WHY THIS MATTERS:U.S. cable operators continued to dominate the broadband market in the third quarter, raking in 830,000 net broadband subscribers while the telcos lost 135,000 net subs, casting a shadow over telco ISPs' growth prospects.
WHY THIS MATTERS:While the seasonally weak summer months were stable, winter may be coming for the industry, analysts say, with AT&T's aggressively priced DirecTV Now scheduled to launch later this month and Hulu's live-streaming service expected in Q1 2017.
WHY THIS MATTERS:The 19th annual class of high-impact female executives in media and telecom represents a diverse range of roles, career paths and companies.