MCN Newswire: Wheeler: 25/3 Mbps Should Be New High-Speed Definition; Discovery Signs NCTC Pact; Carry: Dish Has Lost 90,000 Subs From FNC

Top Stories - January 8, 2015 Wheeler: 25/3 Mbps Should Be New High-Speed Definition An FCC source confirms the commissioner has circulated a draft of the latest broadband competition report to commissioners and it proposes a 25 Mbps upstream/3 Mbps downstream definition of high-speed broadband and concludes once again that broadband is not being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion. more Discovery Signs NCTC Pact For 13 Networks The National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) and Discovery Communications said they signed a multi-year distribution agreement to allow the continued delivery of Discovery's 13 U.S. networks, including TV-everywhere rights through subscriber authentication on multiple devices. more Carry: Dish Has Lost 90,000 Subs from Fox News Blackout Tim Carry says Dish's disconnect from Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network has been a costly one for the No. 2 DBS provider.Carry, executive vice president of distribution for FNC and FBN, estimated that Dish has lost some 90,000 subscribers since the channels were removed from the provider's 14 million subscribers late on Dec. 20. more Four Gray TV Stations Dark on Cox Systems Cox Communications customers in Florida, Nebraska and Kansas could miss some of the National Football League playoffs this weekend if a blackout of four television stations owned by Gray TV holds through the weekend. more Sarandos: No Netflix Ratings for Original Shows Netflix has no intentions of releasing viewing statistics for its original shows, which do not reflect the success or failure of its original programming, according to the OTT service's chief content officer Ted Sarandos. more Video/Blogs MCN Hot Spot VH1's Hindsight The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner DOCSIS 3.1…In The Flesh Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead 'The Interview' Could Hack Theater Business Mixed Signals, Jimmy Schaeffler Roamio, TabletTV, and Dish's 'Griddle,' Join Sling and The Disruptors Translation Please, Leslie Ellis Kooky Stuff Makes Scene At CES As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen Cable's Lame Role In Health Tech Reynolds' Rap, Mike Reynolds 2015 Sports Predictions: Fearless And Otherwise News North Carolina Stations Back on Dish FCC Grants Waiver for Bloomberg TV Positioning 95% of Super Bowl Spots Sold: NBC Sen. Graham on Attacks: U.S. Journalists Should Be Concerned CES: Dealing With Disruption Necessary, Painful ESPN Steps Up Short Films Slate #TCA15 'TWICE' Gets Social At CES With Curation Platform Technical Operations Supervisor Beloit, WI - Charter Communications Director of Technology Austin, TX - KLRU-TV System Engineer III-Sr. Virtual Engineer Greenwood Village, CO - Charter Communications Director of Major Giving Kansasa City, MO - KCPT, Kansas City Public Television See all career listings here.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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