MCN Newswire: Jerry Kent: Dropping Viacom 'The Right Decision;' Mediacom, RFD Renew; FX Enlists 'Mission: Impossible'

Top Stories - August 4, 2015 Jerry Kent: Dropping Viacom 'The Right Decision' Suddenlink Communications chairman and CEO Jerry Kent told analysts that the small-market cable operator's decision to replace Viacom's networks with other, supposedly less-popular fare has been the right one both financially and from a customer standpoint. more RELATED: Mixed Q2 For Suddenlink Seasonality and rate increases helped push subscriber losses slightly above the average in the second quarter for Suddenlink Communications, as the St. Louis-based cable operator continues to move forward with its $9.1 billion merger with European telecom giant Altice. more RFD-TV, Mediacom Ink Carriage Renewal Rural Media Group said it has renewed its carriage agreement with Mediacom Communications for its RFD-TV network, a deal that will include added distribution on Mediacom's "expanded basic" service, beginning next month. more CableCARD Deployments Creep Past 53M The top nine incumbent U.S. cable operators have deployed about 53 million CableCARDs in MSO-supplied set-tops and a mere 617,000 of the removable security modules in TiVo boxes, TVs and other retail products with CableCARD slots, according to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's latest report to the FCC. more FX Secures TV Rights to 'Mission: Impossible' Film FX Networks has secured television rights to several of the summer's biggest theatrical films, including the Tom Cruise-starrer Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation. more Video/Blogs/Events MCN Sneak Peek Starz's 'Blunt Talk' Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead Five Questions to Ponder From the TV Critics Tour Capital Letters, John Eggerton DNC Promotes Fox News GOP Debate As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen High Churn for OTT Services MCN Guest Blog, Lou Hughes, Universal Electronics 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 X1 Adds 'Auto Extend' DVR Option Everson Complains to FEC About GOP Debate Criteria Cable Networks Stuff More Ads Into Programs Telstra Eyeing IPO for Ooyala: Report Crown Media Reports Higher 2Q Earnings TCA: Amazon's Price: 'We're Not In the Programming Business' RELATED: TCA: Amazon to Roll Out Season 2 of 'Transparent' Dec. 4 Hitron Unveils Gigabit DOCSIS 3.0 Modem NTIA Launches Drone Privacy Effort De Blasio To FCC: Keep TV Out of Duplex Gap ICYMI: Raven-Symone To Guest Star On 'K.C. Undercover' In September   Business Analyst II, Business Integration Charter - St. Louis, MO Supervisor, Technical Service - Decatur, AL Charter - Decatur, AL Supervisor, Technical Service - Selma, AL Charter - Selma, AL Field Auditor- Medford, OR Charter - Medford, OR See all career listings here.   ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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