MCN Newswire: Charter-TWC Not Done Yet, Says Byron Allen; ACA Lambasts Big Media; FCC OKs New Broadband Privacy Rules

Top Stories - April 1, 2016 Byron Allen: Charter-TWC Deal Not Done Yet  Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios (ES), which filed a $10 billion discrimination lawsuit against Charter Communications for allegedly not launching "100% African-American-owned" programming networks, said in a statement Thursday that news outlets were off base in reporting that the FCC was close to circulating an approval order for the MSO's merger with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.  more WHY THIS MATTERS: ES and NAAOM, its partner in the suit, cited several signs the deal is still being vetted, while Charter diminished their characterization, saying: "Mr. Allen's history of frivolous claims speaks for itself. Charter is committed to expanding diversity and inclusion throughout the company." ACA Says Big Programmers Are Distribution Problem The American Cable Association, which represents small and mid-sized cable operators, says large media conglomerates are the reason its members don't offer more independent programming. more WHY THIS MATTERS: In comments in the FCC's Notice of Inquiry into independent programmers' access to distribution platforms, ACA said that onerous requirements like forced bundling and penetration requirements are systemic obstacles to programming access and must be dealt with. Divided FCC Approves Broadband Privacy Rules A deeply divided FCC voted Thursday to approve proposed new rules for how broadband customers' private information -- like what websites they visit -- can be used by ISPs without customers' affirmative opt-in. more WHY THIS MATTERS: Agency chairman Tom Wheeler said the one indisputable fact is that consumers should have the right to decide how their own information is used, while GOP Republicans called it an overreach that stems from the FCC's inadvisable reclassification of ISPs under Title II, which gave it the authority over broadband CPNI (customer proprietary network information). Video/Blogs/Events MCN Original Video Upfronts 2016 Spotlight: Nat Geo Global Channels CEO Courteney Monroe MCN Original Video Upfronts 2016: One Question for ... CMT's Jayson Dinsmore Bookmark This: The Upfronts Page Current and Archival Coverage MCN Original Video One-on-One in 2: Turner's David Levy on March Madness and the NCAA Final MCN Sneak Peek Disney XD's New Hidden-Camera Series 'Walk the Plank,' Premiering Today MCN Slideshow Freeze Frame Photos From the March 28 Issue The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner Comcast Eyes Standalone Option for Stream TV Service MCN Guest Blog, Adonis Hoffman, Business in the Public Interest How Charter Won Approval of Its Merger As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen ISPs May Limit Options in Streaming Battle Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead Depressing News for Binge Viewers Event News: #AdvancedAd The Advanced Advertising Summit, Tuesday, April 5, in New York News FCC FCC to Propose Expanding Video Description Requirements Split FCC Votes for Lifeline Reform Related: Lifeline Fans Queue Up Related: House Dems Urged Against Lifeline Compromise Related: House E&C to Introduce Lifeline-Capping Bill Background: Sources Say FCC Strikes Lifeline Compromise Background: Smaller Telecoms Get Shot at Standalone Broadband Subsidy OPERATORS Carriage Impasse Checkup: Dish-NBCU, Univision-U-verse Ops Reject Sweetened Dodgers Net Offer Dish to Offer Sportsman Channel Preview Sprint Offers Monthly Option for Amazon Prime PROGRAMMING Zaslav Pay Dips 79% to $32.4M Upfronts 2016: TLC Gets Scripted via Tyler Perry Series Upfronts 2016: Velocity Revs Up 'Speed Is the New Black' Upfronts 2016: Comedy Central Taps Kevin Hart, Jordan Klepper for New Shows Turner Leads Mashable's $15M 'C' Round FNC's Van Susteren to Interview Trump in Wisconsin NeuLion, MediaPro to Stream 'El Clasico' in 4K PEOPLE Bill Rosendahl, TV Producer and L.A. 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