Viacom CEO Bob Bakish has accused Charter Communications of attempting to stifle the development of low-cost virtual MVPD services. http://ift.tt/2zlY8bB Daniel Frankel
Friday, October 13, 2017
Charter trying to hold back DirecTV Now, Sling TV and other vMVPDs, Viacom’s Bakish says
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Cable operators need to raise standalone broadband to $80 to offset cord cutting, analyst says
With cord cutting predicted to take out another 1 million-plus pay-TV subscribers in the third quarter, and probably set to accelerate beyond that, Jefferies analyst Mike McCormack has crunched some numbers and determined that cable operators are actually going to be OK. http://ift.tt/2hEWM3H Daniel Frankel
Total Viewers Or Better Demos: Who's No. 1 In Late Night?
By the measuring stick that most people understand best, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” is the nation’s top-rated late-night show. http://ift.tt/2kOgTRR
Dish wins $4.4M piracy verdict in Florida
Dish Network and several Chinese broadcast companies have won a $4.4 million verdict against a Florida retailer accused of piracy. http://ift.tt/2xDzXmU Daniel Frankel
Pay-TV subscriber losses hit the 1M mark in Q3, analyst predicts
With AT&T revealing this week that it lost around 390,000 linear satellite and telco TV customers in the third quarter, UBS analyst John Hodulik is predicting that the entire pay-TV sector hemorrhaged over 1 million customers during the three-month period. http://ift.tt/2ymaja2 Daniel Frankel
New Linear TV Packages Won't Carry A La Carte Networks
Traditional public battles between big cable-centric network companies and pay TV providers will have a new story arc in the coming years. http://ift.tt/2ibLqsd