MCN Newswire: The Cybersecurity Issue; Pay TV Loses Fewer Subs in Q2; Cable Leads in Broadband Additions

Multichannel Newswire   Aug. 21, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Cover Story: Primetime Targets Content companies — and distributors — fight increasing attacks by hackers READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: HBO's hack earlier this month was just the latest example of an industry threat — including ransomware, malware and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks designed to shut down entire networks — that executives could not have imagined only a few years ago. For the companies that make and distribute content in a competitive world of consumer-savvy conglomerates, the stakes have never been higher.   Top U.S. Pay TV Providers Lost 655K Subs in Q2: LRG Down slightly from a loss of 715K subs a year earlier READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The largest traditional MVPDs had 92.6 million video subscribers at the end of the period, with the top six cable operators having 48.4 million compared with satellite TV (32.7 million), the largest telcos (9.5 million) and virtual MVPDs (1.9 million).   Cable Again Takes Lion's Share of Broadband Adds in Q2 Nation's top MSOs raked in 84% of net additions in period, LRG says READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The 14 largest MSOs and telcos, representing 95% of the market, added about 230,000 net new high-speed internet subscribers in Q2, LRG said, noting that broadband additions in the period were 107% of those in the year-ago period.   More Top Stories       Dish, ABC6 Extend Talks fuboTV Lights Up CBS Feeds YouTube TV Adds 14 Markets, With 17 on Deck Hulu Tacks on Three Fox Affiliates Cybercrime Losses Continue to Mount FTC on Cybersecurity: Protect and Defend President Raises Profile of Military Cybersecurity Defense Hackers Target HBO Social Media Accounts: Report Univision's Falco: CEOs Must Speak Out Against Hate, Violence Apple to Spend $1B Annually on Original Programming more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Amazon's 'The Tick' Premieres Friday MCN Hot Spot: HBO's 'The Deuce' Premieres Sept. 10 MCN Hot Spot: TNT's 'Good Behavior' Season 2 Premieres Oct. 15 MCN Guest Blog, Jeff Weber: How AI Can Make TV's Future Brighter The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Clikia Says It Will Join the Virtual MVPD Race   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     Broadcast Manager ideastream – Cleveland, OH, United States   IT Broadcast Engineer Alaska Public Media – Anchorage, AK, United States   Real-Time Editor The E.W. Scripps Company – Phoenix, AZ, United States   Meteorologist WVIR-TV/NBC29 – Charlottesville, VA, 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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