MCN Newswire: Pulp Non-Fiction; Viacom Partners With TiVo; Apple TV: The Good, the Bad & the (Not So) Ugly

Top Stories - Nov. 2, 2015 COVER STORY: Pulp Non-Fiction Reality shows offering tales of true crime have found a ready audience of younger women viewers.  more WHY THIS MATTERS: The relationships gone wrong, the crime-solving, the quest for justice -- or vengeance, as the case may be -- make crime TV a salacious guilty pleasure appealing specifically to women, network executives say, and the ratings bear them out. TiVo, Viacom Forge Targeted Ad-Data Deal Viacom and TiVo's Research and Analytics unit have stuck a strategic partnership that will focus on advancing Viacom's proprietary data and targeted advertising platforms, including its Vantage and Echo Social Graph. more WHY THIS MATTERS: The agreement enters play as programmers and distributors are looking to get a better fix on measurement amid shifting viewing behavior.  New Apple TV Hits Stores, Reviews Pour In The new, more apps-focused Apple TV hit brick-and-mortar stores Friday, including Best Buy, MacMall and Target, while Amazon followed through on its plan to discontinue sales of the device as well as the Google Chromecast. more WHY THIS MATTERS: As the Christmas retail season gets underway, the consensus on the Apple TV is that it falls well short of Apple's intention to revolutionize the TV experience, and Amazon is redirecting searches for the device to other options (particularly its own Fire TV).  Video/Blogs/Events MCN Hot Spot AMC's 'Preacher,' Coming in 2016 MCN Hot Spot National Geographic Channel's 'Breakthrough,' Just Premiered The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner X1 + YouTube? As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen Vice Readies Expansion in U.S., Europe MCN Online Extras Web Links From the Nov. 2 Issue Next TV Summit & Expo: San Francisco Tuesday, Dec. 1, Julia Morgan Ballroom News NEXT TV: Driving Deeper Into the Digital Domain RELATED: Univision Digital Hires Senior Political Editor AGENDA: Confidence in Cable Bundle Builds Suddenlink Expands Gigabit Reach Comcast Makes Another Fiber Connection EU Adopts Net-Neutrality Rules FCC Barely Budges on Retrans Comment Deadlines Starz Readies OTT Launch RELATED: 'Ash Vs. Evil Dead' Drives Halloween TV Twitter Netflix Renews 'Longmire' ESPN Sacks Grantland NBCU Rolls New Apple TV Apps  The Weather Channel Revamps iOS App A+E Networks to Offer 'Shine' Concert Internationally AMC Renews 'The Walking Dead' Discovery Int'l to Launch Oprah's 'Belief' Budget Bill Approved With Spectrum Pipeline Event Updates Next TV SF December 01, 2015 | Julia Morgan Ballroom, San Francisco Keynote Q&A Steve Shannon General Manager, Content and Services, Roku Learn More Account Executive Charter – Traverse City, MI, United States Director-Human Resources (Call Center) Charter – Vancouver, WA, United States Spectrum Business Call Center Billing Rep Charter – Rochester, MN, United States Account Executive Charter – Chico, CA, United States See all career listings here.   ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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