Charter Communications said a Sept. 7 outage in Queens and Brooklyn, New York, was caused by yet more vandalism tied to its months-long impasse with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). http://ift.tt/2xrRza6 Daniel Frankel
Monday, September 11, 2017
Charter says it was hit again by NYC vandals as IBEW strike reaches 6-month mark
Pay TV’s Q3 earnings reports will be rocked, but not so much by hurricanes, Jefferies predicts
Disruptions caused by hurricane disasters in Texas and Florida will impact subscriber performances for pay-TV operators in the soon-to-be-completed third quarter, but not as much as competition from OTT services, Jefferies analyst Mike McCormack told investors this morning. http://ift.tt/2eZ70if Daniel Frankel
Facebook, Twitter Political Ads Should Mimic TV Rules
The new state of social media carries specific problems, such as how you can buy advertising. In particular, reports suggest a Russian “troll farm” was using Facebook’s automated, self-service
ad-buying tool through fake accounts. Is it time for TV-like ad regulation? http://ift.tt/2wVovX0
Cable One dispute with North Dakota ABC affiliates moves to blackout
Cable One subscribers in North Dakota currently don’t have access to several local ABC affiliates amid a retransmission dispute with station operator Forum Communications. http://ift.tt/2jjqyPP Daniel Frankel
A Day Of Television Like No Other: A 9/11 Memory
For many of us in the news business that day, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 would be the biggest story of our lives. http://ift.tt/2y0Hdux