2nd Annual OnScreen Media Summit

Bank of America Merrill Lynch media analyst Jessica Reif Cohen said Comcast's potential deal to acquire a majority interest in NBC Universal could create "incredible" value for the MSO, but added that a failed deal could hit the stock hard. More

News Corp. chief operating officer Chase Carey said that the media giant is on the cusp of a retransmission-consent revenue windfall that could ultimately fix the broken broadcasting model. More

Says Retrans Could Involve Mix of O&O’s, Station Groups More

David Purdy of Canadian MSO Rogers Communications said he was laughed at four years ago when he added free on-demand programming to the cable system. More

The Wire heard lots of funny and pithy lines last week between Tuesday night's Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame and Wednesday's On Screen Media Summit in New York. More

Rogers Communications, Canada's largest cable operator, will launch an online on-demand service with 15 network partners on Nov. 17, senior vice president David Purdy said on a panel at the B&C/Multichannel News OnScreen Media Summit here Wednesday. More

For Bob Wilson, senior vice president of programming Cox Communications, television is still about the small screen, rather than the computer screen. More

While content migration to various platforms is a media given these days, significant digital profitability remains an elusive quarry. More

The technology to bring full-capability 3D HD movies and sporting events into consumer's homes is expected to be available by 2010, though the business model for how programmers, marketing executives and cable operators has yet to be realized, said a panel of execs at the B&C/Multichannel News More

New York –– Coverage from the first B&C-Multichannel News OnScreen Media Summit, the Dec. 2 event touching on financial, measurement, advertising, carriage and streaming content topics shaping the industry’s financial fortunes. More

During the final segment of the B&C/Multichannel News OnScreen Media Summit in New York Tuesday operators discussed balancing out satiating hungry fans with live games on the Web, while also making sure vital affiliates don’t feel short-changed. More