MCN Newswire: SOTU: President Intends To Protect Open Internet; Cable Stocks Dip On Morgan Stanley Downgrade
Top Stories - January 21, 2015
SOTU: President Intends To Protect Open Internet President Obama during his State of the Union address Tuesday night did not spend much time on broadband to which he had already devoted a speech last week, and the White House had already outlined his ambitious high-speed broadband plans, as well as actions to protect privacy and push cybersecurity. more
Cable Stocks Dip on Morgan Stanley Downgrade Cable stocks fell Tuesday after Morgan Stanley media analyst Ben Swinburne downgraded the sector to "cautious" from "outperform." more
Netflix Shares Surge On Q4 Results Netflix continued to expand its subscriber base worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2014, even if the rate of growth in the U.S. showed signs of slowing.more
Dish Claims Victory In Autohop Case Dish Network said a U.S. District Court has said technology that the broadcast networks objected to is legal under copyright law or the Supreme Court's recent Aereo ruling.more
DirecTV Raises NFL Sunday Ticket Rates DirecTV is raising the price of its popular NFL Sunday Ticket by between 5% and 7% for the 2015 season, perhaps an effort to help offset some of the estimated $12 billion the satellite TV company paid to keep the out-of-market pro football package exclusive for the next eight years.more
NBCU Tees Up 'Super Stream Sunday' NBCUniversal said it will use Super Bowl Sunday to tee up "Super Stream Sunday," a TV Everywhere tilt that will showcase 11 continuous hours of NBC content, highlighted by the Super Bowl XLIX matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, and the mid-season debut of The Blacklist. more