Thursday, November 9, 2017
Comcast finally agrees to sell set-top data to Nielsen
Comcast has agreed to become the fourth major pay TV operator to deliver anonymous usage information from its pay TV set tops for use in Nielsen’s local TV measurement products. http://ift.tt/2zJtuMK Daniel Frankel
Cord cutting in Q3: 10 largest public pay TV platforms lost 396K subscribers with vMVPDs factored in
The top 10 pay TV platforms belonging to publicly traded telecom operators lost 395,700 video customers in the U.S. in the third quarter, a metric vastly improved by the subscriber additions of low-margin virtual MVPD services DirecTV Now and Sling TV. http://ift.tt/2yMohUk Daniel Frankel
Football Player's New Reality: 'The Cromarties' On USA
The incredible thing about this new reality show on USA Network about an NFL star’s family is that TV is still making shows like this. http://ift.tt/2hglsjn
Comcast integrates CuriosityStream across entire pay TV footprint
Comcast has embedded another SVOD platform into its pay TV offering, integrating Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks’ CuriosityStream into Xfinity TV VOD service nationwide. http://ift.tt/2zvbeUx Daniel Frankel
Justice Department Wants AT&T To Do Media Shuffle
The U.S. Justice Department reportedly wants AT&T to sell off Time Warner’s Turner unit — which includes cable TV networks, CNN, TBS and TNT — should it complete its $85 billion deal. And perhaps
even more. http://ift.tt/2ylxazX