What Viewers Really Want; Samsung Connects With Comcast, DirecTV, Amazon, Netflix,M-GO On 4K

Top Stories - January 7, 2014 What Viewers Really Want As the final figures get tallied, it looks like 2013 will go down as the first year since the creation of the earliest cable systems, in the 1940s, when the total multichannel-TV business will actually lose subscribers. This news will no doubt prompt many of the usual articles about the end of cable TV, and of television in general. But a close look at the data in this year's annual Viewer Watch special report on the changing use of video shows little hard evidence to support such views. more Samsung Connects With Comcast, DirecTV, Amazon, Netflix and M-GO On 4K Samsung Electronics announced that Comcast, Netflix, DirecTV, M-GO and Amazon will be among the initial partners that will  deliver a package of Ultra HD content to its new line of 4K TVs. more Dish Enhances, Super-Sizes Hopper HD-DVR Platform Arming itself for the ongoing battle for video subscribers and high end video "enthusiasts," Dish Network used the annual gadgetfest here to unveil a wave of enhancements and additions to its Hopper-branded whole-home HD-DVR platform, including the SuperJoey, a device that enables Dish subs to record as many as eight shows as once when paired with the Hopper whole-home HD-DVR with Sling. more AT&T Criticized For Data Cap Carveout AT&T is getting some pushback from Washington over its just-announced sponsored data service that allows mobile broadband business customers to stream content without it counting against their monthly data allowances. more McCain: Near-Blackouts Argue For FANS Act Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) used the weekend's NFL Wild Card game blackout threats to push for his bill introduced last month, the Furthering Access and Networks for Sports (FANS) Act, that would remove the antitrust exemption for any sports league that does not prohibit or limit sports blackouts in their video contracts, including during retransmission consent impasses. more Video/Blogs MCN Original Video USA Network, TBS Dominate 2013 Cable Ratings Race Picture This, R. Thomas Umstead Cable Nets Step Up Presence At Annual TCA Tour Mixed Signals, R. Thomas Umstead Telecom Lawyers, Part 2: TiVo's General Counsel, Matthew Zinn, Esq. The Bauminator, Jeff Bauminator YouTube Casts An Early 4K Vote News Cablevision Asks FCC To Block KMOV Sale Time Warner Cable Upgrades Smithsonian Channel's Positioning Buckeye Adds FEARnet In Digital Basic MoCA: We're Ready For 2.0 Certification Testing Cisco Rolls Videoscape Into The Cloud FX To Preview New Animated Series On Xbox One Outdoor Channel Hits Target By Expanding Ties To NRA Suddenlink's Meduski Chairs WICT Board Vice President of Law, Product Management and Compliance - Cablevision - Bethpage, NY Local Sales Manager - WADL TV - Southfield, MI Director Product Marketing Management - AT&T - Los Angeles, CA Vice President - Controller - Mediatti Broadband Communications - Kadena, Okinawa Residential Bulk Account Manager - Metrocast - Oxford, MS See all career listings here.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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