MCN Newswire: Q2 Video Losses Improve At Comcast; Verizon FiOS Sub Growth Slows In Q2; House Passes STELAR On Voice Vote

Top Stories - July 23, 2014 Q2 Video Losses Improve At Comcast With its pending acquisition of Time Warner Cable continuing to wind through the approval process, Comcast continued to show strong operating performance, with key quarterly subscriber growth metrics the best they've been at the nation's largest cable operator in six years. more Roberts: AT&T/DirecTV 'Powerful Combination' Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts told analysts Tuesday that he believes AT&T's pending deal to acquire DirecTV is a "powerful combination," adding that the $67 billion merger validates the idea that the market is changing rapidly. more Verizon FiOS Sub Growth Slows In Q2 Verizon Communications continued to grow customers for its fiber-fed FiOS platform in the second quarter, but the rate of growth also continued to show signs of slowing in the period. more Viewers Choice Canada Winding Down Viewers Choice Canada, the joint-venture, pay-per-view content distributor owned by Bell Media and Rogers, is closing down in September, which might create opportunities for other providers to step in and fill a gap in providing access to  PPV movies and events, especially for smaller pay-TV providers in Canada. more House Passes STELAR On Voice Vote The House Tuesday passed the STELA Reathorization Act (H.R. 4572), or STELAR, which renews the complusory license that allows satellite operators to import distant network TV station signals into markets that don't have one. more ACA: Net Rules Fail Unless Applied To Edge Providers The American Cable Association, representing small cable operators, has told the FCC that its proposed new network neutrality rules will not protect Internet openness unless they extend to content (edge) providers like search engines and not just ISPs. more Video/Blogs MCN Hot Spot WGN's Manhattan The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner The Post-CableCard Path MCN Guest Blog, Leslie Goff Comcast Customer-Service Call: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead TV-Viewing Evolution Reaches TCA Tour Translation Please, Leslie Ellis Navigating The Notion Of Pedestrian Dead Reckoning News Burke: We Don't Need To Bulk Up In Content Verizon Eyes 2015 For LTE Multicast Video Comcast Speeds Up X1 Rollout Viamedia Nets Local Ad Sales Gains With World Cup Analyst: Something Has Got To Give Justice Officially OK With Sinclair/Allbritton Deal STELAR Passage Gets Stellar Reception 'Leftovers,' 'True Blood' Draw Best Audiences Since Season Debuts Universal Sports On Track With IAAF Renewal 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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