MCN Newswire: Pay TV Adds Subs in Q4; FilmStruck Gets Rights to Warner Bros. Classics; NAD Asks DirecTV to Halt 'Worry-Free' Reliability Claims

Multichannel Newswire   Feb. 26, 2018     Today's Top Stories       Analyst: Pay TV Adds 210K Subs in Q4 Growth still behind 2016, but cable, telco TV providers improve losses READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Driven by a strong showing among vMVPDS, which were up by 773,000 customers in the fourth quarter, pay TV's Q4 subscriber additions represented a big improvement over the 419,000 lost in the third quarter.   FilmStruck Gets Streaming Exclusive for Warner Bros.'s Classic Film Library Warner Archive SVOD service to sunset READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The deal will add hundreds of Hollywood classics to Turner's subscription VOD service along with Warner Archive customers who will be transitioned to Filmstruck.   NAD Asks DirecTV to Stop 'Worry-Free' Reliability Ad Claims Recommendation stems from Charter complaint; DirecTV to appeal READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: In the ongoing tit-for-tat marketing message battle between DirecTV and Charter Communications, the National Advertising Division last week recommended that the satellite TV provider stop using certain ad claims about its service, including those about its "worry-free" reliability.   More Top Stories       CBS Launches Free Streaming Sports News Service AMC Networks Offers to Buy RLJ Entertainment for $60M Speedy Hughes/EchoStar Broadband Satellite Hits Early Design Stage Telco ISPs, Tech Companies Team Up for Cybersecurity White House Defends Lack of Direct Rural Broadband Investment NHMC Files Suit Against Net-Neutrality Rules Rollback Walden to Keynote ACA Summit Liberty Global Picks Benu Networks for IPv6 Migration Revolt TV Names Robyn Lattaker-Johnson Head of Content Starz Signs Producer Tanya Saracho to Multi-Year Deal more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: FX's 'Atlanta' Season 2 Premieres Thursday Watch MCN: vMVPDs by the Numbers (updated) MCN Hot Spot: Amazon's 'Sneaky Pete' Season 2 Premieres March 9 The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Tracking Sling TV MCN Guest Blog, Brian Baumgart: Three Steps to Better Measurement   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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