MCN Newswire: Data Drives TWC Q3; CableCARD Deployments Top 50M; Starz Delivers Mixed Results In Q3

Top Stories - October 31, 2014 Data Drives TWC Q3 Time Warner Cable added 108,000 high speed data customers in the third quarter, its best Q3 showing in five years, and managed to cut basic video losses nearly in half. more Marcus: OTT Could Lead To Better Video Packaging Time Warner Cable chairman and CEO Rob Marcus, in perhaps his last quarterly conference call with analysts, said that the recent surge in over-the-top video offerings don't present a competitive threat to his business now, but could lead to greater content packaging flexibility in the future. more CableCARD Deployments Top 50 Million In its latest CableCARD report to the FCC, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association said the nine largest incumbent U.S. cable operators have deployed more than 50 million of the security modules in MSO-supplied set-tops since the security integration ban took effect in July 2007. In comparison, those same operators have deployed just 623,000 CableCARDs in retail devices, including TiVo boxes and TVs with CableCARD slots. more Starz Delivers Mixed Results in Q3 Premium channel Starz added about 500,000 new subscribers in the third quarter, driven by new original series like Outlander and soundly beating analysts' expectations, but revenue and cash flow growth missed targets. more Imagine Buys OpenTV's Advanced Ad Biz From Kudelski Video and multiscreen tech specialist Imagine Communications has acquired the advanced advertising business unit and related assets of OpenTV from the Kudelski Group. more Video/Blogs MCN Hot Spot Syfy's '12 Monkeys' The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner Verizon FiOS Offers The Gift Of Netflix Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead A La Carte and Sticker Shock Translation Please, Leslie Ellis OTT Lab Update As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen 1 Gbps Is For Slow Pokes News AT&T To Leahy: No Paid Prioritization Plans FCC Proposes Cable, Satellite, Radio Database Extension Cogeco Sparks TiVo Rollout Cablevision Data To Drive MSG Nets Ad Addressable Pilot Comcast Teams With UPS Stores TAPP's Klein, Penthera's Willner and thePlatform's Roberts Join Business of Multiplatform TV #NYCTVWK 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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