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Fox strikes deal with Cablevision
MUMBAI: Restoring programming to more than 3 million New York-area subscribers who had been without some popular shows and baseball playoff games for two weeks, Fox and Cablevision have struck a deal. Though financial details of the deal were not disclosed, the secured rates of Fox would be similar to that of the deal it struck with Time Warner Cable.
Though Cablevision wanted a deal for Fox-affiliated WNYW and WXTF, the deal encompasses Fox‘s WWOR (affiliated in primetime with MyNetwork TV) and the three cable channels that secured carriage because Fox cleverly exchanged its retransmission rights for Fox Business Network, Nat Geo Wild and Spanish-lingo Fox Deportes also.
Signals for all stations and cable channels were restored before the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants.
Cablevision had been asserting that Fox was seeking excessive increases in fees for the stations for weeks and also called for the FCC intervention. Although the commission refused to intervene directly into the matter, it did ask both the sides to prove that they had been operating in accordance with the provision in the retransmission law that calls for good-faith negotiations.
Cablevision had been without Fox signals since 16 October. In preparation for an extended blackout, Cablevision e-mailed its customers last Wednesday saying that it would reimburse them $10 to cover the cost of paying to watch the games online through MLB.com.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
