MCN Newswire: Philo Details All-Entertainment vMVPD Service; Comcast Adds Sony to App Partners; Title II, SCOTUS and the First Amendment

Multichannel Newswire   Nov. 15, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Philo Unleashes Sports-Free OTT TV Service A+E, AMC, Discovery, Scripps, Viacom on board for new, low-cost offering READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The service, which will weave in a raft of social features early next year, starts at $16 for a lineup of more than 35 channels.   Sony Android TVs to Connect With Comcast's TV App Samsung, LG, Roku also on board with Xfinity TV Partner app program READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The app will look and feel much like Comcast's X1 experience and will give Comcast subs access to live TV (including local broadcast network feeds), VOD and the MSO's cloud DVR service without a set-top box.   High Court Could Aid FCC's Title II Rollback Current Open Internet order appears to run afoul of intervening speech decision READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The order's family-friendly content filtering allowance puts it on rocky First Amendment ground in light of a 2015 free-speech ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, a policy analyst argues.   More Top Stories       Amazon Denies It's Building Free Version of Prime Video FCC Approves $1.1B Liberty-GCI Deal Cable Exec Joins GroupM's Modi Media as New President Qwilt Caches On at Verizon Dish Bundles New Voice Remote With Hopper DVRs Rosenworcel: FCC Should Go Back to Drawing Board on ATSC 3.0 Sessions Won't Confirm DOJ Seeking Turner Spin-Off The Game Show Issue: Syndication's Games Are Few but Mighty Former Hulu CTO Heads to Google Fullscreen to Shut Down SVOD Service in January more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Hulu's 'Marvel's Runaways' Premieres Nov. 21 MCN Hot Spot: Netflix's 'The Crown' Season 2 Premieres Dec. 8 As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen: Hub Research Finds an OTT Tipping Point People: CTAM Names 2017 TAMI Award Winners Numbers: Women, Minorities Break Records Behind the Camera in New DGA Survey   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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