Rutledge Gets 25% Pay Cut; Comcast��s Cloud DVR Will Soon Expand Into Philly; Comcast's Cohen Calls Hastings Peering Arguments 'Hogwash'
Top Stories - March 28, 2014
Rutledge Gets 25% Pay Cut Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge took a 25% pay cut in 2013, reaping about $4.5 million in total compensation for the year, far short of the $6 million the executive took home in 2012.more
Comcast's Cloud DVR Will Soon Expand Into Philly A more feature-rich version of Comcast's X1 platform that supports a cloud-based DVR and in-home streaming of the operator's full linear live TV lineup on PCs, tablets and other mobile devices will soon launch in systems serving Philadelphia and New Jersey, with Chicago believed to be among the other major Comcast markets on deck.more
Comcast's Cohen Calls Hastings Peering Arguments 'Hogwash' Comcast executive vice president David Cohen says that Netflix CEO Reed Hasting's criticisms of the companies' recent peering deal are "essentially hogwash." more
FCC'S Wheeler: We Can't Give Broadcasters Blanket Info On Spectrum Value FCC chairman Tom Wheeler says that the agency will start meeting with broadcasters in individual markets to give them a sense of what their spectrum will be worth at auction, but that it cannot provide that info on a blanket basis.more