Multichannel Newswire: Akamai: 17% Of U.S. Is 4K Ready; Fight Network, FNTSY Gain First U.S. Berths With Cablevision
Top Stories - June 27, 2014
Akamai: 17% Of U.S. Is '4K Ready' With 4K streaming services starting to trickle into the market, Akamai added a "4K Readiness" metric to its first quarter State Of The Internet Report, finding that 17% of the U.S. is prepared to deliver those services via broadband – not quite enough to break into the global top 10.more
Fight Network, FNTSY Gain First U.S. Berths With Cablevision After gaining linear traction north of the border, Anthem Media Group has secured initial U.S. carriage for its Fight Network and FNTSY Sports Network services via an affiliate pact with Cablevision.more
Senate Judiciary Passes 'Clean' STARA The Senate Judiciary Committee wasted no time Thursday marking up and passing a clean, two-page, version of legislation reauthorizing the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), now, at least in this version, named the Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 (STARA) without any additional video reforms. more
FCC's Pai: Title II Foes Need To Pitch Public FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai says those opposing FCC classification of the Internet under modified common carrier regs, which include cable and telecom companies, are not making their case well enough. more
AT&T Open To RFD If DirecTV Deal Okayed AT&T signaled Thursday that RFD-TV could get U-Verse carriage if its proposed combination with satellite operator DirecTV deal is approved by regulators.more