Small Ops Gird For Viacom Carriage Battle; CNN Ad Sales Head D'Alba Out In Turner Restructuring; House Communications Subcommittee Passes STELA
Top Stories - March 26, 2014
Small Ops Gird For Viacom Carriage Battle More than 5 million rural cable subscribers could be without their MTV and 22 other Viacom networks at midnight on April 1 if the content giant does not reach a carriage deal with the National Cable Television Cooperative.more
CNN Ad Sales Head D'Alba Out In Turner Restructuring Turner Broadcasting has restructured its ad sales organization resulting in former media buyer Donna Speciale being named president for TV and digital sales and long-time CNN sales chief Greg D'Alba leaving the company.more
House Communications Subcommittee Passes STELA The House Communications Subcommittee Tuesday approved a bipartisan version of the STELA reauthorization bill that leaves open the question of blocking the FCC's JSA attribution change—teed up for a March 31 vote—and allows for the sunset of the FCC's set-top integration ban, but also allows it to reimpose it.more
Wheeler, Pai Spar Over JSAs In Hearing Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom wheeler and Republican commissioner Ajit Pai mixed it up Tuesday over the chairman's proposed joint sales agreement limits.more