MCN Newswire: Cord Cutters, Nevers Accelerate in Q1

Top Stories - May 12, 2015 Cord Cutters, Nevers Accelerate in Q1 The number of consumers opting not to subscribe to pay TV services accelerated in the first quarter, driven by overall losses in satellite-TV customers, sluggish growth for telco TV and a strong rise in household formation. more RELATED: Dish Sheds 134K Q1 Subs A high-profile carriage dispute with Fox News Channel helped drive net subscriber losses skyward at Dish Network in the first quarter, when it shed 134,000 net subscribers as it endured a nearly one month blackout of Fox News and Fox Business Network. more Ergen: Advantage Tilting Toward Distribution Dish chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen said the loosening of programming bundles and a willingness to let networks go dark is moving the carriage negotiating advantage slowly toward distributors. more CableCARD Deployments Hit 52.61M The top nine incumbent U.S. cable operators have deployed more than 52.61 million CableCARD modules in MSO-supplied set-tops, according to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's latest report to the FCC. more NEXT TV: Hulu Antes Up When news broke late last month that Hulu was ponying up at least $700,000 an episode for Sony Pictures Television's Seinfeld, a show that went off NBC in 1998 and has been airing in syndication for two full decades, it signaled that a far more competitive era of buying and selling content is upon us. more Video/Blogs Through the Wire, From the May 11 Print Edition GreatLand's Disconnection Also Disrupted Some Lives Slideshows: INTX 2015 Day 1, May 5 Day 2, May 6 Day 3, May 7 Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead MayPac to Set PPV Perfomance Standard News COVER STORY: 5 Essentials From INTX CONTENT: Outdoor, Post Merger, Targets 'Lifestyle' NEXT TV: Streaming Goes Live, Mobile RULES: Sports Coalition Eyes College Title II Petitioners Must Combine Arguments Discovery Hispanic Networks Set Upfront Slate Public TV Groups Seek FCC Help for DBS Carriage Progressives Push Back on USA Freedom Act RELATED: Tech Groups Talk Up USA Freedom Act LOOK BACK: MCN's Complete Coverage of INTX 2015 Associate Media Marketing Representative Jackson, TN - Charter Manager, Local Sales I Jackson, TN - Charter Broadband Installer - Wausau Wausau, WI - Charter Dispatcher I - VestaviaHills, AL Vestavia Hills, AL - Charter See all career listings here.   ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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