MCN Newswire: Program Chief Michael Wright Leaves TNT, TBS; Voluntary Set-Top Energy Plan Saved $168M: Report; DOCSIS Channel Shipments Soar In Q2

Top Stories - August 29, 2014 Program Chief Michael Wright Leaves TNT, TBS Michael Wright is departing his post as president and head of programming at TNT, TBS and Turner Broadcasting. The move comes as Turner initiates voluntary buyout offers to more than 500 staffers as part of a company-wide cost-cutting plan. more Voluntary Set-Top Energy Plan Saved $168M: Report A voluntary set-top box energy conservation agreement announced in 2012 and now supported by the pay-TV industry, consumer electronics manufactures and other efficiency advocates have saved American consumers about $168 million in energy bills, they said, citing details outlined in a new annual report. more DOCSIS Channel Shipments Soar In Q2 Buoyed by IP capacity expansions, the number of upstream and downstream DOCSIS channel shipments reached 1.2 million in the second quarter of 2014, a new quarterly record that stomped the one set in the first quarter of the year, Infonetics Research said in its latest roundup of the cable access sector. more Liberty Completes Trip Advisor Spin Liberty Trip Advisor Holdings, the tracking stock that houses Liberty Interactive's 22% interest in online travel site Trip Advisor and its stake in e-commerce company Buy Seasons, began trading on the NASDAQ Exchange Thursday under the symbols LTRPA and LTRPB, opening at a price of $37.36 per share. more A&E Cancels 'Longmire' A&E said it will not be bringing scripted drama Longmire back for a fourth season. more Starz Won't Sit On First Five Episodes Of 'The Chair' In the latest example of its diversified sampling strategies to generate awareness and viewing for its original programming, Starz will open up the first five installments of its experiment in filmmaking, prior to its linear premiere. 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 Video/Blogs MCN Hot Spot MTV's 'No Cameras Allowed' Translation Please, Leslie Ellis A Summer Of Power The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner Amazon Livens Up Its Streaming Share On The Money, Mike Farrell L.A. Providers Scrimmage Over Sports Capital Letters, John Egggerton FCCers, Alumni Rise To 'Ice Bucket Challenge' As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen Google Fiber Jumping Sharks Next TV Summit San Francisco Click to Register News Dish Will Carry FS1 College Football Games Samsung To Offer Amazon 4K Fare In October ATVA: CBS Radio Rejects Local Choice Ad NAB to FCC: Cable, DBS Should Join Political File Party Netflix Next 'Blacklist' SVOD Rights Tennis Channel Bows Ashe Biography Sportsman Channel to Air 'MURPH: The Protector' 2014 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo News Call For Nominations: 2015 'Wonder Women' 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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