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Today's Top Stories
1. Yaccarino promoted to president of ad sales at NBCUniversal
2. Cablevision uses NFL Network as pawn in retransmission-consent battle with Tribune
3. Comcast Spotlight, NCC Media to sell advertising for cable portals managed by Synacor
4. Microsoft hires CBS veteran Nancy Tellem to produce interactive TV programming
5. New Frontier Media board fires CEO Michael Weiner Also Noted: Acme Packet
Spotlight On... CableLabs CEO McKinney, NCTA chief Snowden to speak at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo opener
Iowa man accused of stealing Mediacom electricity; Charter expands TelVue HyperCaster deployment and much more...  Follow @FierceCable on Twitter!
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1. Warner, Netflix working on original content; Shazam boosts second screen
2. BSkyB comes away a winner in Warner Bros. film deal
3. DirecTV interested in Vivendi's GVT unit
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* General ad info: Click here | Today's Top News 1. Yaccarino promoted to president of ad sales at NBCUniversal
Comcast's (Nasdaq: CMCSA) NBCUniversal division said Wednesday that it promoted Linda Yaccarino to president of ad sales, where she'll oversee sales and marketing for its cable, broadcast and digital properties.  | | Yaccarino (image source: BusinessWire) | Yaccarino, who had been NBCU's president of cable entertainment and digital advertising sales, will report to NBCU CEO Steve Burke. She joined the company in 2011, and has overseen ad sales for USA Network, Syfy, Bravo Media, E! Entertainment, Oxygen Media, Style, G4, Sprout, Chiller and other NBCU properties. NBCU has increased its focus on using interactive technology and mobile devices to drive ad sales. For example, it has teamed up with automatic content recognition (ACR) technology provider Shazam to deliver interactive programming and advertising to viewers of Syfy series Being Human. It has also created a Universal Games Network division to aggregate its online, mobile and social game ad-sales inventory. Before joining NBCU, Yaccarino was EVP and COO of Turner Entertainment Ad Sales & Marketing and Acquisitions, where she ran sales, marketing and program acquisitions for TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network, truTV, TCM and Adult Swim. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
Comcast looks at integrating social TV elements to mobile apps
NBCU expands Shazam interactive TV integration with USA, E!, SyFy shows
Comcast banks on social TV games to drive NBCU revenue Read more about: Comcast
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2. Cablevision uses NFL Network as pawn in retransmission-consent battle with Tribune
That carriage deal Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) struck with NFL Network in August is giving it some leverage in its retransmission-consent negotiations with Tribune Broadcasting. Cablevision lost the feed on Aug. 26 for Tribune flagship station WPIX-TV, which has a deal with the National Football League to simulcast the home opening game Thursday night for the New York Giants. Most Cablevision subscribers wouldn't have been able to watch the Giants-Carolina Panthers game unless they subscribed to NFL Network, which carries Thursday night games. But Cablevision is offering all 3 million of its subscribers a free preview of NFL Network, and using channel 11, the slot previously occupied by WPIX-TV, to distribute the football network. The loss of WPIX has forced Cablevision subscribers to turn to other networks to watch Seinfeld, Family Guy and other aired by WPIX. But the NFL Network free preview, which kicked off on Sunday, will allow it to offer subscribers one of Tribune's most valuable programs. For more:
- Mediabistro has this story Related articles:
Cablevision drops Tribune's Fox, WGN and AntennaTV affiliates
Will NFL Network deal prompt Cablevision to hike subscription fees?
