Data services firm Neustar is expanding into TV advertising targeting and measurement, in a deal with Dish Network's ad sales arm, Dish Media Sales, said a news release Tuesday. The companies said the partnership will let marketers use Neustar consumer data for better targeting of Dish's nearly 8 million addressable U.S. TV households.

The ranks of those voicing concerns about Globalstar plans for its broadband terrestrial low-power service and possible interference to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi signals in the 2.4 GHz band include Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime, said an ex parte filing posted Wednesday in FCC docket 13-213 on a phone call with Commissioner Mike O'Rielly. Nintendo said it "depends heavily" on those unlicensed technologies for its game systems and thus is worried about TLPS deployments' effects on their use. Letting other entities aside from Globalstar operate in Wi-Fi channel 14 could further exacerbate the problem, Nintendo said, urging instead "comprehensive, transparent real-world testing" instead of approval of the draft order before the FCC. Globalstar didn't comment. Two commissioners voted against a draft that would allow Globalstar to phase in TLPS, while Chairman Tom Wheeler voted yes and other members hadn't acted (see 1606240056).

Rovi and Verizon signed a multiyear patent license renewal for Verizon's pay-TV offerings, Rovi said in a news release Tuesday. It said the renewal means eight of the 10 largest pay-TV providers have signed license deals with it.

Google is becoming more diverse, with women comprising 31 percent of its workforce in 2015, said Vice President-People Operations Nancy Lee in a Thursday blog post. Women held 24 percent of Google's leadership positions in 2015, up from 22 percent the previous year. Women's presence in technical roles grew to 19 percent from 18 percent in 2014, Lee said. The rising presence of women at Google is in part due to increased hiring of women in 2015, along with increased hiring of blacks and Hispanics, Lee said. “We’re continuing to build a culture where Googlers can grow, thrive and want to stay,” she said. “We want to build a place where everyone feels comfortable sharing ideas and opinions -- and empowered to grow their careers. We check and recheck processes like promotion and performance reviews to make sure they’re producing equitable outcomes, and address any gaps we find.” Lee also noted Google's commitment to gender pay equity. The company has been pushing for an industrywide increase in diversity, citing its own four-part diversity plan as a model (see 1505060005).

Facebook said it's changing its news feed algorithm to increase the visibility of content posted by a user's friends and family. The news feed algorithm changes will come at the expense of content posted directly by publishers, said Vice President-Product Management, News Feed Adam Mosseri in a Wednesday blog post. “The specific impact on your Page’s distribution and other metrics may vary depending on the composition of your audience,” said Engineering Director Lars Backstrom in a separate blog post. “For example, if a lot of your referral traffic is the result of people sharing your content and their friends liking and commenting on it, there will be less of an impact than if the majority of your traffic comes directly through Page posts.” Facebook doesn't “favor specific kinds of sources -- or ideas,” Mosseri said. “Our aim is to deliver the types of stories we’ve gotten feedback that an individual person most wants to see. We do this not only because we believe it’s the right thing but also because it’s good for our business.” Facebook is “not in the business of picking which issues the world should read about,” Mosseri said. “We are in the business of connecting people and ideas -- and matching people with the stories they find most meaningful. Our integrity depends on being inclusive of all perspectives and view points, and using ranking to connect people with the stories and sources they find the most meaningful and engaging.” Facebook faced pressure in recent months over allegations it suppressed conservative viewpoints in the trending topics of its news feed (see 1605100032 and 1605170068).

The June FCC order addressing accreditation of testing labs (see 1606150051) formally takes effect July 29, it said in Wednesday's Federal Register.

ComScore shares fell Tuesday after the company said its auditors need more time in an accounting probe to “evaluate the information collected and to reach and evaluate final conclusions.” The audit held up filing of the company's Form 10-K 2015 and Q1 Form 10-Q reports. The stock closed down 19 percent Tuesday at $23.83. “The Audit Committee continues to work vigorously to complete its review and to report its findings to the Board,” comScore said in an SEC Form 8-K filing posted on its website Tuesday. “The independent counsel and other advisers to the Audit Committee have completed a substantial amount of their factual inquiries to address the Audit Committee’s review.” The review began Feb. 19 when auditors “received a message regarding certain potential accounting matters,” it said.

GPS company NovAtel, which had voiced concerns about interference from Ligado's planned LTE network (see 1605200064), now is backing the satellite spectrum company. In a joint filing Tuesday in docket 11-109, the two companies said they had reached a coexistence agreement that involves future coordination before any network deployment "and for equipment refinements as needed." NovAtel also said it supported Ligado's proposed license modifications.

AT&T Senior Executive Vice President Jim Cicconi and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings are among more than 50 major technology, cable TV and other business executives who endorsed Hillary Clinton for president Thursday, her campaign said in an email. “I’ve supported every Republican Presidential candidate since 1976, and was honored to work for two of them," said Cicconi in a statement supplied by the Clinton campaign. "But this year I think it's vital to put our country's wellbeing ahead of party. Hillary Clinton is experienced, qualified, and will make a fine President. The alternative, I fear, would set our Nation on a very dark path.” Hastings said in a statement from the campaign that presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump "would destroy much of what is great about America. Hillary Clinton is the strong leader we need, and it's important that Trump lose by a landslide to reject what he stands for." The Trump campaign didn't comment. Others who endorsed Clinton include Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff; Airbnb Chief Technology Officer Nathan Blecharczyk, CEO Brian Chesky and Chief Privacy Officer Joe Gebbia; IAC and Expedia Chairmen Barry Diller; Dish Network co-founder Candy Ergen; Dropbox CEO Drew Houston; Qualcomm CEO Emeritus Irwin Jacobs and Executive Chairman Paul Jacobs; Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson and CEO Debra Lee; Tumblr CEO David Karp; Box CEO Aaron Levie; former Time Warner Cable CEO Rob Marcus; Prologis CEO Hamid Moghadam; Zynga co-founder Mark Pincus; Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg; Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt; Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman; and Entravision Communications CEO Walter Ulloa.

Twilio began trading at $15 per share Thursday, a few dollars above the $12 to $14 the cloud software developer proposed in an updated IPO prospectus last week. Twilio offered the shares (see 1605260045) on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “TWLO.” Its shares closed 93.9 percent higher Thursday at $28.79.