B&C Today: Altice USA Teams With Cristiano Ronaldo; NAB Battles Mircosoft's White Spaces

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   July 7, 2017     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       Altice USA Launches Ad Campaign With Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo Commercial highlights Optimum, Suddenlink connectivity READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Altice is running the ads in New York, Texas, West Virginia, Louisiana, and 14 other states served by the company's Optimum and Suddenlink brands.   NAB Battles Microsoft's White Spaces Play Broadcasters call it a con game and attempted channel heist READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Microsoft is pushing the FCC to reserve a "white space" channel in every market in the repack of TV stations following the incentive auction.   Liberty Interactive Acquires HSNi for $2.6B Deal will see QVC and HSNi in the same group READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: HSNi headquarters will remain in St. Petersburg and will be overseen by Mike George, QVC president and CEO.   More Top Stories       Charter, Fox News End Carriage Fee Suit HBO, Cinemax Now Available Via Hulu Ava Duvernay Creates Series for Netflix on Central Park Five Universal Cable Productions Inks Development Deal With Horror Director John Carpenter 'Vice Principals' Back on HBO Sept. 17 FCC Gets Deregulation Earful Kids Series 'Lost in Oz' Debuts on Amazon Aug. 4 Brown Sugar Rolls Out on Amazon Fire TV WPLG's Medina Takes NAB Board Seat Noncoms Ask FCC for Some Content Deregulation more headlines »   Blog Of Note     Post-Repack: Key Challenges and Solutions By Vertical Bridge's Bernard Borghei and Gary Hess Now that the FCC's broadcast spectrum, or repack, auction has ended, the hard work begins. The auction presented significant financial opportunities for the many broadcasters who participated, however, there are now a variety of issues that must be addressed. The reality is that we're currently in the process of essentially rebuilding some of the broadcast industry's critical infrastructure, and we have 39 months to do it. READ MORE » more blogs »   Departments       Programming: 'Man v. Food' Reboot Premieres on Travel Channel Aug. 7 Fates & Fortunes: Univision Exec Appointments in N.Y., Arizona and Southeast Washington: Election Integrity Commission's Kobach Echoes Fake News Cry Currency: Analyst Doubles Down on Advanced Advertising Distribution: Science Channel Grabs Off-Network 'BattleBots'   Events     News Technology Summit September 26-27, 2017 | Atlanta Airport Marriott, GA Learn More Streaming Technology Leadership Summit October 16-17, 2017 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More NYC Television Week October 16-19, 2017 | NYC Learn More B&C Hall Of Fame October 16 | Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC Learn More VR 2020 Summit October 17 | The Stewart Hotel, NYC Learn More Advanced Advertising October 18 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More NextTV Summit New York City October 18 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More Hispanic Television Summit October 19 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More TV Data Summit October 19 | Sheraton Times Square, NYC Learn More more events »   Jobs     Multimedia Lifestyle Reporter WAVY TV 10/WVBT FOX43 – Portsmouth, VA, United States   Reporter WISN-TV – Milwaukee, WI, United States   Daily Hire Photographer WRC/NBC4 – Washington, DC, United States   Studio Director - NY1 News Spectrum Networks/NY1 News – New York, NY, United States   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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