MCN Newswire: AT&T Extends Time Warner Deal Deadline; U.S. Leads Q3 M&A Activity; NBN Hits 100-Mbps Speeds With FTTC

Multichannel Newswire   Oct. 24, 2017     Today's Top Stories       AT&T Moves Time Warner Deal Termination Date Telco extends deadline for 'short period' READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The deal, which would combine the largest pay TV distributor in the country with the second largest content producer, was proposed a year ago and is still being scrutinized by the U.S. Department of Justice.   Mergermarket: Discovery-Scripps Deal Drives Q3's U.S. M&A Growth Globally, tech investment dominates, study says READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The U.S. once again led global Technology, Media & Telecom M&A activity by capturing 43% of market share by value with 892 deals worth $127.9 billion.   NBN Hits 100 Mbps-Plus With Less Costly Fiber-to-the-Curb Tech Use of VDSL-based tech complements op's work with other architectures READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The Australian government-backed operator plans to launch commercial services using FTTC in the first half of next year, and eventually use the technology to serve an initial 1 million premises.   More Top Stories       Pallone: Google, Facebook, Twitter Content Treatment Not 'Neutral' AT&T Tops Q3 Lobbying Spend Cisco to Buy BroadSoft for $1.9B Layer3 TV Adds Insight TV to its 4K Slate GSN Names Fran Shea EVP, Programming and Marketing Erykah Badu to Return as 'Soul Train Awards' Host Despite Ratings Issues, NFL Ad Revenue Up in September NYC TV Week: Telemundo Can Still Score Big World Cup Ratings Without U.S. Team FCC's O'Rielly Praises SPEED Act Laurence Swasey, Former 'MCN' Writer and Transplant Recipient, Dies at Age 55 more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: SundanceTV's 'Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders' Premieres Nov. 18 MCN Hot Spot: Starz's 'The Girlfriend Experience' Season 2 Premieres Nov. 5 MCN Guest Blog, Steve Corda: Small Cable Operators Blazing Trail for Commercial Ultra HD The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Verizon's OTT TV Service Delayed to Spring 2018, Report Says Numbers: AMC's 'The Walking Dead' Return Slays Social Media   Jobs     Studio Unit Manager UNC-TV – RTP, NC, United States   Executive Managing Editor-Regional Journalism Collaboration For Sustainability Arizona State University – Phoenix, AZ, United States   Sr Promotions Producer New Mexico PBS/KNME-TV – Albuquerque, NM, United States   Producer of On-Air and Online Fundraising Campaigns Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation – Bangor, ME, 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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