MCN Newswire: Verizon Prepping Virtual MVPD Service; Comcast 'Boosts' Prepaid Internet; AT&T Nets FirstNet Contract

Multichannel Newswire   March 31, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Verizon to Join Virtual MVPD Race: Report Telco preparing OTT TV service featuring 'dozens' of channels, Bloomberg says READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Verizon is eyeing OTT to deliver skinny TV bundles at prices similar to those offered by Sling TV and DirecTV Now, and would likely sweeten the pot by exempting mobile data used to access the service over its own mobile networks.   Comcast Goes Wide With Prepaid Internet Product MSO expects to relaunch prepaid video product across footprint later this year READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Comcast has a deal with Boost Mobile stores to sell prepaid service and said the no-contract Xfinity Prepaid Internet service will be available in 4,000 outlets across its footprint by year-end..   AT&T Wins FirstNet Contract Telco to build out, maintain emergency network, get access to spectrum READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: FirstNet, the interoperable first-responder public safety network proposed by the 911 Commission well over a decade ago, is a $46.5 billion public/private partnership with the Commerce Department that Secretary Wilbur Ross said will create more than 10,000 jobs.   More Top Stories       Verizon Retools go90 ACA Summit: NCTC Accelerating OTT Content Packaging for Cable Ops Spectrum Auction (Finally) Ends; Total Take Is $19.8 Billion Oculus Cofounder Palmer Luckey Out at Facebook Sen. Warner: Russian Interference Not 'Fake News' Scripted Series First Part of Kay's Plan to Launch Paramount Network Upfronts 2017: Cartoon Network to Launch Six New Series Spotify Snares Content Recommendations Company MightyTV Pai Packs FCC's April Meeting Agenda White House Supports FCC Broadband Reg Rollback more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Showtime Sports Docu 'Disgraced' Premieres Today MCN Hot Spot: Netflix's 'Glow' Premieres June 23 MCN Hot Spot: Trailer for HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Season 7, Premiering July 16 The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Comcast Uses 'The Fate of the Furious' Promo to Tout Gig Speeds MCN Guest Blog, Sen. John Thune: At Debate: Question of Restoring Regulatory Balance   Events     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     News Director Arizona Public Media – Tucson, AZ, United States   EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, VIDEO PROMOTION Arizona State University – Phoenix, AZ, United States   Video Specialist Central Intelligence Agency – Washington, DC, United States   Real-Time Editor The E.W. Scripps Company – AZ, 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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