Seeking Alpha has reported that, once again, live-TV viewing is declining in the wake of Neisel Ratings which seem to suggest that the digital revolution is continuing to hurt live-viewed television. Digital viewing increased across all demos, surprisingly even among 50-64 year olds with a 60% increase.

The highest increase was seen amongst the 18-34 demo, as expected, with an increase up to 35 minutes a day. The 35-49 demo increased 80%, to 26 minutes a day.  Read more

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In an interesting move, especially when considering the massive amount of money tied up in the new venture between the Worldwide Leader and college football’s top conference, ESPN has announced they aren’t releasing the SEC Network’s ratings — at least for now. Read more

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DISH Network has landed yet another deal that adds to the already robust channel and network layout that has taken the company to the peak of satellite TV. The groundbreaking agreement with Scripps comes on the heels of other contracts with Disney, announced i March, and A+E Network, announced just last month. Read more

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Agents of SHIELD, September 23rd – Agents of SHIELD had a rocky start before hitting a creative stride during the final six episodes of its first season, when the series really began to address the fallout from Captain America: The Winter Soldier. With Marvel Studio’s film success continuing unabated, Agents of SHIELD (along with a new show, Agent Carter, premiering in January) will undoubtedly be setting the stage for the studio’s next blockbuster, Avengers: Age of Ultron — and that’s definitely worth sticking around for. Read more

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Perhaps following in the foot steps of Michael Crichton — the famous science fiction and medical writer with a strong scientific and educated background rare in screenwriting — it has been reported that Malcolm Gladwell will be writing a TV medical drama in he vein of other heavily dramatic and realistic brand of shows that have been on the rise in recent years. Read more

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The communications giant AT&T has agreed in principle to terms with the federal government on a $48.5 Billion dollar purchase of DirecTV. According to the NY Post, agreeing means that AT&T has complied with merger requests from the Department of Justice, and worked that plan out over the last two quarters.  Read more

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As Sprint’s failed attempt to acquire T-Mobile failed — and resulted in strengthening T-Mobile as a Sprint competitor no less — there has been fierce fighting over who might acquire or even merge with the broadband spectrum-rich company.

T-Mobile now has its focus squarely on overtaking Sprint and becoming the third-largest wireless telecommunications carrier in the United States. Read more

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Widely promoted as the first of its kind by the San Francisco franchise, the team broke out its highly anticipated wireless service this weekend against the Broncos — rumored to support the entire 68,000+ stadium for any and all devices. While other stadiums have provided wireless internet to thousands of fans, none have claimed to be able to do all simultaneously, and many thought it might be impossible without some sort of paid service eventually. Read more

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As is so often the case with new DISH programming news, the satellite and digital network has announced a brand new exclusive network this summer, Fusion — a product of ABC and Univision (hence the name). and the channel has been off and running for months nationwide, garnering rave reviews in the process for innovation and forward thinking. Read more

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It’s difficult to measure exactly how the AT&T/DirecTV merger has been affected by the Comcast/TWC dealings this past spring and summer. On one hand, you might expect the fanfare surrounding the Comcast deal to spark more interest in the idea of corporate merger and their affects on the public, but on the other, such a big merger can also distract from a second, and only slightly smaller one, like AT&T’s. Read more

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