MCN Newswire: Falling Starz; Comcast's Mystery Gateway; Trevor Noah's New Perspective

Top Stories - July 30, 2015 Albrecht: Starz Evaluating Direct to Consumer Offering Premium network Starz is evaluating the possibility of launching its own standalone, direct-to-consumer service a la HBO Now and Showtime's OTT offering, but said that for now the net is concentrating on its Starz Play TV Everywhere strategy. more RELATED: Starz Stock Drops 10% on Mixed Q2 Starz shares fell more than 15% in early trading Wednesday after the premium channel reported a 2% rise in revenue, but a 10% decline in profits and weaker than expected subscriber additions in the second quarter. It ended the day at $40.40, down just under 10%. more Comcast Trialing 'XG2' Device Comcast has begun to test the XG2, a new gateway for its cloud-based X1 platform that lacks a local DVR; while the MSO isn't commenting on the mystery model that passed through the FCC, customer chatter has surfaced online. more DishLatino Kicks Off 'Zona Fútbol' Looking to make a deeper connection with soccer fans, DishLatino, Dish Network's suite of English- and Spanish-language packages, has kicked off Zona Fútbol, a platform for the Hopper HD-DVR that delivers enhancements including updated scores and a "Multi-Channel View" mosaic that displays up to six games at once. more TCA: Noah to Bring New Perspective to 'Daily Show' New "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah says he will bring a different perspective to the late night show, but will not look to make a major overhaul. more Video/Blogs/Events MCN Original Video: One Question for... Netflix's Ted Sarandos at #TCA15 MCN Sneak Peek truTV's 'The Carbonaro Effect,' Season 2 As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen O'Rielly Deems Process Review Task Force 'Diversion' and 'Time Suck' Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead ESPN Still Leading the Cable Sports Game MCN Guest Blog, Lou Hughes K.I.S.S. for Cable 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 Technicolor Getting a 'Good Deal': Futuresource Liberty Broadband to Hold Special Shareholders' Meeting TCA: Nat Geo's 'StarTalk' to Return in October TCA: WGN Taps John Legend for 'Underground' TCA: MTV Orders Second Season of 'Scream' Cinemax's 'Banshee' to End With Season 4 News12, NY1 Drive 70% of NY-Area News Tune-Ins Fox Sports Gets Westminster Dog Show Fox News Makes Room for All GOP Debaters Hearst to Carry C-SPAN GOP Forum Feed T3Media to Serve Metadata for U.S. Open Hill Hones In on Wireless Spectrum Policy CTIA Plugs Need for Licensed Wireless Spectrum Bill Boosting .Gov Defenses Passes Senate Committee NetChoice Praises NTIA Facial Recognition Effort 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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