Multichannel Newswire: FCC Tees Up UHF Discount, Bloomberg Complaint Order
Top Stories - September 6, 2013
FCC Tees Up UHF Discount, Bloomberg Complaint Order Acting FCC chairwoman Mignon Clyburn has announced the items for the Sept. 26 public meeting and they include a vote on the proposal to do away with the UHF discount and an order resolving Bloomberg's long-standing complaint against Comcast for alleged violation of the commission's news neighborhooding condition in the NBCU merger.more
Scripps Networks Names Burton Jablin President Burton Jablin was named president of Scripps Networks Interactive Thursday, succeeding John Lansing, who is retiring after nine years in the post.more
AMC Joins TWC's Out-of-Home VOD Slate Time Warner Cable said it has begun to offer out-of-home access to AMC shows, including Mad Men, The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad, via its authenticated TWC TV app for PC browsers, iOS and Android devices.more
Rosenworcel: Viewers Should Get Refunds For Long Retrans Blackouts FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel suggests that viewers who lose channels due to extended retrans blackouts should get refunds, and that the commission should use its authority to require good faith negotiations to do something about those extended blackouts.more