MCN Newswire: Verizon-Charter Chatter Highlights Telcos' Challenges; Cable Stocks Weather Market Storm; Comcast's Increasing Technology Influence

Multichannel Newswire   Jan. 31, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Verizon Calling Charter: Anybody Home? Deal chatter highlights shifts in once high-flying telecom industry READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Telcos, which many feared would dominate cable with their state-of-the-art fiber optic networks and ability to withstand heavy startup losses, are seemingly being undone by the very business they thought would drive the final nail in their competition's coffin.   Cable Stocks Weather Market Storm Dow falls 123 points on political uncertainty; cable shows slight gains READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell as much as 200 points Monday before closing down 123 points to 19,971, as the market feared increasing instability in the U.S. political system following President Trump's ban on immigrants from seven countries.   More Operators Opening Comcast's Tech Playbook MSO's technology strategy has growing influence READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Looking to shore up their pay TV base, Cox Communications and Shaw Communications have already begun to deploy next-generation video services that lean on Comcast's X1 platform, while Rogers Communications, which will follow suit next year, is aligning with Comcast for other technology and services.   More Top Stories       Analyst Upgrades Media Sector Starz Extends COO Hirsch's Employment Pact Comcast Hawks 'History Vault' SVOD Service Comcast Tees Up Super Bowl Showcase on X1 Roku Preps Free Super Bowl Stream Sling TV Fires Up French Programming Packages Nielsen Proceeding With 'Limited' Total Content Ratings Rollout IAB Chief Takes Aim at Fake News TBS's Samantha Bee Slates Alternative WHCA Dinner Trump Signs Order to Whack Regs more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: CMT's 'Sun Records' Premieres Feb. 23 MCN Hot Spot: SundanceTV's 'Hap & Leonard' Season 2 Premieres March 15 MCN Slideshow: Freeze Frame Photos From the Jan. 30 Issue The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: BitTorrent Live Streams to Android #CableInTheCommunity: Univision 'Rises Up' for Social Change   Events     Technology Leadership Summit March 8-9, 2017 | Crowne Plaza | Charlotte, NC Learn More Wonder Women March 23, 2017 | New York Hilton Midtown | New York, NY Learn More Advanced Advertising March 27, 2017 | Convene Conference Center | New York, NY Learn More Technology Leadership Awards April 24, 2017 | Westgate Resort & Casino | Las Vegas, NV Learn More more events »   Jobs     Studio/Media Asset Engineer UNC-TV – RTP, NC, United States   Marketing Communications Specialist UNC-TV – RTP, NC, United States   EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, VIDEO PROMOTION Arizona State University – Phoenix, AZ, United States   Sales Director Layer3 TV – Chicago, CO, United States   more jobs » News Blogs Events Images Tech   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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