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News & Views Most Popular Frndly TV Seeks Subs in an Unfriendly Pay-TV World By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 Former Sling TV exec starts up family-friendly OTT service that aims to pull a batch of consumers back into the pay-TV fold. Post a Comment Apple Eyes $9.99 Price for Apple TV+ – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/21/2019 Apple's subscription VoD service is expected to join a crowded field in November and lead with a free trial, Bloomberg says. Post a Comment Cable's Canoe Paddles Into Rough Waters By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/20/2019 The ad-driven video joint venture is attempting to carve out new deals around the world as impressions flatten out thanks to finite inventory and the rise of streaming competitors. Post a Comment Advertisement 'AT&T TV' Streams Into 10 Test Markets By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/19/2019 Billed as a 'Televisionary' offering, AT&T's new pay-TV streaming service features five tiers, paired with a 500-hour cloud DVR and access to a large VoD library. Post a Comment Podcast: Where Does OTT TV Go Now? By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 8/16/2019 It's going to take some televisionary moves for pay-TV providers and big studio owners like AT&T to sort out what consumers want, how to package it and what to call it. Post a Comment CommScope Swaps Leadership of Its CPE Biz By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/15/2019 Former Scientific-Atlanta and Cisco exec Joe Chow to succeed Larry Robinson, a move that will spark more speculation about the future of the set-top and modem business that CommScope acquired from Arris. Post a Comment New Disney Pact Paves Way for Charter to Offer Hulu, ESPN+, Disney+ By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/14/2019 Distribution of premium subscription streaming services are contemplated in new, wide-ranging deal between The Mouse and Charter. Post a Comment Advertisement Consolidated Streams Into the Future With 'CCiTV' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/13/2019 Joins OTT-TV and satellite TV options in northern New England with a new streaming video service, running on Android TV boxes and a range of retail devices. Post a Comment OSTV Now: Omniverse Exec Offers One-Stop Shop for TV By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/12/2019 Slated for launch in early September, the new offering will include a package of more than 50 US television channels, including 'faith-based,' premium and international channels. Post a Comment Roku Rocks in Q2, Sizes Up Global Expansion By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/9/2019 Blowout quarter sees revenues rise 59%, 'active' accounts eclipse 30 million as Roku keeps streaming platform lead over Amazon, Apple and Google. Post a Comment CommScope Eliminates COO Slot as Arris Biz Struggles By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/8/2019 Departure of long-time Arris exec Bruce McClelland comes about four months after acquisition and as the unit grapples with an expected temporary decline in cable operator capital spending. Post a Comment Podcast: Dish Network's Spectrum of Innovation By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 8/8/2019 Light Reading's editors discuss Dish Network, its pioneering past, a few hilarious missteps and why the company seems just as likely as anyone to be the next big player in 5G networks. Post a Comment Locast Needs More Than Luck to Beat the Broadcasters By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/7/2019 Connections to AT&T and Dish harm Locast's position as a non-profit, do-gooder and add fuel to the arguments being set against Locast by the Big 4 US broadcasters. Post a Comment Altice USA Adds Smart Speaker to Home Lineup By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/7/2019 Operator to sell Devialet-made 'Altice Amplify' device to Optimum and Suddenlink customers at a discount and lease it to Altice One users for $10 per month. Post a Comment Charter Sets Employee Tests for 'Spectrum Connectivity Platform' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2019 Software for broadband devices, believed to support OpenWRT, designed to help customers manage and optimize in-home WiFi, tweak router settings and pause Internet connectivity. Post a Comment Set TV Is Now Really, Really Dead By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/1/2019 California court hits alleged OTT-TV pirate with $7.6 million fine and permanent injunction on the service and the operation and distribution of a device used to stream hundreds of TV channels for just $20/month. Post a Comment TiVo 'On Track' to Split Its Product & Licensing Businesses By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/1/2019 Work underway to reorganize and streamline its product unit as TiVo prepares to separate itself by the second half of 2020. Post a Comment Altice USA Signs AT&T to Nationwide Roaming Deal By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/31/2019 Says complementary agreement will ensure aggregate 99% nationwide coverage as Altice USA nears debut of a full MVNO mobile service developed via its Sprint partnership. Post a Comment AT&T Scuttling 'DirecTV Now' Brand, Confusion Ensues By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/30/2019 OTT-TV service to be recast as 'AT&T TV Now' amid plans to launch a new, high-end streaming service called 'AT&T TV' that will serve as the 'workhorse' for the company's pay-TV biz. Post a Comment Comcast Looks Skyward for Success By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/29/2019 Comcast sees streaming video opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic, with both its Sky and NBCUniversal units now cooking up content for OTT video. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 'AT&T TV' Streams Into 10 Test Markets By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/19/2019 Billed as a 'Televisionary' offering, AT&T's new pay-TV streaming service features five tiers, paired with a 500-hour cloud DVR and access to a large VoD library. Post a Comment Apple Eyes $9.99 Price for Apple TV+ – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/21/2019 Apple's subscription VoD service is expected to join a crowded field in November and lead with a free trial, Bloomberg says. Post a Comment Frndly TV Seeks Subs in an Unfriendly Pay-TV World By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 Former Sling TV exec starts up family-friendly OTT service that aims to pull a batch of consumers back into the pay-TV fold. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Pluto TV, NFL Kick Off Football-Focused OTT Channel Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Altice USA Adds CuriosityStream Monday, August 19, 2019 The Roku Channel Tunes In 'Kids & Family' Destination Monday, August 19, 2019 Xumo TV Gains Access to Comcast X1 Boxes, Android TV Devices Monday, August 19, 2019 AT&T's Xandr Unit Taps Comscore for Targeted Ad Measurement Wednesday, August 14, 2019 You.i TV Hires CFO Wednesday, August 14, 2019 Set-Top Energy Program Claims $5B in Consumer Savings Tuesday, August 13, 2019 Consolidated Debuts 'CCiTV' in Southern Maine Monday, August 12, 2019 ACE Notches Victory Over SetTVNow Thursday, August 1, 2019 Midco Picks TiVo for IPTV Transition Tuesday, July 30, 2019 TDS Telecom Taps Arris/CommScope for Android TV Box Monday, July 29, 2019 Amino & Mobitv Team on Advanced Video Services Monday, July 29, 2019 Comcast Reports Q2 2019 Results Thursday, July 25, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Nuclear Plant Security Compromised by Financially Motivated Insiders Larry Loeb, Author, 8/23/2019 Equipment at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine was used to mine cryptocurrency. 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8/20/2019

Three CEO: We'd Rather Take Huawei Risk Than Miss 5G Rewards

Three UK has just launched a major 5G-led assault on the living room. If all goes to plan, the smallest of the country's four mobile network operators will emerge ...