day ago · An excerpt from the survey — “Battle of the Platforms: Assessing Connected TV Ecosystems” — was released ahead of the company’s Future of Video conference, which is taking place in Southern California later this month. The survey found Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV and Samsung’s Tizen operating system to be the most-dominant CTV ...
Chris Wallace leaves CNN to build independent media company
1 day ago · Chris Wallace. (Courtesy photo) Veteran journalist Chris Wallace is departing Warner Bros Discovery -owned CNN to pursue the development of his own media empire, he confirmed in a news interview on Monday. Speaking with the Daily Beast, Wallace said the time was right to bring his brand of journalism to different platforms, at a time when news ...
TEGNA stations may be dropped from Verizon Fios this week
1 day ago · The West End offices of Verizon Communications in Boston, Massachusetts, as pictured in March 2022. (Photo by Leon Bredella via Unsplash) Verizon has sent a notice to some customers of its Fios TV service with a warning that one of their local television channels may be removed on Tuesday.. The notice affects Fios TV customers in four cities, and was mailed and e-mailed to subscribers last ...
Verizon urged to modify ads that showcased satellite-based texting
1 day 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 ...
Charter’s Spectrum TV customers to get free Peacock
Oct 2, 2024 · An app tile for Comcast’s streaming service Peacock appears on a streaming television device. (Courtesy photo) Charter Communications on Wednesday announced a new multi-year distribution deal with Comcast’s NBC Universal that will allow customers of its Spectrum TV service to get access to the ad-supported tier of Peacock as part of their ...
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 ...
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.