MCN Newswire: Comcast Selects AWS as Cloud Provider; FNC Repeats as Year's Cable Primetime Winner; Comcast’s X1 Gets More Game

Multichannel Newswire   Jan. 17, 2018     Today's Top Stories       Comcast Taps Amazon Web Services as 'Preferred' Public Cloud Provider Comcast Cable, NBCU already running workloads on AWS READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The MSO has moved ahead with a plan to expand its use of AWS by migrating "material workloads" and building new apps on the platform.   Keeping Fox News Channel at the Top of the Pack Programming chief Suzanne Scott navigated turbulence to help net win 2017's primetime ratings race READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Driven by viewers' hunger for news surrounding the first year of Donald Trump's presidency, FNC beat out a very crowded and competitive field to repeat as primetime's most watched cable net of the year.   Comcast's X1 Platform Gets More Game MSO integrates Jackbox Games on set-top boxes READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Jackbox Games started to appear on the X1 earlier this month, with two packages of multiplayer, party-style games priced at $24.99 each.   More Top Stories       Altice USA Prices Debt Offering to Fund Special Dividend Viacom Shares Dip 7% as Deal Fervor Fizzles Amazon Fires Up Live Guide for Fire TV Devices Tegna, Sony Pictures Television Strike Distribution Deal NATPE 2018: Facebook Watch to Debut Three New Shows fuboTV Connects With SpotX for Programmatic Advertising FCC's Pai Proposes Freeing Up $500M for Rural Broadband House Republicans Plan Broadband Bill Blitz Starz Names Lee EVP, General Counsel NATPE 2018: RuPaul, Leah Remini, John Oliver Take Home NATPE Unscripted Breakthrough Awards more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Hulu's 'The Path' Season 3 Premieres Today MCN Hot Spot: Crackle's 'The Oath' Premieres March 8 #TCA18: Cable, OTT Services Premiere Video Trailers The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Verizon Noodling Standalone Apps for OTT TV Service: Report Numbers: Trump Doesn't Make Grade in New Poll   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 4-6, 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   Broadcast Engineer (TV) Public Broadcasting Atlanta – Atlanta, GA, United States   Senior Broadcast Engineer ideastream – Cleveland, OH, United States   Assistant Chief Engineer WROC-TV – Rochester, NY, 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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