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Today's Top News 1. Time Warner Cable first distributor to license TV Everywhere content from Discovery
Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA) is finally launching TV Everywhere content, announcing a deal Monday with Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) that includes "authenticated access to Discovery content in the near future." Discovery CEO David Zaslav told analysts on Oct. 31 that the programmer was close to signing its first carriage deals that included access to multiplatform content. "What will most likely happen, because we're supportive of TV Everywhere, is as we do renewals in the future, if we get the right value, we'll do it," Zaslav said on Discovery's third-quarter earnings call. TWC and Discovery didn't say if authenticated subscribers would be able to watch full-length programs from Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and other networks through mobile apps and websites from Discovery, or whether TWC would be able to add Discovery content to its TWC TV app. "Our customers will continue to enjoy Discovery's networks, in addition to a robust VOD experience, and we look forward to continually working with Discovery to provide more expansive out of home access to their content," TWC SVP of Content Acquisition Andrew Rosenberg said in a prepared statement. In addition to carriage of Discovery's linear networks and TV Everywhere content, TWC and Discovery said the deal will give TWC subscribers access to video-on-demand programming from several Discovery-owned networks, including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science, Hub Network, Military Channel, Velocity, Discovery Fit & Health and Discovery en Español. For more:
- see the release Special Report: Top 10 pay TV distributor apps: Who makes the cut? Related articles:
Discovery distribution revenue jumps 10% to $329M in Q3 2013
Discovery challenges Fox, ESPN with U.S. launch of Eurosport block on Velocity
Discovery eyes first TV Everywhere carriage deals
Hendricks: Discovery will charge subs 'very small' fees for TV Everywhere content
Discovery wages 'fight over value' in TV Everywhere negotiations with cable operators
Zaslav: Discovery could license networks to Intel Read more about: TV Everywhere, -Time Warner Cable
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2. CNBC launches live streaming app for Comcast, AT&T, Dish, Verizon subscribers
3. Mediacom to deploy Pace MG1 gateway with TiVo interface
4. Sling expanding to Roku and Windows 8.1 devices
EchoStar's Sling Media subsidiary said it launched a channel on Roku's over-the-top video platform that allows pay TV subscribers to watch live programming and DVR content, and that it will introduce an app for Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows 8.1 devices in December. Sling also introduced a new version of its software, SlingPlayer 3.0, which the company said is designed to be used by viewers who are watching content on TV and mobile devices at the same time. "SlingPlayer 3.0 turns the iPad into the first screen and second screen at the same time," the company said in Monday's announcement. EchoStar has marketed its Sling place-shifting set-tops and mobile video apps directly to consumers, and last month it struck a deal with Arris (Nasdaq: ARRS) which makes the set-top vendor the exclusive distributor of Sling devices to pay TV distributors. Sling's mobile video apps are currently available on Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iOS and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android devices. Sling said its Windows 8.1 app will allow users to access content from Sling devices on the Microsoft Surface tablets, in addition to PCs and laptops. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
EchoStar signs Arris as exclusive distributor for Sling Media products
Arris teams with Sling to launch place-shifting media streamer
EchoStar redesigns Slingbox set-tops Read more about: Sling, EchoStar
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5. Scripps promotes Page to GM of home category
Scripps Networks Interactive said Monday that it promoted company veteran Allison Page to GM of its home category, which includes HGTV, DIY Network and Great American Country. Page, who joined the company in 2001, reports to Kathleen Finch, who is president of the division. She has also worked previously at production companies that supply programming to Discovery, A&E and Lifetime. "Allison has the right combination of innovative thinking and 'straight-from-the-trenches' expertise that will keep us focused on maintaining our current ratings trajectory," Finch said in a prepared statement. For more:
- see the release Related articles:
Scripps veteran Lansing to succeed Beales as CTAM CEO
Jablin replacing Lansing as head of Scripps Networks Interactive Read more about: Scripps Networks Interactive
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