Harris buys Imagine Communications; beefs up OTT offering
Harris Broadcast says it has completed its buy of Imagine Communications, provider of digital video solutions
Bachelor premiere gets 8.5 million viewers; 3 year high
I wimped out earlier this week and worked from home. I’m blaming it on the polar vortex, but really it’s my Bachelor Premiere hangover.
Time Warner Cable Board rejects Charter offer
They have unanimously rejected a third “grossly inadequate proposal” from Charter Communications to acquire
DirecTV drops Weather Channel; CEO responds
The MVPD, with over 20 million subscribers, stopped carrying the Weather Channel as of
Charter offers to buy Time Warner
From a Seeking Alpha bulletin: “Following weeks of reports and speculation, Charter (CHTR) has offered to buy
Discovery, Scripps end talks on merger discussions
They’ve abandoned talks for a merger last week, the Wall Street Journal reported. The discussions did not go beyond the early, exploratory stage and...
Weekend Adventure holds top spot for another week
Weekend Adventure (ABC Syndication) nabbed the top spot for the second week in a row in the syndie ratings round-up for the week of...
EU probes film studios, pay TV licensing deals
The European Commission announced 1/13 it is opening an antitrust probe into aspects of licensing agreements between several major U.S. film studios and the...
Weather Channel fights back against DirecTV
The current contract between DirecTV and the Weather Channel expired at the end of last year
NBC sets midseason premiere dates
NBC has announced premiere dates for five of its upcoming midseason series — comedies “About a Boy” and “Growing Up Fisher,” dramas “Believe” and...
SCOTUS agrees to hear Aereo case
The Supreme Court issued an order 1/10 granting cert in the appeal of American Broadcasting Companies
Luken abruptly cuts Ku feed to affiliates
An affiliate tipped us off: Luken Communications on 1/9 at 2PM ET sent all affiliates
CBS gets rights to Hollywood Film Awards
CBS has struck a deal with Dick Clark Productions for rights to the Hollywood Film Awards, a relatively new event that has never had...
Time Warner Cable lost 831,000 cable subscribers in 2013
TWC said it lost 215,000 video subscribers in Q4 but added about 40,000 high-speed Internet home customers, CFO Arthur Minson said 1/8.
That marked an...
CEA, NATPE release Second Screen study
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE||Content First) released the findings of the first part of a joint...