NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino Might Be New CEO at Twitter Elon Musk tweets that he’s hiring a woman who starts in six weeks Broadcasting & Cable · May 12, 2023
A Disney Plus Price Hike is Coming — What to Expect Disney Plus subscribers face a price hike but now get Hulu content in a new "one-app" experience. We have the lowdown on the changes. Kiplinger · May 11, 2023
Bob Iger to fix streaming by gutting Disney content Now that Iger knows what drives subscriber growth and what doesn't, he wants to thin out the bloated library of content on his loss-making streaming platforms. Fortune · May 11, 2023
Disney Plus will integrate Hulu content — but be prepared to pay more Disney Plus will be bringing Hulu closer to home, but the downside will be having to pay more. Tom’s Guide · May 11, 2023
Bob Iger Is ‘Bullish’ on Combining Disney, Hulu Content, But Won’t Predict Buying Comcast Stake Recent conversations with Comcast have been ‘cordial’ Multichannel News · May 10, 2023
Harmonic Soars Over 20% on Q1 CableOS Dominance, Now the Top Cable Tech Vendor With a market cap of almost $1.8 billion, Harmonic is now twice as big as CommScope Multichannel News · May 9, 2023
NBCU finalizing settlement with CNBC reporter Hadley Gamble Gamble's internal complaint led to the investigation, and ultimate firing, of NBCU CEO Jeff Shell. Axios · May 9, 2023
TNDV, NATAS Collaborate On Tech Emmy Livestream Production A highlight of the coverage was a state-of-the-art LED Volume virtual studio TV Tech · May 5, 2023
NFL Network back on Comcast cable after sides reach new carriage agreement NBCUniversal, which airs “Sunday Night Football,” is owned by Comcast. Comcast has 16.1 million subscribers according to a company filing in March. Chicago Sun-Times · May 2, 2023
NFL Network Returns to Comcast After One-Day Blackout Agreement on reset carriage fee reportedly came after Comcast chief Brian Roberts had a phone chat with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Multichannel News · May 2, 2023
Comcast drops NFL Network after carriage agreement expires If the blackout lasts into the regular season, Comcast subscribers also wouldn’t have access to NFL Red Zone. Chicago Sun-Times · May 2, 2023
Former NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Forfeited $43.3 Million in Compensation Comcast president Michael Cavanagh’s compensation jumped to $40.5 million Multichannel News · Apr 28, 2023
Comcast Addresses FWA Threat With Arbor Day TV Commercial — Don’t Let T-Mobile Cut Down All the Trees! Sure, Comcast reported only 5,000 broadband adds for Q1, but the cable company still found a way to make itself laugh Multichannel News · Apr 27, 2023
Michael Cavanagh Set To Run NBCUniversal for the Long Term ’I’ll have to work harder,’ Comcast’s president said Multichannel News · Apr 27, 2023
Multichannel News · Apr 27, 2023 A New Record Bad: Comcast’s 614K Pay TV Sub Losses in Q1 Take Cord-Cutting to Next Level Comcast says churn and disconnects haven't increased, it's more a matter of fewer broadband 'connects' leading customers back into the pay TV ecosystem
TV Tech · Apr 27, 2023 Despite Increase in Cord-Cutting, Comcast Reports Higher Earnings for Q1 Peacock subscriptions inch up, but streamer continues to lose money
Multichannel News · Apr 27, 2023 Comcast Reports Higher Earnings Despite Peacock Losses, Cord-Cutting Revenues down following Super Bowl, Olympics, elections in 2022
TV Tech · Apr 25, 2023 Comcast Integrates 20+ Free FAST Channels from Xumo Play, NBC and Sky into Xfinity Stream Channels are available free to any Xfinity customer, regardless of whether they subscribe to Xfinity Video
Multichannel News · Apr 25, 2023 Comcast Integrates NBC News Now, Sky News, 19 Xumo-Branded FAST Channels Into Xfinity Stream App Free channels are now natively embedded into the Stream UX
Fortune · Apr 25, 2023 Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon ousters indicate television has more #MeToo work to do The news industry isn't done cleaning house.
Axios · Apr 24, 2023 Cable news in chaos after 3 major departures Cable news is already under extraordinary pressure to survive.
The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023 NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell ousted over ‘inappropriate relationship’ Shell and NBCUniversal’s parent company Comcast Corp announced his immediate departure on Sunday
Multichannel News · Apr 24, 2023 B+C Hall of Fame 2023: Matt Bond Chairman, Content Distribution, NBCUniversal
Multichannel News · Apr 23, 2023 NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Exits After ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ Says he regrets letting company down
WEKU · Apr 23, 2023 NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is out after an 'inappropriate relationship' Shell apologized for an "inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company," and said he was "truly sorry" for letting down colleagues.