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February 26
- Nexstar Broadcasting President Timothy Busch to Retire
- Comcast Brings Pay-TV Options to Flex With Xfinity Stream App
- MLB.TV Slides Onto YouTube TV
- CultureX Conversations Returns on Tuesday, March 16
- Rise Creates Mentoring Program for Young Women
- Germany’s Media Broadcast to Test 5G TV Production
- Final Day for Tech Leadership Product of the Year Award Nominations
February 25
- AT&T, TPG Deal Forms Standalone DirecTV Company
- Ultra HD Forum Announces New Board Leadership
- FCC Claims Lack of Jurisdiction in Hulu, Sinclair RSN Dispute
- NBCU Adds Charter to Addressable Ad Footprint
- Riedel Pushes 360-Degree Tech for America's Cup Coverage
- ATEME Touts Role of TITAN Live Compression in ATSC 3.0 Deployments
- Google TV Simplifies Smart TVs With ‘Basic TV’ Feature
- Broadcasters Foundation Providing Aid to Texas Broadcasters
- FCC Details Emergency Alerting Update Proposal
February 24
- ViacomCBS Touts 19.2M U.S. Streaming Subscribers Ahead of Paramount+ Debut
- LG Now Licensing Its webOS Smart TV Platform
- Scripps Board: Boehne to Retire as Board Chair, Williams to Succeed
- Hub: Original Streaming Titles Key in Drawing, Retaining Subscribers
- Xytech Acquires Net Insight’s ScheduALL
- FCC to Explore Emergency Alerting Over Streaming
- AT&T TV to Provide 20 Simultaneous Streams, Unlimited DVR
February 23
- APTS Presents 2021 Lay Leadership Award to David Steward II
- PBS39 Implements Red Bee Media’s Automatic Realtime Captioning
- Broadcasters’ Efforts to Increase DEI Are Steps Toward Future Success
- FCC Plans 3.45-3.55 GHz Auction for October
- NAB Launches ‘Voices From the Field’ Highlighting Local Broadcasters
- Dejero Connects Teams on Subaru Commercial Remote Production
- Noland Details ATSC 3.0 Transition Costs for Public TV Stations
- Comcast Tabs Video Streaming Startups for SportsTech Accelerator Program
- Grass Valley, Gravity Media Ink $5 Million Deal
- Worst of Cord-Cutting Is Over, Says Digital TV Research
- NAB Brands Efforts to Expand Unlicensed Access in 6 GHz Band as ‘Premature’
February 22
- Cord Cutting Nearly Doubled for the Big Four U.S. Pay-TV Providers in 2020
- FCC's Carr: House Dems Are Trying to Censor Newsrooms
- Yangquan TV’s Cobalt-Equipped 4K OB Truck Meets Demand for Higher-Res Sports Coverage
- CPB Increases Funds for Media Groups Producing Diverse Content
- VUit to be Streaming Home for Iditarod Sled Dog Race
- NVISA’s New VIDS Practice Makes Emergency Alerts Visually Easy to Grasp
- Dish Loses 133,000 Pay-TV Subscribers in Q4 2020
- Discovery+ Helps Lift Discovery DTC to 11M Subscribers
February 19
- Congress Preps Bill to Support Smaller News Orgs Against Big Tech
- Streaming Media Connect Session Focuses on ATSC 3.0
- Sen. Ben Ray Luján Named Communications Subcommittee Chair
- BBC Select Streaming Service Debuts in North America
- fuboTV Adds 12 Nexstar-Owned ABC Affiliates as Channel Offerings
February 18
- Qligent Appoints Ken Dillard as VP of Sales
- NBC Sports Tees Off Coverage of NHL’s Outdoor Games Weekend
- 2021 NAB Show to Host SMTE and Radio Show
- Apple TV+ Lands on Google TV
- NAB: Broadcasters Can Help Spread Word on Broadband
- Smartphone Streaming of On-Demand Entertainment Grows Worldwide, Says Report
- Geoff Stedman Joins SDVI as Chief Marketing Officer
- Congress to Dive Into Broadcast, Cable’s Role in Promoting Extremism, Disinformation
- FCC Ends Bidding for C-Band Assignment Phase
February 17
- NAB Appoints Alexander, York to NAB TV Board of Directors
- ATSC 3.0 Summit to Tackle Business of NextGen TV
- YouTube TV Adding 4K Option, Offline Viewing
- IBC Show Looking at 'Fall Back Dates' in December
- Nielsen Launches Gracenote Inclusion Platform to Measure Diversity on TV
- Report: Linear TV Proving Reliable for CTV Advertising
February 16
- LG Ready to Roll Out 2021 TV Lineup
- Sennheiser Emphasizing Pro Biz, Seeking Partner for Consumer Division
- Byron Allen to Keynote CultureX Conversations
- Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve Key Tool for Sundance Project ‘Cusp’
- intoPIX, Fraunhofer IIS Partner on JPEG XS Joint Licensing Program
- LiveU Matrix Eases FedNet's Sharing of US Capitol Proceedings
- John Honeycutt Appointed as Chair of the IBC Council
February 12
- NHL Selects AWS for Cloud Infrastructure
