> NBCUniversal is joining OpenAP, the cross-audience platform for selling targeted TV advertising formed in 2017 by Fox, Turner and Viacom. FierceVideo story
> Roku shares dropped almost 12% Wednesday in the wake of an exclusive multiyear deal between Amazon and Best Buy that will result in a large lineup of 4K and HD smart TVs powered by Fire TV’s platform for the U.S. and Canada. Multichannel News story
> Time Warner Inc. Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes took the stand Wednesday in the antitrust trial concerning his company’s $108.7 billion merger with AT&T, saying that the DOJ's fears that the combined company would black out channels to force distributors to pay higher prices is “ridiculous.” Multichannel News story
> Cisco has subsumed Spark, its team collaboration product, into Webex, its online conferencing product. Spark, now called Webex Teams, will henceforth be considered an add-on application for Webex Meetings. FierceTelecom story