ESPN chairman cited COVID's impacts, ESPN's need to focus on multichannel, D2C efforts. Read the whole story

CEO Brian Roberts recently said Comcast wants to integrate its X1 video platform in smart TVs, and such a move could help accelerate adoption … Read the whole story

AT&T has explored a sale of DirecTV before -- as recently as August -- but a potential packaged sale of its stakes in all … Read the whole story

YouTube removed ads from the video, from Trump-promoting, right-wing One America News Network, because it violates YouTube policies by "undermining confidence in elections with … Read the whole story

A federal judge has rejected right-wing conspiracy group QAnon's request for a court order that would have required YouTube to immediately restore their videos. Read the whole story

The audience of election night news coverage of this year's election fell 20% from the 2016 presidential election, although 2020 included both out-of-home and … Read the whole story

For this year's election, 21 networks aired results with a Nielsen-measured 56.9 million viewers vs. 2016, which had 13 networks and 71.4 million viewers. … Read the whole story

Analysts and network execs attribute the decline to sports TV competition overload from end-of-the-season NBA playoffs and finals and MLB's World Series. Through 8 … Read the whole story

Brands are given more real-time control of their content-based ad units when distributed at scale. Read the whole story

Results were impacted by RSN issues including subscriber erosion, loss of two major distributors, and COVID-19 effects. Political advertising was strong for all of … Read the whole story

And with such unrest, 39% would pause ad spending and tweak their creative, while 4% would cancel their fourth quarter ad spending altogether. Read the whole story

Traditional western commerce brands can rank on the first page of Baidu, China's top search engine, even if their website includes links to blocked … Read the whole story

Combating conspiracy theories and removing dangerously misleading content has been daunting during the 2020 election period for tech firms. Read the whole story