MCN Newswire: Dish, Media General in Retrans Face-Off; Google Fiber Progressing in Salt Lake City; Byron Allen, NAAOM Seek FCC Look at Comcast-NBCU Condition

Top Stories - March 29, 2016 Dish, Media General Gearing Up for Retrans Battle Media General is informing Dish Network subscribers in 48 markets they could lose access to the broadcaster's TV stations unless a retransmission-consent deal is reached by Thursday.  more WHY THIS MATTERS: About 70 TV stations nationwide are affected by the dispute, during which Media General has given Dish six weeks of contract extensions to work out a deal, but to no avail, the broadcaster said. Google Fiber Pushes Ahead in Salt Lake City Google Fiber announced plans to bring its mix of gigabit broadband and pay TV services to Salt Lake City, Utah, about a year ago, and it's now less than a year away from launching service there, according to local news reports. more WHY THIS MATTERS: The ISP/TV provider will be competing for Salt Lake City customers with incumbents Comcast and CenturyLink, and like it's done in other cities, the company will use a Fiber Rally deployment model to determine which parts of town get Google Fiber services first. Byron Allen Asks FCC to Vet Comcast-NBCU Condition Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Inc. and the National Association of African American-Owned Media took the latest shot in its ongoing battle with Comcast over carriage of minority-owned and targeted networks. more WHY THIS MATTERS: In a petition to the FCC asking it to investigate what ESI and NAAOM called Comcast's "failed" promise, codified in a condition of the merger with NBCUniversal, to add majority-controlled African American-owned media networks, the parties said they want the agency to do a critical and detailed investigation into Comcast's claims of compliance. Video/Blogs/Events MCN Original Video One-on-One in 2: Turner's David Levy on March Madness and the NCAA Final MCN Hot Spot Showtime's 'House of Lies' Premiering April 10 MCN Hot Spot CMT's 'The Ed Bassmaster Show' Premiering April 14 MCN Slideshow Freeze Frame Photos From the March 28 Issue Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead Depressing News for Binge Viewers As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen FCC Bashing on Multiple Fronts MCN Guest Blog, Terry Li, Crunchyroll What to Consider Before Going Global in Online Video News SPECIAL REPORTS Spotlight on News Networks: Emerging Nets Make Case for Filling a Void Related: Finding 'Truth' in 'The Big Interview' > A Q&A With Dan Rather Set-Top Box Report: 'Unlocking' the Box Brings Uncertainty Focus on Millennials: Hitting Millennial Voters Where They Live PROGRAMMING MTV Names Michael Klein EVP of Original Content Starz to Rebrand Encore to Lift … Starz NEXT TV Oculus Rift Starts Shipping Vimeo Adds Transactions to Roku Channel Tru Optik, Experian Team on OTT Measurement Event Updates Advanced Advertising & Measurement Summit New Technology, New Opportunities. April 5, 2016 | Convene Conference Center | New York, New York Register Today! Learn More Multicultural TV Breakfast at INTX May 17, 2016 | Boston Convention and Exhibition Center | Boston, MA Learn More Next TV Summit & Expo June 15, 2016 | Hyatt Regency San Francisco | San Francisco, CA Learn More The Cloud & IP Tech Leadership Summit June 22-23, 2016 | Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center | Rosemont, IL Learn More News Technology Summit September 27-28, 2016 | Tampa Airport Marriott | Tampa, FL Learn More Account Executive Corridor Television/KCWX-TV – San Antonio, TX, United States director of broadcast services UNC-TV – Research Triangle Park, NC, United States Accounting Technician UNC-TV – Research Triangle Park, NC, United States Teaching Instructor East Carolina University – Greenville, NC, United States See all career listings here.   ©2016 NewBay Media, LLC

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