MCN Newswire: Windstream Bundles Broadband WIth DirecTV Now; Pay TV Loses 405K Subs in Q3; Viacom, Charter Nail Down Carriage Renewal

Multichannel Newswire   Nov. 16, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Windstream Bundles Broadband With DirecTV Now Relationship also gives Windstream a pay TV option it can extend across its footprint READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The DirecTV Now deal also complements Windstream's own managed IPTV service, Kinetic TV, and helps the operator bring a cost-effective entertainment option to all of its markets.   Top U.S. Pay TV Providers Lost 405K Subs in Q3: Analyst Sling TV, DirecTV Now added about 535,000 subs in period READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: At the end of the third quarter, the top MVPDs accounted for 92.2 million subscribers, including 48.1 million among the top six cable operators, 32.3 million for satellite TV, 9.3 million for the largest telcos, and 2.5 million for the largest internet-delivered pay TV services.   Viacom Nails Down Charter Renewal Deal includes agreement to co-produce content, partner on advanced advertising READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: About a month after avoiding a blackout with an agreement in principle, the two companies announced that the MSO will carry eight Viacom networks on its most popular tier.   More Top Stories       Comcast Goes Wide With 'RealTime Assist' WOW Taps Synacor for New Customer Portal Consumers Want Intelligent Help From Internet, Survey Finds Hulu Optimizes Web Platform for Live TV Google Fiber Cuts 1-Gig Price to $55 in San Antonio Sprint Bundles Hulu's SVOD With 'Unlimited Freedom' Plan Sinclair-Tribune Deal Debated on Hill CWA Backs AT&T-Time Warner Georgetown Law Joins Columbia in Trump Twitter Challenge ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' Tackles Top Spot Among African-American Viewers more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Netflix's 'She's Gotta Have It' (the Series) Premieres Nov. 23 MCN Hot Spot: Hulu's 'Shut Eye' Season 2 Premieres Dec. 6 The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: SVOD Services Still Dominate Paid OTT Landscape MCN Guest Blog, Drew Hilles: Three Predictions for AI in 2018 #CableInTheCommunity: GCI Backs Native Alaskan Content Creators   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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