Comcast To Trot Out New Tech, Features For Sochi Games; NBCU Confident with Olympic Security; Malone Shows Support For Charter/TWC Deal
Top Stories - January 24, 2014
Comcast To Trot Out New Tech, Features For Sochi Games; Comcast and NBCUniversal plan to try out and break out some new technologies, services and features as part of their extensive multiscreen coverage of the Sochi Games. more
NBCU Confident with Sochi Games Security NBC Olympics president Gary Zenkel is confident with the amount and type of security in Sochi, where terrorists have threatened to disrupt the Winter Games. That security will include background checks for everyone attending the 2014 OIympics. more
Malone Shows Support For Charter/TWC Deal Charter Communication's ongoing campaign to convince Time Warner Cable shareholders to accept its unsolicited $61.3 billion bid for the cable giant got a shot in the arm on Thursday when Liberty Media chairman John Malone threw his support to the deal, adding that a combined Charter/TWC would allow the cable industry to adopt common brands and technology.more
Hemisphere Media Acquires Three Spanish Language Nets Hemisphere Media Group, the publicly traded pure-play Hispanic TV company, has acquired three Spanish language networks from Media World for $102.2 million. more
Cable Pioneers Announce Class of 2014 The induction of 18 executives will be celebrated on April 28 in Los Angeles.more
Davatzes Named Bresnan Ethics Award Recipient The Cable Center has named A+E Networks CEO emeritus Nick Davatzes as the recipient of the 2014 Bresnan Ethics in Business Award.more