MCN Newswire: ESPN Could Go Direct, But Not for 5 Years; Altice-Suddenlink Harshes Humboldt County's Mellow

Top Stories - July 28, 2015 Report: Iger Says ESPN Could Go Direct to Consumer Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Bob Iger told CNBC Monday that, like a growing number of channels, its flagship sports channel, ESPN, could eventually be sold direct to consumers, but that it wouldn't happen in the next five years. more AT&T: FCC Fine Is 'Indefensible,' 'Coercion' AT&T has come out swinging at the FCC over the agency's proposed $100 million fine for allegedly violating the transparency rule in the FCC's 2010 network-neutrality order, calling it "unprecedented and indefensible" -- and in part unconstitutional -- and saying a court would throw it out if it were imposed. more Calif. County Opposes Suddenlink-Altice Merger Humboldt County, Calif., population 134,493, has come out in opposition to Suddenlink Communications's $9.1 billion merger with European telecom giant Altice, saying the deal is not in the public interest. more Google Fiber Gets Ready to Rally in Raleigh Google Fiber's build-out in Raleigh, N.C., is gearing up now that the ISP/pay TV provider has identified nine initial locations for the "fiber huts" that will supply the network backbone. more Clyburn Calls for Carriage, Access Rules Inquiry FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn has called on agency chairman Tom Wheeler to launch an inquiry into the program-access and carriage rules, and ongoing barriers to independent and diverse programming in the wake of the FCC's decision to approve the AT&T-DirecTV deal. more Video/Blogs/Events MCN Hot Spot FX's 'Fargo,' Season 2 Through the Wire, From the July 27 Print Edition Riding the Wave From Digital to HD to 4K — Timing Is Everything The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner Analyst Still Bullish on Arris As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen John Ford Takes Helm of Nonfiction Producers Group MCN Guest Blog, Rich Nelson Going Big Event: Technology Leadership Cloud Summit Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 5-6 Event: NYC Television Week, Oct. 20-22 Waldorf Astoria, Oct. 20; Park Central Hotel, Oct. 21-22 News CONTENT: Stepping UP Into Scripted Series FINANCE: Tepid Ad Market a Drag for Programmers RULES: FCC Helps Revive Retrans Debate Comcast WiFi Net Surpasses 10M Hotspots Wheeler to Hill: ISPs Have Certainty to Invest Univision Deportes Taps NeuLion for Gold Cup Streams Cisco Names New CTO, Chief Digital Officer Jones Upped at 21st Century Fox Stakeholders to Vet Biometric Best Practices Groups Ask FCC to Revamp Auction Reserve Outside Sales Representative Childersburg Alabama Childersburg, AL - Charter Sales Analyst CB Englewood, CO - Charter Outside Sales Representative Columbia TN Columbia, TN - Charter CB Broadband Technician-Grand Island,NE Grand Island, NE - Charter See all career listings here.   ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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