Multichannel Newswire: Cable Subs to Drop to 53.9M By 2018; TV Everywhere Usage Surged 246% in Q1; Showtime Renews 'Penny Dreadful'

Top Stories - June 05, 2014 PwC: Cable Subs to Drop to 53.9M By 2018 Despite recent improvements in stemming basic video losses, cable television companies are expected to lose nearly 1 million subscribers in the next five years, dipping to 53.9 million customers by 2018, down from 54.8 million in 2013, according to accounting and consulting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers. more TV Everywhere Usage Surged 246% in Q1: Adobe TV Everywhere isn't perfect as authentications challenges remain and the amount of programming offered continues to be fragmented, but usage of those services is clearly on the rise, the Adobe Digital Index found in its Video Benchmark Report for the first quarter of 2014. more Showtime Renews 'Penny Dreadful' Showtime has renewed Penny Dreadful for a second season, ordering 10 new episodes of the hour-long horror drama. more Twitter To Invade XBox One's Video Guide Adding the type of feature Comcast already features on its X1 guide, Microsoft announced Wednesday that it will integrate Twitter with the OneGuide on its new Xbox One console later this year, enabling new features that will tell users what shows and movies are trending on the social network. more Video/Blogs MCN Hot Spot Netflix's 'Orange Is the New Black' My Turn, Kent Gibbons Some 10 O'Clock Show Reviews The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner What's Next for OnCue? Translation Please, Leslie Ellis Cable Show Tech Papers Full Of Golden Nuggets As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen Oliver's Interpretation Of Net Neutrality Casts Comcast As 'Monopolist' News Netflix Adds Weapon To ISP Blame Game FCC Updates Calm Act To Further Quiet Commercials ITV, Adelstein Launch Tomorrow ITV Studios History Orders Six-Part Miniseries 'Sons Of Liberty' Mirror Awards Salute Journalistic Feats and 'The Zas' Judge, Greenberg To Keynote At Next TV Summit LA Production Manager - WUCF TV - Orlando, FL General Sales Manager - WOI-TV - Des Moines, IA Rentention Specialist - Cable TV Company - Milwaukee, WI Retention Specialist - Cable TV Company - Milwaukee, WI Broadcast Engineer - RNN TV - New York See all career listings here.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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