SiliconDust has fired back at Pearl TV's claims that its HDHomeRun Flex device can't access certain ATSC 3.0-delivered channels because the product uses a system on a chip from HiSilicon, a unit of Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant that the US government has deemed a national security threat.

Comcast is studying a plan that could result in the spin-out of its legacy cable networks business. That review is focused on cable channels such as Bravo, CNBC, USA and MSNBC, but not Peacock or the NBC broadcast network.