Tribune,TWC Reach Retransmission Deal;TWC Stock Slips as Charter Offer Waits; FCC Approves Gannett/Belo, Tribune/Local TV Mergers

Top Stories - December 23, 2013 Time Warner Cable, Tribune Reach Retransmission Deal Time Warner Cable and Tribune Co. have reached a multiyear distribution agreement days before the end of the year. The companies said the new deal includes multiyear retransmission agreements for the stations Tribune currently owns, as well as those it is in the process of acquiring from Local TV Holdings. more Time Warner Cable Stock Slips As Charter Offer Waits Shares of Time Warner Cable slipped Friday after reports that an anticipated bid from Charter Communications would not come until at least the New Year. more FCC Approves Gannett/Belo, Tribune/Local TV Mergers As expected, the FCC's Media Bureau Friday approved the mergers of Gannett with Belo and Tribune with Local TV station groups, but with a pledge to give all such deals close, case-by-case public-interest inspection, and a caution that the FCC is not looking just at whether a deal does not violate its rules, but whether it is affirmatively in the public interest. more Eagle Acquires USA Communications Systems USA Communications said Friday that it has sold systems in Nebraska and Colorado to Eagle Communications. The properties serve communities in Central City, Neb., and Burlington, Colo. more Time Warner Cable Wraps Up 2013 WiFi Rollouts Time Warner Cable said it has wrapped up its 2013 WiFi deployments with the installation of 500 hotspots in Myrtle Beach, S.C. With that addition, TWC said it will close out the year with nearly 28,000 WiFi hotspots, growing its wireless broadband network by 160% since last year. more GCI Sets 1-Gig Plan GCI will consult the Google Fiber playbook as the largest service provider in Alaska prepares to introduce a fiber-fed 1 Gbps broadband service in Anchorage by 2015. more Video/Blogs MCN Hot Spot AMC's Streaming Movie Service 'Yeah!' Picture This, R.Thomas Umstead Cable Network Marathons: Old-School Binge Viewing Translation Please, Leslie Ellis Gadget Review From Gadget Gurus My Turn, Kent Gibbons VH1's Tom Calderone Names Top CDs Of 2013 News Time Warner Cable Won't Drop NECN Comments Fly Following A&E Suspension Of 'Duck Dynasty' Patriarch Roberston FCC Clears Way For Dish To Bid In H Block Auction Comcast To Launch 'Movie Night' App For X1 In 2014 NFL: We'll Strongly Oppose Lifting Blackout Rules Rockefeller Expresses Concern about Lifting In-flight Cell Phone Ban Audiovox's Dyle-Compatible Receiver Adds Kindle Fire To Device Mix IFC Original Programming Head Debbie DeMontreux Resigns Longtime HBO Exec Barbara Jaffe Retires Vice President of Law, Product Management and Compliance - Cablevision - Bethpage, NY Local Sales Manager - WADL TV - Southfield, MI Director Product Marketing Management - AT&T - Los Angeles, CA Vice President - Controller - Mediatti Broadband Communications - Kadena, Okinawa Residential Bulk Account Manager - Metrocast - Oxford, MS See all career listings here.   ©2013 NewBay Media, LLC

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