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April 21, 2017

 
 

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Live OTT Viewing Expected to Eclipse Broadcast TV in Five Years: Survey
Quality of service/experience viewed as biggest technical challenge for live OTT video
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WHY THIS MATTERS: Notably, the survey of 486 media industry professionals found that linear channel content was rated as very important to OTT business plans by 42% of respondents, ahead of per-event and VOD content.
 
Verizon Drops 13K Fios TV Subs, Adds 35K Fios Internet Subs in Q1
Total broadband connections down by 27,000 amid more DSL losses
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WHY THIS MATTERS: Verizon ended the first quarter with Fios video penetration of 33.8%, down from 35% a year ago, while Fios Internet penetration remained relatively flat, at 40.3%.
 
FCC Approves BDS Reform Item
Commissioner Clyburn, lone dissenter, calls 'deregulation at all costs' stance 'abhorrent'
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WHY THIS MATTERS: Despite plenty of last-minute pushback, the FCC has declared the broadband business data services market generally competitive and is deregulating the rates incumbent providers like AT&T and CenturyLink can charge for services like wireless backhaul, credit card readers, ATMs and institutional hookups to schools and libraries.

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

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FCC's BDS Vote Draws Mixed Reviews

FCC Proposes to Ease Cable Ops' Path to Next-Gen Networks

Oracle Helps Charter Put TV Ads on Target: Report

Comcast Joins LoRA Alliance

Study: Home WiFi Mesh Products Work Better With a Wired Backbone

Layer3 TV Tunes in Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, MASN2

PlayOn Connects With DirecTV Now

Lionsgate Television Group Promotes Laura Kennedy to COO

Pac-12 Networks President Lydia Murphy-Stephans to Leave Company

FCC's Clyburn: I Still Have Work to Do
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MCN Sneak Peek: Netflix's 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 5 Premieres June 9

MCN Hot Spot:
TNT's 'Will' Premieres July 10

The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner:
Cheddar to Mix Some OTA With its OTT

Numbers:
SMI Finds TV Ad Spending Rose 0.9% in First Quarter

Awards:
Series From FX, HBO Nab 2017 Peabodys

 
 

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