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.”
Luken Communications launches The Family Channel
Luken said it will feature family-friendly and faith-based programming. Launching this month, it replaces My Family TV, a JV between Luken and ValCom, Inc....
Fox sells out Super Bowl XLVIII
Fox is telling advertisers that Super Bowl XLVIII inventory for the 2/2 game is sold out. Neil Mulcahy, EVP/Sales at Fox Sports, part of 21st Century Fox, told The NY Times that all of the automakers are back, including GM. The automaker had said said in August that it would return as a sponsor after taking a break in Super Bowl XLVII.
Aereo sets Baltimore launch date
The company announced it will be available to residents in the Baltimore metro area on 12/16. Consumers
Moody’s assigns B1 rating to Ion Media credit
Moody's Investors Service assigned a B1 rating to the proposed first lien credit facility of ION Media Networks. ION plans to use proceeds of...
ACA asks FCC to block Sinclair retrans “collusion”
The American Cable Association says it wants the Commission to stop Sinclair Broadcasting from colluding in the negotiation of retransmission consent with a “sidecar” license holder that’s separate from Sinclair in name. ACA’s fear, of course is that the practice will can drive up prices to MVPD providers.
Charter CEO plays down TWC buy
While Charter Communications last month was working on submitting formal a bid for Time Warner Cable before 2014, “trying to devise a deal structure...