MCN Newswire: Charter CEO Paid $98.5M in 2016; Cable Sub Losses Continue to Narrow; Netflix and Chill Heats Up SVOD

Multichannel Newswire   March 17, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Charter's Rutledge Gets $98.5M in 2016 Compensation Option awards drive huge compensation increases for Charter executives READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: With a nine-fold increase in option awards, chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge made more than six times his 2015 pay of $16.4 million.   Top U.S. Pay TV Providers Lost 795K Subs in 2016: LRG Major cable operators had fewest losses since 2006, research firm says READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The top six MSOs collectively lost 280,000 video subs last year, narrowed from a loss of 410,000 subs in 2015 and 1.2 million subs in 2014.   Netflix and Chill: Analyst Says SVOD Wins Video Wars Todd Juenger initiates stock with 'outperform,' says SVOD the dominant model READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The OTT service -- with 100 million global subscribers and counting, an $8 billion content budget and strong partnerships with distributors -- is SVOD's anchor, the Sanford Bernstein media analyst said.   More Top Stories       Verizon Dropping Its Email Business Comcast Business Developing Video Surveillance, Storage Product: Report Cox Asks Supremes to Hear Sprint Patent Case Raycom Stations Dark on AT&T U-verse SpaceX Launches EchoStar XXIII Bird Into Orbit Sling TV Refreshes Xbox One UI Evolution Digital Reups With TiVo for 'eGUIDE' Walter Presents Streams Into the U.S. Eleven Sports Buys One World Assets Trump Budget Defunds NEA, NEH more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Netflix's 'Marvel's Iron Fist' Premieres Today MCN Hot Spot: Hulu's 'The Handmaid's Tale' Premieres April 26 Capital Letters, John Eggerton: CBS's Whitaker: Truth Must Be Journalists' North Star The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Amazon Eyes Access to the Cable Box Event News: Nominations Deadline for 2017 Next Wave Leaders Is Monday   Events     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     Managing Editor RNN-TV, Fios1 News – RyeBrook, NY, United States   Director of the Central Library Vanderbilt University – Nashville, TN, United States   PBS Television Series Communications Fellow Rhythm Abroad with Brittany Pierce – NA, United States   Research Director WKMG-TV – Orlando, FL, 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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