 |  | | | Top Stories - Aug. 8, 2016 | Cover Story: Home Smart Home 
| | If it wasn't clear before, Comcast's deal to acquire a big chunk of Icontrol Networks delivered a powerful message to the home security and automation sector: The cable industry is through with experimenting and ready to start disrupting. more | WHY THIS MATTERS: It's increasingly evident that Comcast and other MVPDs see home security and automation as an important growth engine, as video-subscriber growth remains a challenge for the whole sector and even broadband Internet growth will eventually flatten out.
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| | Lionsgate: No Pressure From Malone on Starz Deal | | While analysts continue to pick apart Lionsgate's $4.4 billion purchase of premium channel Starz, studio executives told analysts the deal will be "transformative" for the movie studio and that pulling the trigger on the deal was not forced by media legend and Lionsgate and Starz shareholder John Malone. more | | WHY THIS MATTERS: Starz has focused on original programming under CEO Chris Albrecht, and has had success with shows like "Outlander," "Power," "Black Sails" and "The Girlfriend Experience," while Lionsgate, which has had a number of TV hits, wants to see it develop a brand-defining show like "Mad Men," Lionsgate's original for AMC. |
| | Title II Called a 'Monumental' Decision | | A look at the recent filings from ISPs asking a federal appeals court to take another look at the FCC's Title II decision makes clear how important they think it is to keep challenging the reclassification of broadband Internet access as a common-carrier service under that section of the Telecommunications Act. more | | WHY THIS MATTERS: ISPs, which had agreed to a compromise on bright-line network-neutrality rules under a non-Title II approach, now hope an Obamacare-related court decision could signal a chance to overturn the reclassification. |
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