Google Fiber TV agrees to carry NFL Network Read more about: Cablevision
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3. Comcast Spotlight, NCC Media to sell advertising for cable portals managed by Synacor
Synacor struck deals with Comcast Spotlight and NCC Media which will allow Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR), Cox Communications and other cable operators to sell online advertising inventory on portals managed by Synacor. Under the deals announced Wednesday, Comcast Spotlight will be able to sell inventory on Synacor portals in areas where it also sells local spot TV ads. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Synacor manages TV Everywhere portals for Charter Communications, Midcontinent and other cable operators, and has also developed an authentication platform used by Turner Broadcasting and other cable programmers. NCC Media, which is owned by Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications, handles regional ad sales for those MSOs and other cable operators. Synacor said NCC would sell regional advertising inventory on its portals. For more:
- see the NCC release
- see the Comcast Spotlight release Related articles:
Comcast spins CM 360 to support multi-screen advertising
Synacor recruits Sunflower Broadband and ACA veteran Patrick Knorr
Bright House, Comcast, Verizon team up on local ad sales in Tampa
Synacor rides TV Everywhere wave with $75M IPO
Synacor builds TV Everywhere portal for Midcontinent Read more about: Synacor
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4. Microsoft hires CBS veteran Nancy Tellem to produce interactive TV programming
Look for Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to step up the amount of original interactive TV programming that could be distributed on the Xbox following its move to hire former CBS (NYSE: CBS) Network Television Entertainment Group president Nancy Tellem. Microsoft said Tuesday that Tellem will oversee the launch of a production studio in Los Angeles that will develop interactive and linear programming for the Xbox and other devices. While Microsoft may develop content that could compete with cable operators and networks, it's also possible that the software giant may create interactive programming that could one day be accessible by cable and satellite TV subscribers with advanced digital set-tops. Tellem will report to Microsoft studios corporate VP Phil Spencer. "Whether you are voting for your favorite contestant on a TV show or playing a game, entertainment is becoming more personalized and social, driven by the Internet and new tools to interact with content," Spencer said in a statement. "We are embarking on a new chapter with the creation of a studio dedicated to making original interactive and linear content, and I'm excited to have Nancy leading this effort," he added. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
Westlake: Microsoft negotiating more deals with multichannel providers for Xbox
Nintendo challenges cable IPGs with TVii user interface
ESPN –Xbox deal won't threaten cable and satellite TV distributors
Microsoft announces NUads for Xbox, customer plans Read more about: Interactive Tv
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5. New Frontier Media board fires CEO Michael Weiner
New Frontier Media (Nasdaq: NOOF), one of the largest distributors of adult programming to cable and satellite TV providers, said Wednesday that it terminated CEO Michael Weiner. New Frontier didn't say why Weiner was fired. The company said that Weiner, who was also chairman of its board, has been replaced as chairman by Alan Isaacman, who has sat on its board of directors since 1999. Isaacman is the founder of Los Angeles law firm Isaacman, Kaufman & Painter. It's been a tumultuous year for New Frontier, which distributes The Erotic Network, Penthouse TV, Juicy, VaVoom and other porn channels to Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) and other pay TV providers. In July, New Frontier announced that it agreed to pursue a sale or merger by the end of the year as part of a settlement it reached with investor Lonkloof Limited, which had been waging a proxy fight aimed at replacing the company's board of directors. New Frontier said Tuesday that a board committee is searching for its next CEO, and that in the interim, the CEO duties will be shared by CFO Grant Williams, chief legal officer Marc Callipari and CTO Scott Piper. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
New Frontier agrees to shop The Erotic Networks to end proxy contest
Bidding war heats up for porn distributor New Frontier Media
Vivid to launch adult network featuring celebrity videos in 20M homes
Comcast accidentally delivers porn on ABC channel in Colorado
Former Cox employee admits to hacking Comcast system to replace Super Bowl feed with porn Read more about: Personnel Changes, New Frontier Media
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SPOTLIGHT ON... CableLabs CEO McKinney, NCTA chief Snowden to speak at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo opener New CableLabs CEO Phil McKinney will speak at an industry roundtable session at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo next month with top executives from the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), the Society of Cable and Telecommunications Engineers said Wednesday. The event in Orlando, Fla., will mark the first public appearance at a cable convention for McKinney since the former CTO of Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) personal computer group was named CEO of CableLabs in May. He'll speak during the opening general session on Oct. 17 with NCTA chief of staff K. Dane Snowden on a panel that will be moderated by Time Warner Cable EVP of network operations Jim Ludington, SCTE said. The opening general session is scheduled to kick off with a panel featuring Armstrong Communications CTO Michael Giobbi, BendBroadband VP of technology Wade Holmes, Buckeye Cablevision CTO Joseph Jensen and Massillon Cable TV/Clear Picture technical operations manager Kelly Rehm. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
CableLabs names former HP exec Phil McKinney CEO
SCTE appoints Time Warner Cable, CableLabs, CommScope, Comcast execs to board
SCTE to spotlight small MSOs Armstrong, BendBroadband, Buckeye, Massillon Cable industry news from across the web: > A man in Des Moines, Iowa, whose electricity service was terminated for failing to pay his bill allegedly tapped a Mediacom Communications power box to deliver electricity to a wire connected to his home. Article > TelVue said that Charter Communications expanded the deployment of its HyperCaster IP broadcast servers that are used to deliver longform infomercials to subscribers. News release > Amdocs said that Russian national telecom provider Rostelcom signed it to modernize and consolidate its legacy customer management systems. News release > Broadcom introduced its BCM5553x chip family, which it says is designed to address high-speed connectivity and quality of service (QoS) requirements of residential triple-play services such as video-on-demand, HD-IPTV, VoIP and high-speed Internet. News release And finally … RFD-TV, the cable network that carried a morning program from Don Imus before he jumped to Fox Business Channel, sponsored an event at the Nebraska State Fair in which a world record was set with a parade of 964 tractors. News release News From the Fierce Network:
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