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Today's Top Stories
1. Cablevision pitching managed WiFi service to business customers
2. John Malone cuts ribbon at The Cable Center theater
3. CBS may collect $1B in retransmission fees by 2016
4. Costantini helping Glenn Beck blaze cable and satellite carriage
5. LodgeNet names Gemstar and Fox Cable veteran Rich Battista CEO Also Noted: Akamai
Spotlight On... Time Warner Cable lets subscribers schedule appointments with My TWC app
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2. Report: FCC to relax rules for cable-CLEC M&A
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2. John Malone cuts ribbon at The Cable Center theater
Cable pioneer John Malone appeared Friday at a ribbon cutting ceremony at The Cable Center, where the theater at its Denver headquarters was named the John Malone Theater.  |  | | Click the images to enlarge. | Malone, who is chairman of cable programming company Liberty Media Corp. (Nasdaq: LMCA) and international cable MSO Liberty Global (Nasdaq: LBTYA), is the former CEO of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI). In 1999, Malone sold TCI, which was then the nation's largest cable MSO to AT&T, and the telco later sold its cable systems to Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA). The Cable Center said last month that it had received a $1 million personal donation to name the theater after Malone from Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries, Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei and Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav. Those executives attended the ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, where Malone, 71, addressed the audience. Related articles:
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3. CBS may collect $1B in retransmission fees by 2016
4. Costantini helping Glenn Beck blaze cable and satellite carriage
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Scripps Networks veteran Lynne Costantini is negotiating cable and satellite carriage deals for conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, whose new network TheBlaze launched Wednesday in Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) homes. Beck anchored primetime shows for Fox News Channel and CNN Headline News before launching TheBlaze as an online video network last summer, charging web surfers $9.95 monthly or $99.95 annually to access its programs. The network also features news and opinion shows anchored by Will Cain, S.E. Cupp, Lu Hanessian and other hosts. Former Fox News and CNN executive Joel Cheatwood is the network's president. Dish said Wednesday that it is carrying TheBlaze in its America's Top 250 package, and also offering subscribers the option of paying $5 monthly to access the network on an a la carte basis. TheBlaze said that Costantini, who had been EVP of affiliate sales at Scripps Networks Interactive and SVP of programming at Time Warner Cable before launching consulting firm Costantini Media Advisors, will lead its distribution strategy as a consultant. TheBlaze may be a good fit for Dish, which has been positioning itself as a family friendly pay TV company. Dish launched a $5 monthly Heartland programming package in February that includes Hallmark Channel, GMC TV, Pixl, RFD-TV and Rural TV. For more:
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Dish shops $5 monthly Heartland Package
Dish Network's Ergen predicts a pay TV provider will launch a sports-free service
Hopper marketing expenses drain Dish Network profit in Q2 2012 Read more about: Time Warner Cable, Lynne Constantini, Dish Network
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5. LodgeNet names Gemstar and Fox Cable veteran Rich Battista CEO
Struggling hotel entertainment distributor LodgeNet (Nasdaq: LNET) said Wedneday that it hired former Gemstar-TV Guide and Fox Cable Networks executive Rich Battista as its new CEO.  | | Battista (Image source: PR Newswire) | In May, LodgeNet replaced longtime CEO Scott Petersen with Windjammer Cable chief Philip Spencer, who was named interim CEO. The company has seen the revenue it generates from selling hotel guests pay-per-view movies and porn titles decline, and its stock has dropped by about 90 percent since April. LodgeNet faces increased competition from Internet video that hotel guests can access via WiFi connections, and DirecTV (Nasdaq: DTV) is also challenging it by striking distribution deals with hotel chains. Battista was CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International from 2004 to 2008, and negotiated the sale of the interactive program guide developer to Macrovision, which has renamed the company Rovi (Nasdaq: ROVI). He then joined News Corp. (Nasdaq: NWSA), where he was named EVP and president of Fox Cable Networks. Battista left Fox in 2010 to launch Pontiac Digital Media and pop culture and entertainment website Snakkle.com. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
LodgeNet replaces CEO with Windjammer chief Philip Spencer
DirecTV saps LodgeNet revenue
DirecTV pitches HD DVR to hotel chains
LodgeNet brings long-awaited on-screen program guides to hotel rooms Read more about: Fox Cable Networks
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