- ‘Sex and the City’ Gets HD Remastering for HBO Max
- APTS Elects 2021 Board Officers, Trustees
- Akamai: Internet Traffic Hit All-Time High in November
- Disney+ Jumps to 95M Subscribers
- Fox Sports Enhances Daytona 500 Coverage With Racing Drone, Extra Motion Tech
February 11
- Bipartisan Telecom Workforce Bill Introduced in the House
- Sony-Pearl Group Field Tests Demonstrate Robust ATSC 3.0 Mobility
- IEEE BTS Dives Deep Into ATSC 3.0 SFNs
- CCTV Taps Telestream for 8K Broadcast Tests
- Canon Lenses Capture Game Creek Video Inauguration Coverage
February 10
- Actus Digital Monitor Put to Use by The Weather Channel
- 2021 Oscars to Broadcast from Multiple Locations
- MoffettNathanson: OTT Players Could Encroach on TV’s Live Sports
- NBC to Air Tokyo Olympic Ceremony as Live Morning Broadcast
- Roku Dominated Super Bowl Streaming
- Chyron Acquires Weather Suite From DTN
- RailCam Robotic Cams Part of Super Bowl Halftime Show
- Bridge Technologies, 2110 Solutions Announce Partnership
- Broadband Traffic Spikes About 50% Amid COVID, Open Vault Reports
- B+C Names 2021 Tech Leadership Awards Recipients
- AJA Gear Backbone for City of Santa Barbara Streaming Efforts
February 9
- Cobalt Digital Adds Ward-Beck Product Line
- Nevion Adapter Tapped by NEP for Norewgian DTT Network
- AWARN Alliance Elects 2021 Steering Committee With John Taylor as Chair
- SMPTE, MESA Collaborate on Metadata Standard
- Center for Media Innovation Restarts $20,000 Media Fellowship
- Super Bowl LV Scored 96.4M Total Viewers, a 14-Year Low
- Nielsen, Marquee Broadcasting Reach Multi-Year Local TV Measurement Deal
February 8
- Comcast to Stop Carrying 8 Out-of-Market Hearst TV Stations
- Aspiring Student Filmmakers Receive Support from Shure
- FCC Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Telecommunications Act
- SBE Announces In-Person Leadership Development Course
- Chyron Announces New Branding
- SAG-AFTRA Bars Donald Trump from Rejoining Union
- Upgrading to UHD in the Age of Coronavirus
- Cox, AT&T End Blackout in Time for Super Bowl LV
February 5
- AT&T Makes Cox Retrans Impasse Pitch to Hill
- Panasonic Cams Help Safely Capture ‘A Little Late With Lilly Singh’
- Virtual Production to Become Industry Norm by 2026, Experts Predict
- HPA Tech Retreat Launching HPA Engage Content Portal
- Locast TV Service Now Available in Sacramento
- What Are the Tech Leadership Product of the Year Awards?
- AT&T Details Ways to Watch Super Bowl LV During Cox Blackout
February 4
- SAG-AFTRA Issues a Two-Word Response to Trump's Resignation from Union
- Shure Asks FCC to Dedicate UHF Channel for Wireless Mics
- Cox’s AT&T Blackout Amid Super Bowl ‘Brazen Assault’ on Consumers, Says ATVA
- Disney Names Robert Mills to Lead New Unscripted Unit
- Jeff Zucker to Exit CNN After 2021
- Staying One Step Ahead of Video Piracy
- NATE Praises Senate’s Telecom Workforce Bill
February 3
- TVU Provides Remote Production Tech for South Korean Broadcaster
- Nickelodeon to Produce Kid-Focused Super Bowl Pregame Show
- Massive New CTV Advertising Fraud Scheme Detected
- Mark Gardner Joins Ross as Regional Sales Director–EMEA North
- Number of Pay-TV Customers Subscribing to OTT Jumped nearly 50% in 2020
- ATVA Blasts Cox Media’s Super Bowl Blackout History
February 2
- AdAmp Kicks Off as TV Advertising Portal for Small Businesses
- The Mill Appoints Josh Mandel as Global CEO
- SMI Sees Growth in U.S. Ad Spend After 2020 Declines
- In-Person 2021 NAB Show Expected, NAB Reports
- R&S Celebrates Istanbul Tower Project
- Philips Professional Display Solutions Rebrands as PPDS in North America
- Univision Joins Project OAR for Addressable Advertising Development
- FCC, NTIA Back Spectrum Innovation Initiative
- Cox Media Stations Go Dark on DirecTV in 20 Markets
- With Venues Largely Fanless, Sports Audio Evolves
February 1
- Univision Nabs Vix Ad-Supported Streaming Service
- Toldright On-Demand Video Production Resource Launches
- CIMM Details Set-Top Box and Smart TV Data Integration Best Practices
- Verizon to Host Super Bowl LV Mobile Viewing Experiences
- Antix Acquires Imagine's Streaming Business
- APTS Reveals Agenda for 2021 Public Media Summit
- Redundancies at Grass Valley as Operations Move to Canada
- Gray TV Acquiring Quincy Media for $925M
- Integrated Production Tools Shine During Pandemic