The flood of sex-harassment stories, opinionated talk shows masquerading as “news,” and unchecked violence, sex, profanity and misery depicted today don’t leave me feeling very thankful for TV lately. http://ift.tt/2jgkzbd
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Crabby Columnist To TV Biz: No Thanks!
Should The DOJ Be Consistent With Media Deals?
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to stop the AT&T/Time Warner deal in an effort to halt industry consolidation. It wants AT&T to sell off businesses or the deal will be stopped.
Strangely, it has no objections to a Sinclair-Tribune merger. http://ift.tt/2hNEAFv
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Comcast loses patent battle against TiVo, can’t import or sell X1 set-tops
The International Trade Commission has delivered an expected patent ruling that will interrupt Comcast’s importation and sale of Arris- and Technicolor-made set-top boxes for the X1 operating system. http://ift.tt/2A4UDaj Daniel Frankel
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Comcast, Charter insist they won’t use awesome throttling powers about to be given to them by FCC
With the FCC proposing to reverse its Title II internet regulation regime in a Dec. 14 vote, the two top cable companies are insisting that they won’t use their potential newfound powers to throttle internet traffic. http://ift.tt/2jRblWZ Daniel Frankel
Nearly 4M Dish subcribers in 18 cities blacked out from CBS; Charter interruption could be next
Nearly 4 million Dish Network subscribers in 18 cities are blacked out from the CBS Television Network, with the satellite operator and programmer unable to come to terms on a new licensing deal. http://ift.tt/2BeExeJ Daniel Frankel