MCN Newswire: Liberty Global Sets Q4 DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout; Sling TV CEO Highest Paid Dish Exec; TiVo Gives Voice to Sky

Multichannel Newswire   March 23, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Liberty Global Eyes Q4 for DOCSIS 3.1 Service Launch Will initially aim D3.1 services at higher-end subs until CPE costs come down, CTO says READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The D3.1 customer premises equipment costs are still too high to justify a broader rollout, Balan Nair, Liberty Global's SVP and CTO, said at a technology conference this week.   Sling TV's Lynch Highest Paid Dish Exec Ergen places fourth with $1.65 million READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Sling TV CEO Roger Lynch, who by some estimates has steered the OTT service to 1.18 million subscribers, received $4.2 million in 2016 compensation, more than double his 2015 pay of $1.7 million.   TiVo Gives Sky a Voice New Sky Q service taps TiVo for natural-language search across linear TV, VOD READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Sky Q is a next-gen whole-home, multiscreen service that competes in the U.K. with Virgin Media, the Liberty Global-owned cable operator that leans on TiVo's software platform.   More Top Stories       Layer3 TV Hires a CFO Midco Taps SeaChange for VOD Upgrade Raycom Blames AT&T U-verse for Week-Old Blackout comScore Says Growth of Mobile Video Maturing PlayStation Vue, MLB Network Play Ball Fox Sports Makes Deal to Televise 3-on-3 Hoops League Upfronts 2017: HGTV Extends 'Fixer Upper,' 'Flip or Flop' Franchises A+E Launching New Blaze Network With Sky in Italy Public Knowledge Rallies Supporters Against Senate Privacy Reg Rollback Sens. Reintroduce Connected-Car Data Security, Privacy Bill more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: BBC America's 'Doctor Who' Season 10 Premieres April 15 MCN Hot Spot: National Geographic Channel's 'Genius' Premieres April 25 MCN Guest Blog, Brad Phaisan: Lessons Learned From VR Ads The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Survey: 19% of Streaming Subs Pay for Three or More Services Capital Letters, John Eggerton: CBS's Whitaker: Truth Must Be Journalists' North Star   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 VIDWeek June 12-16, 2017 Learn More The Programmatic Summit June 12-13 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More Next TV Summit June 14, 2017 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More Emerging Video Technologies June 15, 2017 | Convene Conference Center, NYC Learn More Next Wave Of Leaders June 16, 2017 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More The Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 20-21, 2017 | Tampa Airport Marriott, FL Learn More more events »   Jobs     Senior Writer Producer Viacom – Nashville, TN, United States   Executive Producer/Production Manager WNIT – South Bend, IN, United States   TV Creative Services Director WRAL-TV / Capitol Broadcasting Company – Raleigh, NC, United States   Reporter / Anchor / Producer Louisiana Public Broadcasting – Baton Rouge, LA, 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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