Retrans Reality Why cable-broadcast carriage battles will continue to get nastier.more
Executives Shift Responsibilities In NBCU Reorganization In a reorganization in NBCUniversal's executive suite, Jeff Wachtel, Frances Berwick and Chris McCumber have new roles, while Jason Klarman is out as Oxygen president. The personnel changes came on the same day that the programmer unveiled that Style, not G4, will be rebranded into Esquire Network, which is slated to launch later this month.more
Esquire Network To Replace Style, Instead Of G4 NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group chairman Bonnie Hammer, citing brand overlap with Bravo, Oxygen and E!, opts to rebrand female-targeted network.more
Virgin Media To Test TiVo/Netflix Combo U.K. cable operator Virgin Media is about to become the first pay –TV operator to offer the Netflix video streaming service on leased set-top boxes -- in this instance, devices that run TiVo's software and user interface. more http://www.multichannel.com/distribution/virgin-media-test-tivonetflix-combo/145372
Rep. Eshoo Proposes Retransmission Bill Draft bill would let FCC grant interim carriage of station signals in retransmission-consent impasses.more