B&C Today: WAPA Puerto Rico Off DirecTV; AT&T-Time Warner Tells Court DOJ Case Fell Apart

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   May 7, 2018     The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily     Top Stories       WAPA Puerto Rico Off DirecTV Says it should be back on; AT&T counters that that decision is in station's hands READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: WAPA's owners, Hemisphere Media Group, say the Spanish-language station is the ratings leader by a mile, but that DirecTV is paying more for "lightly-viewed networks" than it is asking.   AT&T-Time Warner to Court: DOJ Case Fell Apart Tells court it was built on bogus model, irrelevant slide shows READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The Justice Department's suit to block the deal wrapped up April 30, with the judge expected to take several weeks to render a decision.   YouTube Stresses Safety, Effectiveness at Brandcast Will Smith plans live streaming leap READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The presentation took place at Radio City Music Hall, where NBCUniversal will kick off the broadcast industry's week of upfront presentations on May 14.   More Top Stories       Here's Who's Watching 'Saturday Night Live'—and Where They're Watching It MTV, VH1, Logo Senior VP Desmarais Departing Markey Calls for Facebook Crackdown Univision Steps Up Digital Footprint Oxygen Media to Launch Crime-Themed AR Game Starz Debuts New 'Power' Trailer Fox News Appoints Claffee as General Counsel more headlines »   Blog of Note     Tick But No Tock By John Eggerton The FCC's shot clock on the Sinclair-Tribune deal has yet to restart now four months after it was stopped ostensibly in anticipation of Sinclair refiling the deal, which Sinclair has now done three times and counting. Even after the FCC re-starts the clock, it will be several weeks more until the FCC can render a decision on the merger because whatever winds up being the final version of the deal will be put out for a new round of comment and reply. READ MORE » more blogs »   Departments       Currency: CBS Profits as Retransmission Powers 13% Revenue Gain Programming: TBS Late-Night Show 'Conan' Cutting to 30 Minutes Washington: FCC USF Fund Transfer Troubles Dems   Events     Digital Media Tech Leadership Summit June 5-6, 2018 | Tampa, FL Learn More The Programmatic TV Summit June 7, 2018 | New York, NY Learn More OTT & Video Distribution Summit August 2, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA  Learn More News Technology Summit September 26-27, 2018 | Baltimore, MD  Learn More 16th Annual Hispanic Television Summit October 4, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Streaming Tech Leadership Summit October 22-23, 2018 | Atlanta, GA (SCTE)  Learn More NYC Television Week October 29-November 1, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Awards, part of NYC TV Week October 29, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More NYC Television Week's 40 Under 40 Awards October 30, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More TV Data Summit, part of NYC TV Week October 31, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Advanced Advertising Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More Next TV Summit, part of NYC TV Week November 1, 2018 | New York, NY  Learn More     more events »   Jobs     Promotion Writer Producer Hearst Television, New Orleans, LA   Director, Affiliate Relations and Media Distribution The Christian Broadcasting Network, Virginia Beach, VA   Professor of Practice or Instructor Kansas State University Journalism and Mass Communications, Manhattan, KS   President/CEO Kentucky Broadcasters Association, Frankfort, KY   more jobs » News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2018 NewBay Media, LLC

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