Connectivity
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Programming
Operators Warm Up to ESPN Unlimited
About 150 of NCTC’s roughly 700 member companies have signed on to offer ESPN Unlimited to their traditional video subscribers—a modest but growing start as the direct-to-consumer product approaches its one-year anniversary, according to Disney’s top distribution executive.
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Programming
Great American Media Looks Ahead at Five
Faith and family entertainment programmer Great American Media turned five years old in July, but as nice as it is to look back at what’s been achieved, the company is also full speed ahead on future expansion.
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Programming
Netflix’s Cloud Gaming Progress
Delphi Interactive CEO Casper Daugaard breaks down the strategy behind “FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition,” a new cloud-based soccer title for Netflix that launched on the first day of the real-life tournament.
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Programming
In the Wild: Netflix’s American Experiment
Netflix got a head start on celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with a screening for its upcoming historical docuseries “The American Experiment.”
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Programming
What We’re Listening To: Recon Analytics, Craig Moffett Talk Convergence
MoffettNathanson’s Craig Moffett has been modeling the economics of fiber deployment since he was advising what would eventually become Verizon, and one of his many reads on the industry right now is a cautionary one.
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Programming
Fox’s Transformational Roku Deal
Fox spent decades knocking on cable’s door asking for carriage; now it’s about to own the doorbell.
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Executive Round-Up
Executive Round Up: Favorite World Cup Memory, 2026 Predictions
CFX asked several industry folks to recall a favorite World Cup memory and to predict the winner of the 2026 tournament.
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Programming
Versant’s ‘Scrappy’ Sports Strategy
In the Versant era, one of the spaces SVP, Strategy and Business Development Celia Kohl is focused on is women’s sports.
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Programming
In the Wild: AMC’s Lestat Wows Live on Stage
It’s not every day that you get to watch one of your favorite characters come to life, but AMC Global Media gave Anne Rice fans just that during a “The Vampire Lestat” premiere event at the Beacon Theatre in NYC.
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Programming
CNN Headlines Reimagines FAST News
When CNN relaunched its FAST channel last summer, the network didn’t pitch it as a revenue play or a hedge against cord-cutting. Instead, CNN Headlines was viewed as more experimental.