Technology
The Gatherer Network, SVOD Service Targeting Women, Eyes Q4 Debut
Cinedigm, Gatherer Entertainment team on lifestyle service for women in the 35+ age demo
Comcast Integrates Tile's Trackers with Xfinity Home and X1
Tile, an IoT-focused startup, makes products that track a person’s keys, luggage, other types of belongings
AT&T Aims to Ease ‘Margin Pressure’ on OTT TV Services
Intro of cloud DVR services, additional streams per account, PPV options will help, CFO says
DirecTV Now Gains Offset AT&T’s Traditional Pay TV Losses in Q1
Adds 312,000 lower-margin DirecTV Now subs in Q1, extending total to 1.46M
Charter Brings Spectrum Internet Gig Service to 14M More Homes
Says DOCSIS 3.1 footprint now covers 23 million homes
Twitter, Yahoo! Adjusting Terms of Service
Companies providing more transparency about info collection, more user control
Facebook Video Streams in AV1 Support
Limited trial adoption follows recent benchmark tests of new royalty-free, bandwidth-saving codec
Verizon CFO: Activity From New MVNOs ‘Relatively Small’
Also hints that OTT TV service will be tied to 5G market rollout
ATVA to FCC: ATSC 3.0 Error Requires Fixing
Group wants re-do on retrans, flash-cuts, signal degradation
Verizon Loses 22K Fios Video Subs, Adds 66K Fios Internet Subs in Q1
Fios-related revenues rose 2.1% in period
ThinkAnalytics Hires Rob Sowers to Head North American Expansion
Sowers named SVP of sales for search and recommendations company
Comcast’s X1 Brings Back Remote Control Voting for ‘The Voice’
Interactive feature also available to customers on Cox’s new ‘Contour’ platform
Netflix, Amazon Join Studios in Targeting ‘Set TV’
Lawsuit aims to take down service that is allegedly selling and distributing illegal video services globally
Matt Bell Named CTO of WOW
Industry vet is late of Charter, Motorola Mobility, Sarepta Advisors (Updated)
BFA Cites Call for Progressives to Drop Net Neutrality CRA Effort
Op-ed says it is time for comprehensive bill including ISPS, edge
Viacom Makes Advanced Advertising Deal with Comcast
Cable data on subs, Freewheel technology make targeting more efficient
Survival of the Quickest and Smartest
Broadcasters, operators must transform and innovate