MCN Newswire: Comcast-Fox Deal Would Tick Up Leverage; AT&T Prepping New DirecTV OTT Service; T-Mobile's 5G Video Vision

Multichannel Newswire   May 16, 2018     Today's Top Stories       Moody's: Comcast-Fox Deal Would Dramatically Increase Leverage Combined company would have debt load second only to AT&T READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Reports have estimated Comcast will offer about $60 billion for the 21st Century Fox assets currently betrothed to The Walt Disney Co., an all-cash bid that would be a departure from the MSO's existing fiscal policy, ticking up its leverage ratio to about 4.1 times cash flow.   AT&T to Introduce Broadband-Delivered OTT DirecTV Product Telco expects to have five TV products by year-end READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The new OTT service will be essentially the same as its DirecTV satellite service but priced in the $80-to-$90 per month range, versus $120 to $200 per month.   T-Mobile's Jeff Binder: 5G Is 'Perfect Delivery Mechanism for Video' Says robust speeds, low latencies make next-gen mobile platform a great fit for video READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Moving forward, T-Mobile's plans is to bridge the TV with the more advanced and personalized capabilities that consumers get with their smartphones.   More Top Stories       Randall Stephenson: Top Priority Is Getting Time Warner Deal Done Dreams Launches Mobile TV Service, Raises $5M Charter's Enterprise Unit Earmarks $1B-Plus for Fiber Plan ACA Pitches 'Middle Ground' AT&T-Time Warner Remedy Manufacturers Push Back on Trump's ZTE Aid Fox Sports Tees Up Test of 4K Over 5G Verizon Touts CBRS Trial on Live Network TNT Scores Fourth Straight Weekly Primetime Ratings Win ESPN Touts Effectiveness of Spots Viewed Out-of-Home ISPs on Net-Neutrality CRA: No Way more headlines »   Videos/Blogs/Extras       Cable-Tec Expo: NCTA, CableLabs, SCTE/ISBE CEOs to Share Stage in Atlanta What to Watch: Freeform Greenlights 'Besties, 'Pretty Little Liars' Spinoff Series The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner: YouTube TV Is Losing Money, But Is There a Path to Profit? As I Was Saying, Gary Arlen: Cable Old Timers Who Can't Get Enough of Each Other   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     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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