MCN Newswire: CBS Makes Viacom Offer; RSN Bankruptcy Review Could Net Comcast $54M; What Blockchain Means to Media

Multichannel Newswire   April 4, 2018     Today's Top Stories       CBS Makes Formal Merger Offer to Viacom Committee Deal values Viacom at below market price, contingent on Les Moonves, Joseph Ianniello at helm READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The all-stock offer at least initially values Viacom below its current market capitalization of about $12.5 billion, and appears to leave out in the cold Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, who seems to have engineered the start of a turnaround at the cable programmer.   Court: Astros, Former Rockets Owner Could Owe Comcast More Than $54M Says bankruptcy judge improperly deducted media fees in valuing Houston sports channel READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: A federal appeals court has sent back for re-evaluation a five-year-old bankruptcy case involving Comcast Sports Network Houston, the regional sports network the MSO formed with the city's MLB and NBA teams in 2012.   What Blockchain Means to Media New technology could transform advertising, distribution READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Operators, ad-providers and content creators are accelerating their efforts to establish blockchain as a secure, authenticated, multi-user system for distribution and payments.   More Top Stories       HBO Leads NAMIC Vision Award Wins Report: CBS-Viacom Deal Hinges on Moonves's No. 2 Multicultural TV: Minorities Becoming Majority, Panel Says Starz, TiVo Align on New Licensing Deal Pluto TV Hires Chief Revenue Officer Need to Know: Blockchain MaxLinear Starts Search for New CFO Twitter Renews Live-streaming Deal With MLB Frans Vermeulen Joins Tru Optik as Chief Operating Officer more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       MCN Slideshow: Freeze Frame Photos From the April 2 Issue Picture This, R.  Thomas Umstead: What Paramount Network Wants You to Know About 'I Am MLK Jr.' The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: Study: Pay TV Subs Making an OTT Connection MCN Guest Blog, Seth L. Cooper: Satellite Broadband Deserves Promoting   Events     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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