NBCU has shown a willingness to step back from traditional pay-TV networks in recent years, winding down rating-challenged properties like Chiller, Cloo and Esquire. Instead of the go-go times of a generation ago, when cable networks were popping up like oil derricks in Oklahoma, the company is now looking to manage costs in a shrinking sector. The number of U.S. pay-TV subscription households peaked at a bit more than 100 million homes a decade ago. Including virtual MVPDs, the total is now just north of 80 million and most analysts and forecasters project it will fall into the 50 million to 60 million range by 2025. … [Read more...] about Cable Network NBCSN To Go Dark By Year-End, With Live Sports Telecasts Shifting To USA Network, Peacock
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Kerala bird flu outbreak | Flu among the feathers
The outbreak was detected in Karuvatta, Pallippad, Nedumudi, Thakazhi and Kainakary in Alappuzha district and Neendoor in Kottayam district. Following the mass death of ducks last month, the authorities sent samples of dead birds to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal. Six of them tested positive for bird flu. On January 5, rapid response teams were despatched to the affected areas, except Kainakary where the disease was confirmed much later, on January 20. In three days, men wearing personal protective equipment culled and burnt the carcasses of 57,687 birds, almost entirely ducks, within a one-km radius of the hotspots in the two districts to keep the virus at bay. The teams destroyed 32,592 eggs and 5,078 kg of feed. The number of ducks that died due to H5N8 stood at 25,265. In Kainakary, 349 ducks, 297 chickens and two geese were culled on January 20 and 21. … [Read more...] about Kerala bird flu outbreak | Flu among the feathers
Macklemore Rips ‘Old White Guy’ Biden and ‘Complicit Liberals’ in Anti-Trump Anthem ‘Trump’s Gone’
The song is mostly about “the liar” Trump, whose voters didn’t “care about human rights,” and who refused to wear a mask. But even as the Seattle-born singer-songwriter mostly concerned his lyrics with assaults on Trump and Trump voters, he did not spare Biden and liberals. … [Read more...] about Macklemore Rips ‘Old White Guy’ Biden and ‘Complicit Liberals’ in Anti-Trump Anthem ‘Trump’s Gone’