MCN Newswire: Handicapping Candidates for ESPN Chief; fuboTV Goes Wide With Roku App; Didja Raises Funds for Expansion

Multichannel Newswire   Dec. 19, 2017     Today's Top Stories       Handicapping Candidates for ESPN Top Role New network chief will likely possess old-school negotiating talent, digital savvy READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: ESPN president John Skipper's abrupt resignation due to a "substance addiction" came just days after Disney announced a $66.1 billion purchase of assets from 21st Century Fox – including regional sports networks – and roughly three months before the planned launch of its direct-to-consumer offering ESPN Plus, milestones that his replacement would oversee.   fuboTV Exits Beta Phase on Roku vMVPD extends access to new interface, cloud DVR service and other features READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The new platform is also out of beta on Apple TV, ioS and Android mobile devices, web browsers and Google Chromecast as the company competes with a growing list of virtual MVPDS ranging from DirecTV Now to newcomer Philo.   Didja Raises $12M More to Fuel 'LocalBTV' Plans Looks to expand reach, features and business model for OTT service for local broadcast READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The company, which has launched its local broadcast OTT service in San Francisco and Phoenix, said the fresh funds would be used in part to enter Los Angeles in early 2018 and other expansion plans.   More Top Stories       CenturyLink Launches OTT TV App for Fire TV Devices Comcast Brings Upgraded Version of Pandora to X1 Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Networks Reach NCTC Carriage Deal Skipper Resigns as ESPN President NBCUniversal Gets Streaming Rights to 'Sunday Night Football' Reports: AT&T, DOJ Agree to Disagree Tegna to Buy Two Midwest Television Inc. Stations for $325M Discovery Launches 'Motor Trend on Demand' in UK on Amazon Channels Erik Huggers Exits Vevo Daniel Berg Named CTO of 605 more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Netflix's 'Black Mirror' Season 4 Premieres Dec. 29 MCN Hot Spot: BBC America's 'Planet Earth: Blue Planet II' Premieres Jan. 20 The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Sling TV Pulls Support for Channel Master's DVR+ MCN Guest Blog, Colin Dixon: Here's Why T-Mobile is Buying Layer3 TV As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen: Live TV Online -- Even Sports -- Is Not Attracting Audiences   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     Television Broadcast Meteorologist WFMZ-TV, Allentown, PA   Digital Associate Producer NOVA, Boston, MA   Chief Engineer WROC-TV, Rochester, NY   Production Operations Manager UNC-TV, RTP, NC   more jobs » News Blogs Events Images Tech   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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