MCN Newswire: Comcast Estimates TWC Merger Completed In Early 2015; TiVo Profits On MSO Partnerships; Verizon FiOS Joins SEC Network Carriage Team
Top Stories - August 27, 2014
Comcast Estimates TWC Merger Completed in Early 2015 As its competitors continue to weigh in regarding its planned $69 billion merger with Time Warner Cable, Comcast said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday that it now expects to gain the necessary regulatory approvals for the union in early 2015.more
TiVo Profits On MSO Partnerships TiVo swung to a second-quarter profit as the company continued to pile on subs through its partnerships with cable operators.more
Verizon FiOS Joins SEC Network Carriage Team With telco deal, Cablevision is the only major provider that doesn't have an agreement for freshman service that counts 62 million subscribers and is available to 98 million homes. more
Eileen O'Neill Named Group President Of Discovery Studios Marjorie Kaplan to lead Discovery Channel on an interim basis.more
2014 'VMAs' Down 17% Guess viewers preferred Miley Cyrus' twerking to that of Nicki Minaj.more
MCN Innovator Awards Bow At 2014 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Saluting the best and brightest in technology, NewBay Media, parent of Multichannel News, is introducing a new awards program at the 2014 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo next month.more