MCN Newswire: Dish Dim on Bright House; Chromecast Is Top Streamer; Spanning the Globe With Mobile Broadband

Top Stories - Dec. 1, 2015 Dish Takes Aim at Bright House Deal Benefits Satellite-TV provider Dish Network — which is no fan of the proposed merger of Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks — took aim at the Bright House portion of the deal in an FCC filing, using information gleaned from highly confidential deal material the regulator made available to third parties.  more WHY THIS MATTERS: Dish said in the filing that the benefits from the merger across all three MSOs are "either illusory" or not specific to the transaction and called the Bright House connection the weak link between the deal and its purported benefits. Chromecast Tops Streaming Media Charts: Study Google's Chromecast streaming adapter topped the global media streamer market in the third quarter, with about 9.2 million devices shipped to take a 35% market share, Strategy Analytics found in a new study. more WHY THIS MATTERS: The numbers come in amid the launch of new products timed for the holiday buying season by Google and its leading competitors.  ITU: 95% of World Covered by Mobile Broadband The latest global broadband report from the International Telecommunications Union finds that more than 3 billion people are now online and more than 95% of the global population is "covered" by a mobile cellular signal. more WHY THIS MATTERS: ITU's "Measuring the Information Society Report," released Monday, projected that by the end of the year, 46% of households will have Internet access, up from 44% last year and 30% five years ago, and global broadband deployment is on track to top the goal of 55% five years from now set in the ITU Connect 2020 Agenda goals. Video/Blogs/Events MCN Hot Spot Amazon's 'The Man in the High Castle,' Available Now MCN Slideshow Freeze Frame Photos From the Nov. 30 Issue The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner Amazon Video Streams on JetBlue Mixed Signals, Jimmy Schaeffler How Data Analytics Is Changing TV Through the Wire, From the Nov. 30 Issue Roast of Vice's Smith Shows Different Side of Media Bad Boy Next TV Summit & Expo: San Francisco Tuesday, Dec. 1, Julia Morgan Ballroom News RCN Beefs Up Business Ethernet NEXT TV: Holiday Tech-Trend: Keeping Connected CONTENT: HLN Surfs the Web for Younger Viewers 'The Walking Dead' Devours Social Media Discovery, Eurosport Ramp Up for Olympics FINANCE: Nets Face a Big Fantasy-Sports Loss '#RichKids of Beverly Hills' to Return in 2016 FCC's LeBlanc: Agency Has Improved Collection of Fines WRC-15 Protects UHF Broadcasting   Event Updates Next TV SF December 01, 2015 | Julia Morgan Ballroom, San Francisco Key Factors Influencing Valuations in 2016 Laura Martin Senior Media and Internet Analyst, Needham & Company Learn More Technology Leadership Summit March 2-3, 2016 Sheraton Ft. Lauderdale Airport&Cruise Port The New Bundles Leader: Ed Lee VP of Content Acquisition, Roku Learn More Advanced Video Engineer I Charter – Greenwood Village, CO, United States Store Associate Medford, OR Charter – Medford, OR, United States DNT Network Engineer III-CMTS Charter – Madison, WI, United States Systems Engineer III Charter – St. Louis, MO, United States See all career listings here.   ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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