Multichannel Newswire: Al Jazeera America Sues AT&T Over Distribution Drop
Top Stories - August 21, 2013
Al Jazeera America Sues AT&T Over Distribution Drop Al Jazeera America said Tuesday it had filed suit against AT&T after U-verse dropped it on the same day the service relaunched as a 24-hour news service in the slot formerly held by Current TV.more
Top U.S. ISPs Add 295,000 Broadband Subs In Q2 The 17 largest U.S. cable operators and telcos, representing 93% of the market, added 295,000 broadband customers in the usually sluggish second quarter, but still managed to bring in 116% of the total added in the year-ago period, according to the Leichtman Research Group. more
Netflix Nets Weinstein Co. Films in Premium Window Netflix's path toward becoming a content provider that can grapple with premium TV's elite took a step forward as the video streaming announced a multiyear deal that gives Netflix exclusive rights in the premium pay TV window to first-run feature films from The Weinstein Company, starting in 2016. more
USA, Disney Heat Up Summer Ratings Race USA Network and Disney Channel remained on an extended hot streak as the summer ratings campaign draws to an end.more