MCN Newswire: Amdocs to Acquire Vubiquity; SOTU: Trump Seeks Infrastructure Bill; 42% to Spend Less Than $20/Month on Streaming

Multichannel Newswire   Jan. 31, 2018     Today's Top Stories       Amdocs to Acquire Vubiquity for $224M Both boards have approved all-cash deal READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The acquisition will extend billing and customer care giant Amdocs's reach more deeply into the world of premium multiscreen content distribution as it taps into Vubiquity's customer base of programmers, distributors and OTT players, including Time Warner, Disney, Comcast, Sky, Netflix and Amazon.   SOTU: President Trump Signals $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure 'Investment' Broadband is part of massive undertaking READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: In his first State of the Union address, Trump asked Congress to produce a bill that would "generate" government and private sector investment in the country's infrastructure, adding in an email sent by the White House during the speech that "expanding broadband access" would be part of that investment, including $200 million in USDA funding for broadband access in rural areas.   Survey: 42% Plan to Spend Less Than $20/Month on Streaming 40% won't live-stream this year, Phenix Poll finds READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Netflix,YouTube and Facebook are U.S. consumers' top picks for live-streaming, Phenix's "Future of Streaming Report" found.   More Top Stories       Olympic Channel Connects With Snapchat ESPN Tops Cable's Primetime Ratings Chart for January Verizon, Calix Team on 'Large-Scale' NG-PON2 Deployment Full Duplex DOCSIS Takes Another Step Forward Comcast Ventures Invests in BigID Amazon Takes Prime Video to First Super Bowl Wireless Workers Launch New 'Network' Sen. Kennedy Pressed on Net Neutrality CRA ACA Delivers Four-Point Infrastructure Plan to Hill Eurosport to Offer Olympic Coverage in Virtual Reality more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Netflix's 'Altered Carbon' Premieres Friday MCN Sneak Peek: Ovation's 'X Company' Premieres Feb. 22 MCN Hot Spot: Syfy's 'Krypton' Premieres March 21 The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: VRV Tightens Ties to the TV MCN Guest Blog, Jessica Rosenworcel: Time's Up for Media's Gender Imbalance   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 Learn More Technology Leadership Awards at NAB April 9, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV Learn More Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 5-6, 2018 | Tampa, FL Learn More The Programmatic Summit June 7, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More more events »   Jobs     Executive Producer/Director of TV Public Broadcasting Atlanta, Atlanta, GA   TV Producer/Editor Public Broadcasting Atlanta, Atlanta, GA   Chief Engineer WOOD TV, Grand Rapids, MI   Broadcast Engineer (TV) Public Broadcasting Atlanta – Atlanta, GA, United States   more jobs » News Blogs Events Images Tech   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2018 NewBay Media, LLC

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