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Cablefax DailyTM Monday — October 15, 2018 What the Industry Reads First Volume 29 / No. 198 WICT Awards: Campbell, Weinand Receive Organization’s Highest Honor For the second year in a row, WICT expanded its highest honor “Woman of the Year” to recognize two powerful women in the industry. Qurate Retail Group’s chief merchandising and interactive officer Mary Campbell was awarded Woman of the Year - Programmer, and Mediacom evp for programming and HR Italia Commisso Weinand was honored with the award on the operator side. Both women spoke with Cablefax about their career journey, the importance of Diversity Week and WICT, and what they would tell their younger selves. Campbell transitioned into her role as chief merchandising and interactive office for Qurate in May after more than 20 years with QVC. Qurate houses retail brands such as QVC, HSN, Zulily and Garnet Hill. Campbell has held exec positions across merchandising, planning and commerce platforms. “My career began in merchandising, and I’ve never lost sight of the importance of always starting with great product. It’s all about finding unique items that make a difference for our customers, and then bringing those items to life through the power of storytelling across all our platforms,” Campbell said. Now with over 41 years in the industry, Wein- and joined Mediacom as its third employee, and worked to build the company from the bottom up into the nation’s fifth largest cable operator. “The dream was that we were going to go and serve the underserved rural markets of America’s heartland. Where companies like AT&T abandoned places like Iowa, Mediacom made them their little jewels,” Weinand said. “We did it and did it quickly. I was part of the management team with a heck of a lot of experience, and I brought to Mediacom the experience.” Campbell and Weinand have forged paths for women in the industry throughout their dynamic careers. “I put a lot of energy into staying connected and supporting younger female leaders, those who are just embark- ing on their journeys. I remind them that a career isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon, so it’s really important to take risks,” Camp- bell said. Weinand believes the key to a successful career is to always continue learning. “People want to look back and say I should’ve done this, could’ve done this, and I don’t believe in that. I think good or bad, your experience is a journey and how could I have done something better?” Weinand explained. “Everything is about learning. I’m not saying I did everything right, but I would tell my young self that the key to growing in anything and any kind of career is to continue learning.” Both women also highlighted the importance of WICT and Diversity Week. “WICT has become this powerful community of women—10,000 strong—supporting each other and advancing our industry. As a leader, I think it is important

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I was 23 years old, and the people in that room used to be mostly guys, and I used to sit in the room and was totally intimidated. I remember I went home crying every night because I was competing with some incredible individuals, and I thought they were so much more superior than me. But I never let it show.” The two will be celebrated at Monday’s WICT Touchstones Luncheon in NYC. The event also will recognize Women to Watch Kristine Faulkner of Cox Communications, A+E Networks’ Izabella Wiley and Arris’ Leslie Miles. Read full Q+As with Campbell and Weinand on Cablefax.com. The Fight that Never Ends: In the never-ending net neutrality saga, the FCC filed its brief Thursday defending the decision to restore ISPs to Title I regulation. The agency claims that challengers, which include Mozilla, Public Knowledge and various states, are essentially attempting to relitigate Brand X, where the US Supreme Court affirmed the FCC’s Title I/information services classification for broadband. The FCC said its legal analysis should suffice to uphold the Restoring Internet Freedom Order, but added that it also “reasonably considered” its impact on investment, competition, reliance interests and government services and argued that it was correct in determining that any state or local efforts to require more stringent requirements should be preempted (looking at you California). TWD Still Walking; Biondi Joins Board: Don’t count AMC’s “The Walking Dead” out just because ratings are falling. L+3 data for Sunday’s premiere show the audience grew by 47% compared to L+SD to 8.7mln. That’s better than the typical 33% growth the show has previously seen. Yes, viewers are down—the Season 9 premiere was down 46% in 18-49s and 47% in total viewers from the Season 8 debut. But linear shows in general are seeing slides. Among 18- 49s L+3, ABC’s premiere of “The Good Doctor” was down 51% compared to the prior season premiere. NBC’s “This is Us” was off by 25%, while CBS’ “Big Bang Theory” was down 33%. And it’s worth remembering that TWD is still the No 1 show on cable and #2 on all of linear TV (behind “This is Us”). Also notable: The ep was made available 24 hours early for customers of the AMC Premiere upgrade option and that drove the biggest single day of new customer additions in the history of the service. In other AMC Networks news, the company expanded its board to 15 directors from 14. Former Viacom and Universal Studios chmn Frank Biondi was appointed as a director by the board. Strap On Your Capes: Diversity Week is shaping up to be a super week. In addition to the WICT Leadership Confer- ence, the 32nd Annual NAMIC Conference, themed “Empower Leaders, Create Super Heroes,” kicks off Tuesday. The event will be the first industry appearance for new association pres/CEO Shuanise Washington. The NAMIC conference is co-chaired by Mediacom evp Italia-Commisso Weinand and TV One