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Comcast Tees Up Upgrades, New Services for Jersey Shore Subs

Verizon Confirms It's Pushing a Voice-Only, Wireless Product in Areas Washed-Out By Superstorm Sandy
By: Jeff Baumgartner May 15 2013 - 2:56pm
Verizon Confirms It's Pushing a Voice-Only, Wireless Product in Areas Washed-Out By Superstorm Sandy

As part of a campaign to “Welcome Back” customers to the Jersey Shore, Comcast said Wednesday that it has upgraded 144 miles of plant that was hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy last October and is bulking up staffing levels and preparing to launch a new set of services there as customers return to the area this summer.

Seibert: Consumers Will Drive Programming Cost Reductions

Cablevision CFO Says McCain's A la Carte Program, Others Will Depend on Consumer Reaction
By: Mike Farrell May 15 2013 - 12:38pm
Cablevision CFO Says McCain's A la Carte Program, Others Will Depend on Consumer Reaction

Consumer reaction could be the biggest catalyst for programming cost reform, Cablevision Systems vice chairman and chief financial officer Gregg Seibert told an investment conference audience Wednesday.

Seibert, speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference in Boston, said recent initiatives by Sen. John McCain to force a la carte options also could help foster reform.

Viggle Hires a CTO

Christopher Traynor Also to Oversee Viggle LABS Unit as Social TV Specialist Expands Engineering Team
By: Jeff Baumgartner May 15 2013 - 11:05am
Christopher Traynor Also to Oversee Viggle LABS Unit as Social TV Specialist Expands Engineering Team

Viggle, a company that has developed a second-screen platform that offers rewards for watching TV shows, has appointed Christopher Traynor to chief technology officer amid a broader expansion of Viggle’s engineering team.

In addition to overseeing Viggle’s technology strategy and managing the company’s relationships with vendors, Traynor is also tasked with heading up Viggle LABS, a second-screen initiative that is responsible for the company’s AppJam Challenge, a competition aimed at creating TV companion apps for the Viggle platform.

Turner Takes Wraps Off Live Streaming for TNT, TBS

New Apps Available to View Summer Programming
By: Jon Lafayette (Broadcasting & Cable) May 15 2013 - 10:02am
New Apps Available to View Summer Programming
 
Turner Broadcasting said it soon will be live streaming TNT and TBS via new apps for tablets and smartphones.
 
As such,Turner said TBS and TNT will become the first national entertainment networks to stream on-air content live across multiple platforms 24/7, including through the networks' websites and a pair of newly created Watch TNT and Watch TBS apps. The announcement was made during TNT and TBS's annual upfront presentation today in New York.
 

Dyle Adds Belkin to Device Lineup

Specialized $129.99 Receiver Snaps into iPhones and iPads to Capture Dyle's Mobile TV Broadcasts
By: Jeff Baumgartner May 15 2013 - 9:36am
Specialized $129.99 Receiver Snaps into iPhones and iPads to Capture Dyle's Mobile TV Broadcasts

Belkin is the latest CE company to launch a specialized antenna/receiver that supports a mobile television platform from Dyle that’s being increasingly viewed as a competitive hedge against Aereo.

Comcast Checks into Hotel Services Opportunity

Lands Deal to Deliver Service Bundle to Seven Hotels in Chicago and Michigan
By: Jeff Baumgartner May 15 2013 - 8:46am
Lands Deal to Deliver Service Bundle to Seven Hotels in Chicago and Michigan

The growing business service arm of Comcast has landed a deal to supply voice trunking, HDTV, and Ethernet-based Internet services to seven hotel properties run by Raymond Management Company, including five in greater Chicago and two in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Financial details were not disclosed, but the deal covers about 1,000 rooms, and is coming way of Comcast Business Hospitality, a recently launched division that will do battle in the sector against competitors such as LodgeNet, which emerged from a Chapter 11 reorganization in March.

NAMIC Names 2013 Next Generation Leaders Awards

Winners To Be Honored During NAMIC Cable Show Breakfast
By: R. Thomas Umstead May 14 2013 - 3:16pm
Winners To Be Honored During NAMIC Cable Show Breakfast

National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) today announced the recipients of its Next Generation Leaders Awards.

Upfronts 2013: Skipper Says Competition Will Make ESPN Better

Worldwide Leader To Deliver New 'SportCenter' Set, App; Kick Off New NFL, Soccer Studio Shows
By: Mike Reynolds May 14 2013 - 2:50pm
Worldwide Leader To Deliver New 'SportCenter' Set, App; Kick Off New NFL, Soccer Studio Shows

New York -- ESPN has long been the king of the sports jungle, but president John Skipper made some pachydermal points during the programmer’s upfront presentation to advertisers here Tuesday.

Starz Plays with Fire

Premium Programmer’s TV Everywhere Apps Connect to the Kindle Tablet Line
By: Jeff Baumgartner May 14 2013 - 2:01pm
Premium Programmer’s TV Everywhere Apps Connect to the Kindle Tablet Line

Starz’s trio of TV Everywhere apps are on Fire – the Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets, that is.

Senate Hearing Finds State of Video in Flux

Cable, Broadcast Execs Talk A La Carte, Retrans and More
By: John Eggerton May 14 2013 - 1:25pm
Cable, Broadcast Execs Talk A La Carte, Retrans and More

There appeared to be a lot more questions than answers about the state of video at a Senate Communications Subcommittee hearing Tuesday.

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