MCN Newswire: Charter-TWC Order Released; Union Opposes Set-Top Plan; ESPN, Verizon Settle Suit

Top Stories - May 11, 2016 FCC Releases Charter-TWC Order The FCC has released the order in the Charter-Time Warner Cable merger, and it clearly did not sit well with commissioner Ajit Pai.  more WHY THIS MATTERS: The almost 500-page order lists the reasons the deal is a threat to competition, explaining that's why the conditions are necessary and why the agency will have to monitor the new company closely to ensure it doesn't try to evade the terms. IBEW Opposes FCC Set-Top Plan Add the 750,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) to those opposed to the FCC's set-top box proposal. more WHY THIS MATTERS: In a letter to the FCC, IBEW International president Lonnie Stephenson said the proposal would put tens of thousands of jobs at risk and hurt its broadcast and MVPD workers by unfairly favoring the business model of one company. ESPN, Verizon Reach Settlement ESPN and Verizon have formally settled a lawsuit the programmer brought against the telco in April 2015 after it launched a "skinny bundle" package – Custom TV – that placed the Worldwide Leader in a separate Sports package. more WHY THIS MATTERS: Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but the two companies seemed to have made up later, when Verizon revamped the Custom TV package with an offering that included the sports channels at the same price as the tiers without them. Sponsored by Harmonic "Innovating as One" the Focus for Harmonic at 2016 NAB Show Following its acquisition of Thomson Video Networks, Harmonic is highlighting its latest innovations for agile video delivery at the 2016 NAB Show, booth #SU1210. more Video/Blogs/Events MCN Hot Spot Netflix's 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 4 Premiering June 17 MCN Original Video Upfronts 2016 Spotlight: HGTV/DIY GM Allison Page on the two networks' strong viewer appeal MCN Hot Spot New First-Look Trailer for Showtime's 'Ray Donovan,' Season 4, Premiering June 26 Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead Watching 'Skinny' Bundles Get Lively The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner Mohu Turns Old Set-Tops Into Cord-Cutting Tools News OPERATORS TWC, Cox Deal With Outages in Northeast AT&T Adds More GigaPower #INTX2016 PREVIEW Arris Expands DOCSIS 3.1 Device Family VRTIFY to Demo Music-Focused VR Platform Bookmark This: #INTX2016 News Before, During and After the Show NETWORKS Michele Ganeless Leaving Comedy Central WWE Network Subs Rise 39% in Q1 FX Networks Sets 'The Strain,' 'You're the Worst' Premiere Dates Upfronts 2016: TruTv Greenlights Three New Series CONTENT Disney Earnings Growth Falls Short of Wall Street Targets Facebook to Brief Hill on Suppression Allegations Related: Thune Grills Facebook on News Suppression Story Related: Facebook Denies It Suppressed Conservative News Pilgrim Media, ESL Partner on 'Esports' Programming MPAA Names EVP, Communications NEXTTV Amazon Video Goes Self-Service Paramount: A Laborious Process Behind UHD Blu-rays DirecTV Cinema to Debut Jackie Chan Animation Before Theaters TECHNOLOGY Cisco Hires Cable Access VP MaxLinear Cable Data Gateway Revenue Climbs in Q1 Court Denies Challenge to Lack of Drone Privacy Rules 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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