MCN Newswire: Viacom Exec Calls Charter Deal a 'Blueprint' for Industry; Comcast Sees AI as Customer Service Game-Changer; Cable Ops Eyeing CBRS Spectrum Band

Multichannel Newswire   Oct. 20, 2017     Today's Top Stories       TV Data Summit: Viacom's Schireson Says Charter Deal Could Be Blueprint New pact not a 'zero-sum game,' EVP says in NYC TV Week keynote READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: In the characteristically vague language that media execs use for discussing carriage agreements, Viacom chief data officer Kern Schireson indicated the deal is structured to foster a partnership that will enable the companies "to compete more effectively with some of the folks outside the TV ecosystem that are going after the same dollars."   Cable-Tec Expo: AI to Change the Customer Experience, Comcast's Watson Says Arris CEO Bruce McClelland says mobile, wireless advances present disruption opportunities READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Comcast Cable is looking at how to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to mine device and network data in ways that improve customer care, president/COO Dave Watson said on a panel in Denver.   CBRS Spectrum to Open Windows of Opportunity for Cable Ops Access to shared spectrum could augment MVNO-based services, underpin new business services READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: As cable operators form and evolve their mobile and wireless strategies, they're looking at how to leverage Citizens Broadband Radio Service, a swath of 150 MHz-wide shared-use spectrum that's coming available.   More Top Stories       NYC TV Week: In Branded Content, Let the Medium Fit the Message Hispanic TV Summit: Pay TV Workforce Should Better Reflect Multicultural Audience Verizon Gives FCC Its Side of Univision Impasse Charter to FCC: PEA-Sized Licenses Would Discourage 3.5 GHz Bid Tribune Media Shareholders Approve Sinclair Deal AMC Unveils Virtual Reality App 'AMC VR' Netflix's 'Chelsea' Will End After This Year Cable-Tec Expo: Staying Ahead of the Speed Curve Cable-Tec Expo: Arris, Cisco Forge Remote PHY Ties Survey: Digital Divide Is Closing more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Netflix's '1922' Premieres Today MCN Hot Spot: Amazon's 'Red Oaks' Season 3 Premieres Today MCN Hot Spot: AMC's 'The Walking Dead' Season 8 Premieres Sunday The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Verizon's OTT TV Service Delayed to Spring 2018: Report Translation Please, Leslie Ellis: Cable-Tec Expo: Descrambling Densification, Latency and Node Splits   Jobs     Producer of On-Air and Online Fundraising Campaigns Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation – Bangor, ME, United States   Engagement Manager - Broadcast & Carriers Akamai Technologies, Inc. – Santa Monica, CA, United States   Senior Producer/Reporter WNED | WBFO   – Buffalo, NY, United States   Producer/Director University of Alabama Center for Public TV & Radio – Tuscaloosa, AL, 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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