Michael Balderston
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Locast Launches in Tennessee’s Tri-Cities Market
By Michael Balderston published
Covers Bristol, Johnson City and Kingsport in Tennessee, as well as bordering areas in Virginia and Kentucky

ATSC 3.0 Expands to Five Nashville TV Stations
By Michael Balderston last updated
Tennessee market joins Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Dallas and Boise, Idaho in deploying NextGen TV broadcast standard

6.6M Will Cut the Cord in 2020, eMarketer Says
By Michael Balderston published
Research company says more than 31 million homes have ditched linear pay TV so far

ViacomCBS Sells CNET to Red Ventures for $500M
By Michael Balderston published
Conglomerate sells digital media portfolio that includes the CNET technology news brand

PBS Makes Local Stations Free to Stream
By Michael Balderston published
85 stations will be available to start

ATSC 3.0 Launches on 7 Portland TV Stations
By Michael Balderston published
City joins Las Vegas, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and more among first markets with NextGen TV

Linear Generated 63% of TV Viewing in 2019
By Michael Balderston published
Usage of long-form streaming like Netflix came in at only 16% of viewing, research company Omdia said

SES and Harmonic Team on C-Band Transition
By Michael Balderston published
Harmonic’s XOS series will be used to support SES customers

Online Video Consumption Nearly Doubled Since 2017
By Michael Balderston published
Parks Associates says viewers watch nearly seven hours of TV per week on the internet

YouTube Draws 100M People Per Month to TV Screens
By Michael Balderston published
YouTube makes up 41% of ad-supported video streaming, Google says

TV Production OK’d to Restart in Los Angeles
By Michael Balderston published
Shooting can resume as early as June 12

Global Streaming Subscriptions to Surpass Pay TV Signups in 2020
By Michael Balderston published
GlobalData study says OTT accounts will reach 1.1 billion this year

Dual vMVPD/linear Pay TV Homes Choosing OTT
By Michael Balderston published
Households with both traditional and virtual services down to 23% from 37% two years ago
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