WHY THIS MATTERS:Pivotal Research's Brian Wieser suggests that while cord-cutting might not be the threat it was cracked up to be, cord shaving could be a bigger issue.
WHY THIS MATTERS:Klein, previously executive VP of alternative programming at Condé Nast Entertainment, replaces Susanne Daniels, who left MTV last year and is now VP of originals at Google's YouTube.
WHY THIS MATTERS:The FCC is currently investigating zero rating plans from a handful of top ISPs as part of its Open Internet general conduct standard of review for business practices that could impede a free and open Internet.
"Abandon all hope ye who enter here" is written above the gates of hell in Dante's Inferno. And for many broadcasters, MVPDs, and telcos, it might as well be inscribed above the FCC's Portals. In The Divine Comedy, there are nine circles of suffering for unrepentant soulslimbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery. Here in Washington, there are just as many layers of suffering. For any company seeking regulatory redemption, merger review can be a painful and protracted purge. Just ask Comcast.