Comcast taps strategy chief for merger-making
Comcast has named a new head of corporate development and strategy in Alexander Evans amid
Meredith’s Stephen Lacy looking for TV properties
Meredith plans to aggressively grow its 13-station local TV station group through acquisitions that could eventually lead to a spin-off
Aereo CEO: We won’t oppose Supreme Court petition
Aereo released a statement from its Founder and CEO Chet Kanojia regarding the company’s brief filed 12/12 in the Supreme Court, which addresses the...
Networks embrace Comcast’s “SEEit” service
J T. Ramsay, Chief Blogger at Comcast, caught up with Sam Schwartz, Chief Business Development Officer, Comcast Cable, to discuss its new platform, “SEEiT.”
With...
Cablevision weighs in on Aereo litigation
Cablevision Systems released a white paper titled “Aereo and the Public Performance Right” that
Aereo working on Chromecast app
Aereo plans to launch on Chromecast, with the OTA local broadcast streaming provider curently testing an app for Google's plug in device that relays what’s on your laptop, tablet or PC onto the TV screen. Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia said at the UBS investor conference.
Report: Streaming-only cable package coming?
So says a NY Post story, which notes, “The day is coming soon when our favorite cable shows - like Showtime's critically acclaimed Homeland...
Tennis Channel asks High Court to intervene with Comcast
The Tennis Channel has asked the Supreme Court to hear the legal issue of whether Comcast should make its network available free to Comcast’s TV subscribers. The Tennis Channel says Philadelphia-based Comcast is discriminating against it or treating it differently from the Comcast-owned Golf Channel by asking subscribers to pay $5 more a month for it. Comcast does not ask for a similar fee for Golf Channel.
Ryvicker on Fox at UBS
FOX COO Chase Carey spoke at the annual UBS Global and Media Communications Conference in NYC 12/10. Wells Fargo Securities Senior Analyst Marci Ryvicker...
Poltrack sees ad growth; details new media consumption
Speaking at the annual UBS Global and Media Communications Conference in NYC 12/9, said
Bonten stations go dark on Dish over fee impasse
Sixteen stations from NYC-based Bonten Media went dark for DISH Network subscribers
PTC: Violent shows on broadcast now similar to cable
New research from the Parents Television Council found that the volume and degree of violent
Comcast hires JPMorgan to look at TWC bid
While Charter Communications is raising about $25 billion in debt financing as part of a potential bid
FBN debuting “The Independents”
FOX Business Network will debut The Independents, a new primetime program hosted by Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (Kennedy), on 12/9, announced Kevin Magee, Executive Vice...
TWC’s Marcus discusses possible sale
CFO Rob Marcus will take over as CEO of Time Warner Cable on 1/1, replacing Glenn Britt. Most everyone knows the company is mulling offers, but a bit more on that came out in an interview with Bloomberg 12/5. Marcus has a message for TWC shareholders: “I am the perfect guy to manage the M&A component out there. As much as I’d like to be modest, I am kind of built to manage situations like this.”