MCN Newswire: Bewkes, Time Warner Stand Alone, Boldly; FCC Stops Clock On Comcast/TWC Merger...Again; NCTC, Disney Sign Retrans Pact
Top Stories - December 23, 2014
Bewkes, Time Warner Stand Alone, Boldly; After fending off Murdoch's takeover play, CEO rethinks media giant.more
NCTC, Disney Sign Retrans Pact The National Cable Television Cooperative, the equipment and programming buying group for nearly 950 small and medium-sized operators across the country, said it has struck a retransmission consent deal with Walt Disney Co.'s ABC, agreeing on a long-term pact that covers the broadcaster's eight owned and operated stations across the country.more
DirecTV Begins Soft Launch of Ya Veo DirecTV has begun the soft launch of its long-awaited Spanish language over-the-top service, dubbed Ya Veo, which provides a suite of programming from Latin America and Spain for $7.99 per month.more
Time Warner Cable to Initiate Sports Fee in January Time Warner Cable will join the growing list of pay TV distributors charging additional fees for sports programming, tacking on an additional $2.75 per month to customers' bills beginning in January to help offset rising costs.more