The real question is: After five seasons, what does “Ray Donovan” (the show and the character) have left to say? http://ift.tt/2z3zBsl
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Cox still battling $25M BMG piracy verdict, says it didn’t know infringement was happening
Cox Communications continues to battle music label BMG, seeking to have a 2015 federal jury verdict against the privately owned cable company tossed. http://ift.tt/2iQrprf Daniel Frankel
Comcast enables Netflix 4K on X1, finally creates need for UHD set-tops
Comcast said that select X1 customers with the right equipment can now watch Netflix 4K content. http://ift.tt/2iOXu2I Daniel Frankel
Comcast deploys DOCSIS 3.1 in Pittsburgh, still not disclosing number of gigabit customers
Steelers fans in Pittsburgh can stream highlights of rookie standout JuJu Smith Schuster in 4K/HDR on up to 40 televisions at once, now that Comcast has deployed DOCSIS 3.1-powered 1-gig services in the Pittsburgh area. http://ift.tt/2iO3ngB Daniel Frankel
Harmonic says 2 Tier 1 operators have purchased its virtualized CableOS platform
Harmonic says two of the world’s top five cable companies have purchased its software-based CCAP solution, CableOS, and that 10 have the product in field trials. http://ift.tt/2gZul4l Daniel Frankel
Cable News Sees Shifting Viewership, Revenues Post-Election
Cable TV news networks have been virtually the only TV networks to see regular overall growth of viewership for the better part of 12 months now. But for September, Fox News witnessed a somewhat
eye-opening 17% drop in advertising from the same month the year before. http://ift.tt/2ijbhdN
Monday, October 30, 2017
Cable’s HSI customer gains decelerated again in Q3
Cable operators continued to grab market share from telco service providers in the area of residential high-speed broadband during the third quarter, but customer gains seem to be decelerating. http://ift.tt/2hmONcm Daniel Frankel
Sultans Of 'S.W.A.T.': Macho Cops Swagger Onto CBS
A new S.W.A.T. team swaggers onto TV this week as CBS returns to regular programming this Thursday. http://ift.tt/2zjBAvI
Comcast gets FCC to dismiss complaint from ministry channel Word
The FCC’s media bureau has dismissed a complaint filed in June by independent ministry-themed programmer The Word Network against Comcast. http://ift.tt/2igCxKg Daniel Frankel
DirecTV Now, Sling, other vMVPDs added 900K subscribers in Q3, analyst says
While cord cutting across linear pay TV services accelerated to record levels in the third quarter, the subscriber metrics appeared nearly offset by the dimes-for-dollars business of virtual MVPDs. http://ift.tt/2A2aRRk Daniel Frankel
Social Media Has A Fake News Problem – And TV Could Help
Worried about “trust” in news organizations? Social media still scores low results next to traditional news media, even as people are using it heavily for news. http://ift.tt/2ziGHfu