Cablevision Surprises In Q4; TiVo Profits On New MSO Subscriber Record; Clyburn Defends FCC's Critical Needs Study
Top Stories - February 27, 2014
Cablevision Surprises In Q4 Cablevision Systems reported fourth quarter results ahead of expectations, with basic video subscribers losses of 18,000 (versus consensus estimates of a loss of 29,000), and a focus on higher margin products helping to lift revenue and cash flow by 2.3% and 7.5, respectively.more
TiVo Profits On New MSO Subscriber Record TiVo pocketed a profit of $710,000 in its fiscal fourth quarter after adding a record 313,000 subscribers through its array of cable operator partners on both sides of the pond.more
Clyburn Defends FCC's Critical Needs Study FCC commissioner and former acting chairwoman Mignon Clyburn defended the agency's Critical Information Needs study Wednesday, Feb. 26 in a speech at the Media Institute in Washington, saying she would never try to chill speech or influence journalists and that the study was an effort to gauge the market, not shape it.more
Xbox Gets Advance View Of El Rey's 'From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series' Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network said the pilot episode of its centerpiece original series, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, will be available to Microsoft Xbox users on March 8, ahead of the show's March 11 (9 p.m.) premiere on the new, independent network. more
NewBay Media To Produce 'Official SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Show Daily' The publisher of Multichannel News will create print and digital products around the Sept. 22-25 Expo in Denver. more