MCN Newswire: CEO Bakish Sees Mobile Driving Viacom's Future; NBCU Cutting Primetime Ad Loads; BritBox Surpasses 250K Subs

Multichannel Newswire   March 1, 2018     Today's Top Stories       Bakish: Mobile Is Viacom's Future Programmer in talks with other OTT providers, hints at direct-to-consumer offering READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Pointing to a recent licensing deal with wireless carrier Telefonica as an example of things to come from Viacom, CEO Bob Bakish said mobile will be the content company's real growth engine.   NBCU Plans to Cut Ads by 10% in Primetime New pods will feature just two commercials READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The changes, effective across all of NBCU's networks in the fourth quarter, come as other programmers have cut or talked about cutting advertising loads, including Turner and Viacom, while others have tested six-second ads.   BritBox Crosses 250K Subscriber Mark British TV-focused SVOD service debuted in U.S. about a year ago READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: BritBox, backed by BBC, ITV and AMC Networks, has reached its subscriber milestone amid an explosion of SVOD services and a market that now appears ripe for a correction or a shake out.   More Top Stories       Straight Path, Verizon Pay $614M to Settle FCC Spectrum Investigation AT&T Tees Up Trio of City-Specific Offers Amazon Prime to Distribute UFC Pay-Per-View Events AT&T: VR Among Paid Prioritization Beneficiaries PlayStation Vue Mobilizes More Features Small Cell Dereg Gets Big D.C. Hand FCC Proposing to Exempt 5G Facilities From Historic, Environmental Reviews MTV Renews 'Jersey Shore Family Vacation' for Second Season Mist Raises $46M 'C' Round Montana Net Neutrality Order Gets CAGW's Porker Award more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: FX's 'Atlanta' Season 2 Premieres Today MCN Hot Spot: Hulu's 'Hard Sun' Premieres March 7 What to Watch: Ninth Season of 'Archer' on FXX April 25 The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Tracking Sling TV MCN Guest Blog, Berin Szoka: Why Do Democrats Want to Let Trump Violate Net Neutrality?   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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