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MSG Networks to be pulled from Optimum on January 1, 2025
3 days ago · An Optimum customer service center located in New Jersey. (Photo by Jonathan Schilling via Wikimedia Commons, Graphic by The Desk) MSG Networks this week began alerting sports fans in the New York City metropolitan area that some of their favorite teams might soon be unavailable if they subscribe to Optimum’s cable television service.
Univision channels go dark on Fubo, distribution contract blamed
Dec 24, 2024 · The Fubo app on a Xumo Stream Box provided by Comcast. (Courtesy photo) Dozens of Spanish-language broadcast channels and cable networks owned by Televisa-Univision disappeared from Fubo on Monday after a contract to carry those channels expired without a new one in place.. In a statement, a spokesperson for Fubo exaggerated the situation by claiming that “thousands of Spanish-speaking ...
Sinclair rebrands syndicated news program - thedesk.net
September 27, 2024. Launched initially as a morning show in 2021, The National News Desk has since expanded to include reports in evening hours and on weekends.The program airs on more than 80 local TV stations owned or operated by Sinclair, and streams on every Sinclair-owned local TV station website through a dedicated web channel.
DirecTV says merger agreement with Dish Network could fall apart
(Courtesy image, Graphic by The Desk) An agreement to merge Echostar’s pay television businesses Dish Network and Sling TV with rival satellite and streaming TV distributor DirecTV could be called off just before the Thanksgiving holiday, a spokesperson for DirecTV confirmed to The Desk on Tuesday.. The central issue that has the deal on thin ice involves a bond exchange offer that would see ...
TV stations to replace Circle Country with Outlaw, The365 in January
Promotional graphics for broadcast networks Outlaw and The365. (Courtesy images, composite graphic by The Desk) Gray Television will stop distributing Country Circle to broadcast television stations across the country and will replace it with one of two networks that will launch as part of a new joint venture.. Starting January 1, Circle Country will stop broadcasting on over-the-air ...
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel to depart agency in January
Nov 21, 2024 · FCC Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel appears in an undated handout photograph. (Image courtesy FCC, Graphic by The Desk) FCC Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel has announced her intent to depart the agency in January, timed to coincide with the appointment of her successor, incoming FCC Chair Brendan Carr.
Dan Abrams to end NewsNation program in February
Dec 20, 2024 · Dan Abrams. (Courtesy photo) Media entrepreneur and legal expert Dan Abrams will stop hosting his one-hour NewsNation program in February. The announcement was made at the end of Thursday’s broadcast, during which Abrams said he appreciated the three years he got to spend with the Nexstar Media Group-owned cable news upstart.
Full memo: Comcast to spin off cable networks, digital assets
Nov 20, 2024 · Executives at Comcast confirmed Wednesday morning that the company is advancing with its spin-off of cable networks and other media assets. The spin-off will involve CNBC, MSNBC, USA Network, SyFy, E!, Golf Channel and Oxygen True Crime, executives confirmed in a memo sent to employees. The company ...