The Senate approved a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would simply undo the FCC’s December 2017 vote to deregulate the broadband industry.

Source: Senate votes to overturn Ajit Pai’s net neutrality repeal

After 15 turbulent years, the music industry may have found its digital savior in subscription streaming thanks to new opportunities from smart speakers and connected cars.

Source: Can Subscription Streaming Save the Music Industry?

Syncbak, a streaming-TV provider that powers internet delivery of local TV programming in the U.S., is broadening its over-the-top horizons.

Source: Syncbak Launches SBTV Platform to Stream Local TV Programming Nationwide

Livestreamers who rely on YouTube to make a living are finding themselves increasingly imperilled by its unrelenting, automated glare.

Source: YouTube’s algorithm is causing havoc for gaming livestreamers

David Zaslav told an investors conference that $15-per-month sports-free skinny bundles will reverse the industry’s subscriber decline.

Source: Discovery CEO Says Pricey Sports Makes U.S. Pay TV an “Overstuffed Bubble”

With sports gambling poised for a boom, media rights to major sports likely are about to get even more valuable.

Source: How Betting Will Change the Sports Media Business

The American Cable Association (ACA) and cable operator RCN have filed an amici curiae brief with the federal court overseeing the Justice Department’s attempt to stop AT&T and Time Warner Cable from merging, pitching the court on “alternative” remedies for allowing the deal to go through.

Source: ACA, RCN pitch court on alternative remedy for AT&T-Time Warner Inc. merger

AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan told an industry audience Tuesday (May 15) that it plans to launch a broadband-delivered over-the-top DirecTV-branded product by the end of the year, bringing the number of subscription video products from the company to five.

Source: AT&T to Introduce Broadband-Delivered OTT DirecTV Product

Comcast Cable CEO Dave Watson told investors that the company actually comes out ahead when some “low end” customers ditch pay TV but keep broadband.

Source: Comcast’s Watson: Company saves money when some customers drop video

While Hollywood has shown anxiety over the growing infiltration of Silicon Valley into the entertainment business, Grazer and Howard modeled the new program after Y Combinator, which grooms aspiring entrepreneurs by incubating their ideas in a boot camp before placing them in front of an auditorium filled with 1000 venture capitalists.

Source: Brian Grazer & Ron Howard Launch Global Content Accelerator Imagine Impact: Cannes

After a two-week hiatus, the MoviePass unlimited subscription—the one that lets you see a movie a day, every day, in theaters, for $10 a month—is back.

Source: MoviePass Revives Its Unlimited Plan

Hulu soon will let you download shows and movies to watch when you’re on a plane or anywhere you can’t get a connection.

Source: Watch Offred offline with Hulu’s new download option

The 21st Century Fox-owned network has spent several weeks telling top media buyers that it intends to enact a massive 40% reduction in the number of TV ads it runs during its Sunday primetime schedule.

Source: Fox Has Bold Ideas to Cut Back TV Ads. But They’re Not Easy to Put in Place

Les Moonves, the CEO, said CBS All Access and Showtime OTT “are now contributing meaningful dollars to our bottom line.”

Source: CBS Shares Rise After Reporting Record Revenue in First Quarter