MCN Newswire: Boxed In by the FCC; Charter-TWC Gets OK; Video Competition Report #17

Top Stories - May 9, 2016 Cover Story: Boxed In The cable industry is at war with Silicon Valley giants — and the U.S. government itself — over a small, black box. And the stakes are high enough to jeopardize the most crucial part of the business relationship with a consumer — the point of first contact, specifically the first images a viewer sees when turning on a device — as well as the security of the signal.  more WHY THIS MATTERS: The prize is the vast trove of viewing data collected from MVPD-provided set-top boxes that is surely and not so slowly upending the $70 billion advertising market, and a growing list of producers, programmers and affiliated groups have come out against the proposal (see story under NEWS, below). It's Official: Charter-TWC Approved The FCC confirmed Friday that all five commissioners have now voted the Charter-TWC deal, which was approved on May 5. more WHY THIS MATTERS: The conditions on the deal -- in effect for seven years -- include no data caps or usage-based pricing, no interconnection fees, no anticompetitive programming contracts disadvantaging OVDs and adherence to the FCC's Open Internet rules no matter what the court decides. FCC's Media Bureau Issues Video Competition Report The FCC has released its 17th report on the state of video competition, and said the most significant trends since the last report are "the continuing development, and consumer usage, of time- and location-shifted viewing of video programming, the expansion of digital and high-definition programming, and the progress of the online video industry." more WHY THIS MATTERS: Continuing a trend from the last report, which marked the first-ever decline in video subs, the FCC found that cable MVPD subscribership continued to decline, dropping to 53.7 million households from 55.1 million. By contrast, telco video subs rose from 11.8 million to 13.2 million households and DBS subs held steady at 34.4 million households in the same time period. Video/Blogs/Events MCN Original Video Upfronts 2016 Spotlight: HGTV/DIY GM Allison Page MCN Hot Spot New First-Look Trailer for Showtime's 'Ray Donovan,' Season 4, Premiering June 26 The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner Mohu Turns Old Set-Tops Into Cord-Cutting Tools Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead Watching 'Skinny' Bundles Get Lively MCN Online Extra Web Links From the May 9 Issue Women in the Game Nominate Candidates for the 2016 Class Through May 23 Bookmark This: #INTX2016 Coverage Before, During and After the Show News OPERATORS Netflix Good With Charter-TWC Deal Conditions Hedge Fund Targets Dish for Short-Sell Layer3 TV Seeks 'Installation Supervisor' in Handful of Markets CONTENT Content Commentary: Producers, Programmers and Affiliated Groups Against the Set-Top Proposal Redstone Testimony Gets Judge's Attention Canelo Alvarez KO's Amir Kahn Disney Channel Gets Interactive With 'Liv and Maddie' Episode Social Media Becoming Key to Small Biz Gameplans NEXT TV Special Report > Streaming Sports: The Winning Play Study: 16% of U.S. Broadband Homes Take a Sports OTT Service NBC Sports Enters VR Race FilmOn Adds Kids Reading Channel Tappp Taps Into $4.2M Funding Round YouTube's New Stars Include Ad Leaders TECHNOLOGY Vodafone Picks UXP Systems for Digital Drive FCC Lets Qualcomm Test LTE-U With T-Mobile POLICY O'Rielly Slams FCC's General Conduct Standard Commerce Spokesman Underwhelmed by Wheeler Info Answer Sen. Boxer Pushes for Partial E-Cig Ad Ban Event Updates 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 OnDemand Summit September 29, 2016 | Manhattan NYC, An Affinia Hotel | New York , NY Learn More NYC Television and Video Week Virtual Reality 20/20 October, 17, 2016 |The TimesCenter | New York , NY Learn More B&C Hall of Fame October, 18, 2016 |Waldorf Astoria | New York , NY Learn More Advanced Advertising October, 19, 2016 |Grand Hyatt | New York , NY Learn More Next TV Summit October, 19, 2016 |Grand Hyatt | New York , NY Learn More Hispanic Television Summit October, 20, 2016 |Grand Hyatt | New York , NY Learn More Broadcast IT Engineer Starz Entertainment – Englewood, CO, United States Producer/Preditor I INSP, LLC – Charlotte Area, SC, United States Broadcast Operations Technician II Hughes – Gilbert, AZ, United States Broadcast Television Relations ION Media Networks, Inc. – USA, United States, United States See all career listings here.   ©2016 NewBay Media, LLC

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