MCN Newswire: Liberty's Malone Says Politics Complicating M&A; Pay TV Decline Accelerates in Q3; Comcast-Backed CTI Acquires Mediacom's Towers

Multichannel Newswire   Nov. 17, 2017     Today's Top Stories       John Malone: Politics Is Making Deals Harder to Predict At investor meeting, Malone offers thoughts on consolidation, wireless READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Addressing a rapt, standing room only audience Thursday, the Liberty Media chair quipped that he doesn't know what the DOJ's Antitrust Division "is smoking these days," called the new FCC "more capitalistic," and said the content business "appears to be more politically sensitive now than ever."   Decline of Traditional Pay TV Accelerates in Q3 Virtual MVPDs to end 2017 with 4 million subscribers, analyst predicts READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: While traditional pay TV distributors saw subscriber losses rise in the third quarter, vMVPDs added 962,000 subs, analyst Craig Moffett said, noting that programmers benefited from the OTT trend.   Comcast-Backed CTI Towers Acquires Mediacom's Towers Deal to add 360 towers to CTI's portfolio READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The acquisition comes as wireless carriers are looking to get a handle on data demands and add capacity cost-efficiently, CTI said.   More Top Stories       Paul Guyardo Leaving Discovery Communications Bitterly Divided FCC Votes New Lifeline Reforms Broadband Sub Growth Slows in Q3 Layer3 TV Adds 4K Fare From The Smithsonian Channel Element Electronics Unveils Roku TV With 4K and HDR Crown Launches Streaming Service Hallmark Movies Now on Amazon NBC Olympics to Live-Stream 1,800 Hours of PyeongChang Winter Games Xfinity Home, Kwikset Lock in More Integrations FCC Takes 'Historic' Pole Position NAB: ATSC 3.0 Will Reinvent Free TV more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Netflix's 'Marvel's The Punisher' Premieres Today MCN Hot Spot: SundanceTV's 'Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders' Premieres Saturday MCN Hot Spot: TBS's 'Search Party' Season 2 Premieres Sunday The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Two Zone TV SVOD Channels Net Comcast Carriage As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen: Hub Research Finds an OTT Tipping Point   Events     Technology Leadership Summit February 28 – March 1, 2018 | Raleigh, NC Learn More 20th Annual Multichannel News Wonder Women Luncheon March 22, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Advanced Advertising Summit – Spring Edition March 26, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More Multicultural Television Summit April 3, 2018 | New York, NY Details To Come Technology Leadership Awards at NAB April 9, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV Learn More The Programmatic Summit June 2018 | New York Learn More Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 2018 | Location TBD Learn More more events »   Jobs     Broadcast Operator KNME-TV, Albuquerque, NM   Video Specialist Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC   Executive Producer KCTS 9, Seattle, WA   Manager, Maintenance Spectrum, Birmingham, AL   more jobs » News Blogs Events Images Tech   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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