| Today's Top 10 Stories | | #1 | | Twitter Signs Deal with Pac-12 Networks | | | | Pac-12 Networks announced that it has signed an agreement with Twitter to live stream events from UCLA, USC and the other 10 schools in the conference. At least 150 games will be streamed live over Twitter during the 2016-17 academic year.
Why This Matters: The deal covers school-produced Olympic sporting events such as soccer, baseball, volleyball, gymnastics, swimming and diving.
4 Takes: MCN | L.A. Times | Variety | Tech Crunch |
| | #2 | | Dish Launches Its Voice Remote | | | | Dish Network launched its Voice Remote, a $30 product that also features backlighting and a clickable touchpad for “swipe and scroll navigation.”
Why This Matters: Dishs new Voice Remote, which is about half the size of its traditional remote control, is compatible with the recently launched Hopper 3 whole-home DVR and 4K Joey set-top boxes and can control up to two IR devices.
The Take: MCN |
| | #3 | | Sky Lights Up Ultra-HD on Sky Q | | | | European Pay-TV giant Sky will start transmitting 4K content Aug. 13, via its SkyQ platform.
Why This Matters: The service will offer Premier League football, exclusive films, natural history documentaries and dramas in Ultra-HD. Skys UHD offering will initially offer a resolution of 38402160 pixels at 50 frames per second.
4 Takes: Forbes | Rapid TV News | TBI Vision | Advanced Television |
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| | THE CHATTER |  | "Once the upstart challenging pay-TVs dominance, Netflix now finds itself as the Goliath of SVOD. Netflix doesnt seem to run much risk of being replaced. Viewers are adopting other SVODs in greater numbers, but to supplement Netflix not replace it. But where there will be more competition is to be the first stop on the virtual dial, as consumers finite TV time is allocated across more alternatives."
Peter Fondulas, Principal at Hub Entertainment Research |
| | Blog Post of The Day | DOCSIS 3.1 In The Wild
By Jeff Baumgartner, MCN
Comcast’s deployment of DOCSIS 3.1 is still technically in the “advanced consumer trial” phase ahead of a broader commercial rollout of the new platform, but evidence of that early handiwork is starting to emerge. More |
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