Multichannel Newswire: CBS Makes Retrans Deal With Verizon’s FiOS TV
Top Stories - August 23, 2013
CBS Makes Retrans Deal With Verizon's FiOS TV CBS, blacked out in a retransmission dispute with Time Warner Cable, has reached a distribution agreement with another carrier, Verizon Communications.more
ACA To FCC: Block Blackouts, Require True-Ups American Cable Association president Matthew Polka Thursday asked the FCC to adopt a rule mandating carriage during retrans impasses, saying the commission prevents blackouts that disadvantage broadcasters, so it should certainly do so when they hurt consumers.more
Comcast Says It Threatened TorrentFreak By Mistake Comcast said a cease-and-desist letter issued to TorrentFreak on grounds of an alleged copyright violation was issued by mistake, as the data presented by the site originated from a public court document. more
Ex-Comcast Exec Juliano Joins Gainspeed Board Gainspeed, the secretive cable access startup launched by Terayon Communications co-founder Shlomo Rakib, has revealed little about its product strategy, but the company continues to shed light on who's providing key guidance to the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company.more