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1. DirecTV hiking subscription fees by 4.5 percent
2. Gunfire sparks Comcast outage in Fresno
3. Cablevision files defamation suit against CWA
4. Charter, NCTC sign carriage deals with Disney, NBCU
5. Intel said to be prepping set-top box Also Noted: Spotlight On... Dish Network seeks wireless partner
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3. CTIA to merge trade shows into one event in September 2014
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2. Gunfire sparks Comcast outage in Fresno
3. Cablevision files defamation suit against CWA
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) sued the Communications Workers of America, alleging the union has "engaged in an unlawful campaign to discredit and libel Cablevision and its business." The lawsuit, which was filed on Dec. 26 in the New York State Supreme Court in Nassau County, complains about CWA claiming that the Internet speeds Cablevision delivers to customers in Brooklyn are 25 percent slower than the speeds it delivers to subscribers in the Bronx. Cablevision also complains about CWA "robocalls" to subscribers impacted by Hurricane Sandy in which the union told subscribers how to request credits for outages that resulted from the storm. In addition, the lawsuit details how CWA disrupted a charity fundraiser on Dec. 6 in New York for the Lustgarten Foundation, which was created by Cablevision in 1999, shortly before former Cablevision vice chairman Marc Lustgarten died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Cablevision technicians and dispatchers based in Brooklyn voted last January to join CWA. But in August, Cablevision employees in the Bronx rejected a proposal to join the union. CWA has ratcheted up its campaign against Cablevision since it lost the vote in the Bronx. "The CWA Union has acted in a deceptive and libelous manner with the deliberate intention of harming Cablevision, misleading our customers and injuring the reputation of our company. It is outrageous that the CWA and its Local 1109, which represents a small number of employees in one Cablevision facility in Brooklyn, would resort to these actions as part of a malicious campaign to intimidate our company," Cablevision said in a prepared statement. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
Bronx Cablevision technicians reject proposal to join CWA
Cablevision asks CWA to stop calling subscribers about Hurricane Sandy credits
Comcast workers near Chicago set to vote on union issue
Dolan to Cablevision employees: Give management chance 'to show you that it does care'
Verizon fires 40 union workers for misconduct during August strike Read more about: Cablevision
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4. Charter, NCTC sign carriage deals with Disney, NBCU
Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR) said it signed a long-term carriage deal with Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), and the National Cable Television Cooperative announced it reached a new distribution agreement with NBCUniversal. Disney said its multiplatform agreement with Charter includes about 70 services, including terms that will allow Charter subscribers to access mobile video apps such as WatchESPN. Several major pay TV distributors signed similar pacts with Disney last year, including Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and Cox Communications. NCTC, which negotiates carriage deals for about 1,000 independent cable operators, said its agreement with NBCU includes rights to carry the Olympic games, multiplatform content and video-on-demand programming. NBCU announced similar agreements recently with Cablevision, Mediacom, Suddenlink and Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) FiOS TV. For more:
- see the NCTC release
- see the Charter release Related articles:
NCTC smooths TV Everywhere rollout for 80 small cable operators
Mediacom signs multiplatform carriage deal with NBCUniversal Read more about: NBCU, Charter Communications
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5. Intel said to be prepping set-top box
Intel apparently doesn't believe the set-top box is dead. The monster chipmaker reportedly will use its press conference at next week's CES in Las Vegas to introduce a new box that reports say will contain elements of premium cable TV reception with access to streaming video services like Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX). The box is apparently being aimed at the U.S. market, where it will be launched on a city-by-city regional basis so Intel can "overcome licensing hurdles" for local content, according to a story in TechCrunch. It's also aimed at folks who don't want to depend solely on streaming online video for their home entertainment. Intel's incursion into the cable-streaming set-top box business comes as both Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) dither away with planned introductions of competitive TV services and also after Google took steps to sell off its Motorola Home Business unit to Arris (Nasdaq: ARRS). The most immediate benefit to Intel would be the inclusion of more of its chips into more devices across a wider range of users. Intel had originally been part of a Google TV deal with smart TVs, but that seemed to fall apart over time. Now, sources told TechCrunch, the silicon maker wants to go it alone and "do it right." The box is expected to appeal to people who want a subscription TV service but also want streaming TV access: the best of both worlds that gives access to the MVPD-provided live content like sports and the streaming movies and TV shows which would be piped in via traditional streaming players like Redbox and Netflix. The TechCrunch piece, written by Josh Constine, also noted a feature that "could be a real game changer for the digital video recorder experience": technology that would let people recall and watch any programming that aired in the previous month on any subscribed channel. "That means no worrying about scheduling what to record," the story said, before qualifying that it's possible this isn't feasible but "if it is, it could convince people to ditch their current set-top box for one with Intel inside and out." For more:
- TechCrunch had this story Related articles:
Google's Motorola Home set-top box biz goes to Arris for $2.35B
Amino lands new customer for Live gateway platform
Apple will build TV and companion set-top, Brightcove CEO predicts Read more about: motorola, set-top box
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Also Noted SPOTLIGHT ON... Dish Network seeks wireless partner Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) CEO Joseph Clayton said the company is still looking for a partner to help it build a wireless broadband service using its LTE Advanced spectrum. In an interview with the Denver Business Journal, Clayton said Dish could partner with a wireless phone provider that needs spectrum and suggested that AT&T (NYSE: T), T-Mobile and MetroPCS are possibilities. FierceWireless has more of the Clayton interview. Read more Cable industry news from across the Web: > Former RCN CEO Peter Aquino was named executive chairman of the board at Primus Telecommunications Group. News release > CSG Systems said it will hold a conference call with investors on Feb. 5 to discuss its fourth quarter and 2012 results. News release > Liberty Interactive said CEO Greg Maffei will give a presentation at the Citi Global Internet, Media & Telecommunications Conference on Jan. 8. News release Online Video News > Netflix had to be happy to ring out the old year and ring in the new--especially after the way the old year ended. First the streaming service suffered a major malfunction on Christmas Eve; then its DVD website started acting up on New Year's Eve. Article Telecom News > AT&T and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 6 recently came to a tentative agreement with wireline workers in the telco's Southwest territory. Article And finally… Samsung Electronics said Stephen Woo, president of its System LSI Business, will give a keynote address on "Mobilizing Possibility" at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. News release > Globalstar's New "Wi-Fi" Super Highway - Tuesday, January 22nd, 11:00am EST/8:00 am PST This webinar will discuss the innovative technology, public benefits, and regulatory outlook of providing a new 22 MHz channel under the existing 802.11 IEEE standard. Join to learn technical aspects of TLPS deployment and the outlook for near-term relief from the FCC. Register Now!
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