MCN Newswire: Top Pay TV Ops Lose 1.49M Subs; Ex-DOJ Officials Say Trump May Have Directed AT&T-TW Suit; Starz Names Ameesh Paleja CTO

Multichannel Newswire   March 12, 2018     Today's Top Stories       Top U.S. Pay TV Providers Lost 1.49M Subs in 2017: LRG Six largest U.S. cable ops lost about 660,000 video subs last year READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The top OTT TV services added about 1.6 million subscribers, up from net additions of 1.14 million in 2016, LRG said.   Ex-DOJ Officials Worried Trump May Have Directed AT&T-Time Warner Suit Say it's likely prima facie case can be made for suit as retaliation against CNN READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: About a dozen former Justice Department officials are concerned the Trump administration may have "interfered" in the DOJ's vetting of the AT&T-Time Warner merger and say, if so, it was likely unconstitutional selective enforcement and a violation of the First Amendment.   Ameesh Paleja Named CTO of Starz Exec joins premium programmer from Atom Tickets READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Paleja helped launch Amazon Prime Instant Video and founded the company's Southern California R&D facilities before forming Atom Tickets, a social movie ticketing platform, in 2014.   More Top Stories       Ninth Circuit to Hear Net Neutrality Appeals Feds' Case Against AT&T-Time Warner Deal 'Pale & Thin,' Companies Say Nickelodeon Teams With IMAX on Multiplayer VR This Week in Netflix: MacDonald Has a Show, Positive Brand Association Powers Content Twitter Makes Deal to Stream Live MLS Soccer Matches Scarborough: We Must Push Back on President's Brutish Threats White House Remains Focused on Video Game Violence Broadcom Tries to Quell National Security Concerns Amid Play for Qualcomm Cox Gets Into Drone Racing more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Hot Spot: Netflix's 'Santa Clarita Diet' Season 2 Premieres March 23 MCN Hot Spot: HBO's 'The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling' Premieres March 26 On the Money, Mike Farrell: The Power of Positive Brand Association MCN Guest Blog, Tom Wlodkowski: Comcast Launches New Accessible TV Features for 2018 Paralympics The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Virgin Media Eyes Transition to 'Horizon' Guide: Report   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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