With mere days until the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) runs out of funds, Congress is considering several ways to save the program. But a funding lapse is almost guaranteed, and a path to saving ACP is still murky.

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Comcast's 'StreamSaver' bundle featuring Apple TV+, Netflix and Peacock will be offered to pay-TV and broadband subs for $15 per month. Customers of NOW TV, a new prepaid TV product, also can buy the streaming bundle at a discount.

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Reach, a company that is already helping ISPs add mobile to their service bundles, has introduced a new digital platform that enables its partners to market and sell prepaid home broadband services.

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Following a hint dropped last week by its CEO, Charter has launched a mobile contract buyout program that will pay up to $2,500 to customers who switch to Spectrum Mobile.

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Fixed wireless and fiber subscriber growth slowed in Q1 2024, creating a supposed positive trend for US cable. However, cable broadband losses accelerated in the quarter amid slower housing formation and a halt on ACP enrollments.

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#TheDivide : Officials from Navajo County, Arizona, and eX² Technology, on solving the region's digital divide with an open access, middle mile fiber network, and how middle mile capacity will help the county succeed with BEAD.

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Charter, Rogers and CableLabs are studying how to deliver 5G signals on HFC networks via a project called Next-Gen Radio over Coax, or 'NRoC.' It could boost network capacity and drive cable's fixed/mobile convergence strategies.

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Dish and Hughes have launched a discounted pay-TV/satellite broadband bundle focused on the rural market. It marks the first joint offer from the two following the merger of EchoStar and Dish.

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#TheBuildout : Focus Broadband launches in Perquimans County, North Carolina; Vexus Fiber available to most Abilene, Texas, homes; Metronet gets New Britain 'gigabit-ready' – and more.

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Making progress on its CES debut, OliverIQ has developed a pair of business model options for a smart home-as-a-service offering for broadband service providers that's expected to go live in Q4 2024.

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Vecima turned in a record fiscal Q3 as operators pushed ahead with DAA upgrades. Meanwhile, the company remains the stalking horse bidder for Casa Systems' cable assets ahead of a possible auction.

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Netflix has notched a three-year deal to stream NFL games on Christmas Day, starting with two games on Christmas Day in 2024. Netflix is reportedly paying about $75 million per game this year.

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As Charter looks to beef up its mobile acquisition capabilities and put more focus on households with multiple lines, it is preparing to roll out contract buyouts, says CEO Chris Winfrey.

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'We're going to have to come back and explain where we want to grow that business longer term,' said Verizon's Sowmyanarayan Sampath, hinting at growth beyond 4-5 million FWA customers.

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Comcast CEO Brian Roberts teased the debut of 'Stream Saver,' a cost-reduced bundle of Netflix, Peacock and Apple TV+ that's set to launch later this month.

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CommScope saw some product demand return in Q1 2024 for select segments as service providers worked through their inventories. However, CommScope's cable tech unit struggled in the quarter, with sales dropping 38%.

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#TheDivide : Amy Huffman, policy director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), joins to discuss the government's $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act and NDIA's new best practices manual for implementing digital equity plans.

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Startup WeLink was founded with the goal of using wireless to provide fiber-like Internet services. Roughly six years after its founding, the company still believes it can reach that goal.

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#TheBuildout : Washington awards funding for unserved areas; Brightspeed work underway in parts of Georgia and Wisconsin; HBC constructs first phase of fiber in Farmington – and more.

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UK altnet CityFibre boasts profitability despite its take-up reaching only 11%, while the fiber sector continues to hurtle towards consolidation.

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