MCN Newswire: Suddenlink Unveils ‘Operation GigaSpeed’ Sources; Sen. Commerce Floats Retrans Remake; Wheeler Seeks Management Info From Wireless Carriers
Top Stories - August 11, 2014
Suddenlink Unveils 'Operation GigaSpeed' Plan will raise top HSD speed to 1Gbps across 90% of MSO's footprint by 2017. more
Sources: Sen. Commerce Floats Retrans Remake Under a proposal reportedly being floated to broadcast and cable execs at a meeting requested by the Senate Commerce Committee Friday, cable subs would be the ones deciding whether they wanted to pay the per-sub fee charged by TV stations, and could choose which TV stations they wanted to have in their cable package. more
Wheeler Seeks Management Info From Wireless Carriers An FCC source has confirmed that chairman Tom Wheeler sent letters to the other three Big Four wireless carriers asking about their network management practices, what is reasonable management, and expressing concerns similar to those in a letter to Verizon.more
'Outlander' Episode Generates Nearly 900,000 Streams Nearly 1 million people have viewed the first episode of Starz' Outlander prior to its Aug. 9 premiere, the network said Friday.more