Multichannel Newswire: AT&T: Dish Would Have Posed Regulatory Issues; BTN Adds RCN In New York As Rutgers Joins Conference
Top Stories - May 22, 2014
AT&T: Dish Would Have Posed Regulatory Problems AT&T CFO John Stephens says a pursuit of Dish Network would have been a tougher sell to regulators than its current plan to acquire DirecTV. more
BTN Adds RCN in New York as Rutgers Joins Conference With Rutgers set to officially join the conference in July, Big Ten Network continues to buttress its distribution roster in the New York DMA, as RCN will add the service to its lineup. more
TWC Sets 300-Meg Debut In Austin Time Warner Cable said more than 100,000 subs in Austin, Texas, equal to about 40% of customers in the area, will have access to a batch of broadband speed increases, capped off by a new 300 Mbps service that will replace its current 50-Meg offering, starting June 3. more
Netflix Plans Big European Invasion Netflix is setting big European invasion plans, announcing Tuesday that it will launch streaming services in six more countries later this year – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Luxembourg.more