MCN Newswire: Starz, Altice USA Hit Carriage Impasse; Pay TV's Biggest Deals of 2017; FirstNet Goes 50 for 50

Multichannel Newswire   Jan. 2, 2018     Today's Top Stories       Starz Goes Dark to Altice USA Customers Cable operator suggests customers buy network's OTT service READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The premium network went dark to about 4.6 million Altice USA customers at midnight New Year's Eve after Starz claimed Altice USA had refused to negotiate in good faith, while Altice chafed at what it said were pricing demands that would make the service more costly to its customers than if they just purchased the Starz OTT product.   The Five Biggest Deals of 2017 AT&T-Time Warner still lingers; Disney-Fox, Discovery-Scripps top list READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Pay TV M&A activity proved 2017 to be a year in which Big Content decided it was time to get bigger, with Big Distribution sitting not so idly by.   FirstNet Goes 50 for 50 Will be showcasing its tech at CES READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: California came in just under the wire as Gov. Jerry Brown announced the state's participation on Dec. 28, the deadline for opting in to the public service network being developed by AT&T in partnership with the federal government.   More Top Stories       Report: DirecTV Now Customers Suffer Outages, Buffering GCI Sets Liberty Interactive Vote for Feb. 2 Liberty Global to Sell Austrian Ops to T-Mobile Top 10 'Multichannel News' Stories of 2017 'Thursday Night Football' Could Go Digital, NFL Tells Networks Netflix Chief Hastings to Receive $29M in Stock Options in 2018 Roku Promotes Scott Rosenberg to GM of Platform Biz Cable Hall of Fame Adds Balan Nair, 'Breaking Bad' to '18 Class AT&T-Time Warner Extend Breakup Date Public Knowledge Seeks DOJ Look at Comcast-NBCU Conditions more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Sneak Peek: Freeform's 'Grown-ish' Premieres Wednesday MCN Original Video: One-on-One in 2 With Lifetime's Tanya Lopez MCN Guest Blog, Sean Casey: 2018 Predictions: Business Co-Opetition, Competition, and Transformation MCN Guest Blog, Bill Wishon: Three Things to Watch for in 2018 As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen: What Happens When 'Viewer Stress' Turns Off Media?   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     Paid Broadcast Technology Apprenticeship National Association of Broadcasters, DC   On-Air Fundraising Producer UNC-TV, RTP, NC   Director of Development, Investigative Reporting Workshop American University - School of Communication, Washington, DC   Paid Broadcast Technology Apprenticeship National Association of Broadcasters, Dist. Columbia   more jobs » News Blogs Events Images Tech   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2018 NewBay Media, LLC

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