MCN Newswire: Verizon to Build Own Public Safety Network; ESPN Adds 'MultiCast' to Its Apple TV App

Multichannel Newswire   Aug 17, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Verizon to Build Own Public Safety Network Says it will provide 'best reliability, greatest innovation' READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Verizon says it is planning to build and operate a core public safety communications network—similar to the FirstNet interoperable public safety communications network being managed by AT&T.   ESPN Adds 'MultiCast' to Its Apple TV App Lets viewers watch up to four live streams at the same time READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: ESPN, which introduced the feature ahead of football season and the U.S. Open, is billing it as a "second screen experience, all on one screen."   Kagan: Pay TV Loses 976K in Q2 Record customer losses point to "unprecedented" annual decline, researcher says READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: According to Kagan, multichannel subscriptions dropped below 96.1 million in the second quarter, down 1.8 million since 2016, not including the two largest virtual MVPDs, Sling TV and DirecTV Now.   More Top Stories       Writers Guild: Trump Disgraces Nation FCC Net Neutrality Comments Top 20 Million Dish Doles Out Digital Antennas as Retrans Battle Looms Viavi Buys Trilithic Study: Most Virtual MVPD Subs Pleased With Value CSG Broadens Dish Deal ACA: FCC Needs More Input on VoIP Robocall Proposal AltspaceVR Is Back From the Dead Homeland Security Committee Names Communications Director USA Sets 'Suits' Spinoff Pilot Starring Gina Torres more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Original Video: Celebrity Spotlight With Raven-Symone MCN Hot Spot: AMC's 'The Walking Dead' Season 8 Premieres Oct. 22 Picture This, Tom Umstead: Live Sports Break Out of the Bundle MCN Guest Blog, Thomas Schaeffer: TV Apps -- The Last Mile My Turn, Kent Gibbons: Time to Own the Home Editor's Note: MCN Newswire is off Friday, Aug. 18. We will see you again Monday, Aug. 21.   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     FM Traffic Manager WGCU Public Media – Ft. Myers, FL, United States   Broadcast Producer Manager Content-News KJZZ – Tempe, AZ, United States   Multimedia Lifestyle Reporter WAVY TV 10/WVBT FOX43 – Portsmouth, VA, United States   Curator of Born-Digital Collections Vanderbilt University – Nasvhille, TN, 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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