MCN Newswire: Cable Programmers Take a Beating; ViaSat 2 Launches; Wireless-Cable Deal Likely

Multichannel Newswire   June 5, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Cover Story: TV's Wild New Frontier As audiences shift, subs decline and competition spreads, cable stocks get bloodied READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Apologies to Newton Minow, but TV isn't a vast wasteland; it's a jungle. And the jungle just got a lot meaner, as cable networks, which had grown fat and happy feasting on double-digit affiliate fee increases and strong advertising growth over the past several decades, are slogging through a wholly new landscape.   ViaSat 2 Launches With Big Broadband Potential Speeds of 100 Mbps-plus could be beamed to the home via new satellite, CEO says READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Lofted into orbit last week, ViaSat 2 will provide 300 Gigabits per second of total throughput, the kind of speeds typically delivered by wired broadband services.   Wireless-Cable Deal Likely, Later if Not Sooner Industry's MVNO efforts could spur deal-making once scale is reached READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Cable's latest attempt to crack the wireless code could provide the economic basis for a successful run in what has been an elusive market for the industry, but as the service matures, those same economics could push MSOs toward a deal with a wireless company.   More Top Stories       Cable TV Pioneers Names 2017 Class Simulmedia to Make TV Software Available to Networks, Ad Buyers Sling TV Gets 'Picky' With New Ad Spots Music Biopics In Tune With Viewers Showtime Orders 'Escape at Dannemora' Limited Series ABC's Warriors-Cavs a Slam Dunk on Social Media FCC's Pai Hits the Road for Rural Broadband Tour NCTA Pushes for Opt-out Electronic Notifications FCC to Court: FTC Common-Carrier Exemption Is Activity Based Senate Schedules Redl Nomination Hearing more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Sneak Peek: Netflix's 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 5 Premieres Friday MCN Hot Spot: Amazon's 'The Last Tycoon' Premieres July 25 Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead: What Investigation Discovery Wants You to Know About 'Bill Cosby: An American Scandal' MCN Guest Blog, Hank Hultquist: The Surprisingly Narrow Title II Decision MCN Online Extra, The Cable Content Issue: The Programmer Beat-down; Music Biopics Hum; Love With a Perfect Stranger, and Andy Cohen   Events     VIDWeek June 12-16, 2017 Learn More The Programmatic Summit June 12-13 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More Next TV Summit 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     Maintenance Technician WHDH-TV – Boston, MA, United States   Temporary Instructor/Digital Cinema Southern Oregon University – Ashland, OR, United States   Producer-Editor, Olympic Channel NBC Sports Group – Stamford, CT, United State   Video Specialist Central Intelligence Agency – Washington, DC, 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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