MCN Newswire: Comcast Rolling Out Sling TV's Multicultural Slate; Altice USA Launches New Advanced Ad Initiative; NBCU Creates Unified Linear-Digital Ad Metric
WHY THIS MATTERS:More than a year after the original deal was announced, Comcast has begun to roll out the Sling TV app to a subset of X1 boxes and expects to have the app available across the rest of the eligible X1 base in the coming weeks.
WHY THIS MATTERS:Altice USA was the first MVPD to offer addressable advertising in the New York DMA, laying the groundwork for the new initiative aimed at the MSO's advertisers and MVPD partners.
WHY THIS MATTERS:Two months before the crucial upfront market, NBCUniversal has created a new metric, called CFlight, that comprises Nielsen measurement of linear viewing and digital measurement combining data from comScore, Moat and other research outlets.