gm Michelle Rice,. The conference plans to feature a number of everyday heroes, including CNN’s Don Lemon, BET CEO Emeritus Debra Lee, Revolt’s Roma Khanna and Univision’s Janet Rodriguez. -- The annual Walter Kaitz Foundation fundraising dinner closes the week of diversity events Wednesday night. We’re told to expect some violin hip hop courtesy of Ovation (Google the duo Sons Cablefax DailyTM Monday, October 15, 2018 ● Page 3 of Mystro). Miss America Nia Franklin will speak and dinner co-chairs Josh Cablefax Dashboard Sapan of AMC Networks and Dave Watson of Comcast will bring up a Tweet Tweet Research few of their rising stars to present two ➢ 6mln smart plugs will be sold in the awards given out at the event. Univi- US in 2023, with sales revenues nearing sion’s Pamela Silva Conde will host $200mln. the evening, with NCTA chief Michael Powell closing out the night. ➢ 23% of consumers who do not intend Hurricane Michael: The number of to purchase a smart home device point to FL cable and wireline outages report- security and privacy concerns as the main ed to the FCC as of 11am ET Friday barrier. swelled to 252K+ from 186K the day before. GA had more than 103K subs ➢ Among consumers who reported without service, while AL was hovering issues with their connected devices in around 18K. Four broadcast stations, 2018, 32% reported a loss of wireless WDHN, WFXL, WMBB and WVUP- connectivity. CD, were still out of service. British Invasion: BBC Studios Los (Source: Parks Associates’ Angeles and Lionsgate Television “Smart Home Tracker: Market are coming together to identify, co- Sizing and Trends”) develop and co-fund scripted formats and original IP for the US. Both will Up Ahead Quotable create original series while drawing upon formats from the BBC catalog. October 15-16: WICT Leadership “I don’t think we’re trying to compete or Conference; NYC replace, but what we are doing is creating Teach Me More: Comcast intro- breakout programming across all genres. duced a customer discovery hub into October 15-18: MIPCOM 2018; We’re not trying to overwhelm with quanti- its X1 platform that shares tips and Cannes, France ty. It’s all about quality and making impact. tricks, answers questions and informs Our business model and creative model customers on how they can improve October 16: Cablefax & NAMIC and strategy model is much different in their experience. 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Cablefax DailyTM Tuesday — October 16, 2018 What the Industry Reads First Volume 29 / No. 199 WLC 2018: Can Women Have It All? Can women have it all? After Day 1 of Diversity Week 2018, it certainly seems so. The week kicked off at the Marriott Marquis in NYC Monday with the commencement of the 2018 WICT Leadership Conference. The event broke records, with more than 800 people attending the conference and 1.1K people at the Touchstones Luncheon. WICT pres/CEO Maria Brennan introduced the opening session by celebrating the launch of the organization’s third international chapter, headquartered in Amsterdam. “WICT now serves 10,366 members globally making this the biggest and strongest WICT in our 39-year history,” Brennan said. The conference also marks Charter vp Marva Johnson’s first as chairman of the board. “A workplace that is diverse and inclusive is a better place, plain and simple,” Johnson said. David Cohen, senior evp & chief diversity officer for Comcast, celebrated massive gains in representation throughout the company, noting that Comcast has seen a 63% increase of women at the vp level and a 91% increase in people of color at the vp level since 2011. Now, 52% of all 164K employees report to a woman or POC. The morning ended with Bon- nie Hammer, chmn NBCU Cable Entertainment, sitting down with “MSNBC Live” anchor Stephanie Ruhle. Hammer discussed all aspects of her transformative career, saying an exec is only as successful as the people they surround themselves with. “It’s the people you hire,” Hammer said. “You can’t do it alone. You have to surround yourself with the best and the brightest and I’m very excited to say that over half my direct reports are women, and they’re absolutely the best in their skill. And of course I have some great guys too, but it’s all about the people you surround yourself with and knowing how to listen, how to hear, how to help them become better at what you do.” Hammer also denounces the idea that cable is a “dying industry,” noting that she herself transitioned from a broadcast career when at the time it did not seem to make sense. “It has been a phenomenal ride, I don’t think I could do what I’m doing right now if I hadn’t grown up in cable and having to do everything. I love it. It’s been an incredible ride and I think the programming that we do toe-to-toe can challenge anything on broadcast or the streamers right now.” And when asked the age-old question if women truly can balance a family and a career, as in “can women have it all?” Hammer said yes, but with a caveat. “Women can have it all, but not at the same time,” she explained. “People think you can have balance in your life on a day-to-day basis, but it’s BS. It just doesn’t happen. You’re always going to feel guilty at some point in time. You have to

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view The FiNalisTs aNd regisTer aT www.CableFaxprogramawards.Com Cablefax DailyTM Tuesday, October 16, 2018 ● Page 4 such a scenario would lead to increased retrans fees. As for same-market MVPDs, ACA argued it would result in the same vertical integration problem the DOJ outlined in its objections to the AT&T-Time Warner merger. WICT Notebook: Among the breakout sessions at Monday’s WICT Leadership Conference was a discussion on the digital revolution and the rise of artificial intelligence. “I’ve really seen the company transform from a cable company to a true innovation company. We’re at the intersection of technology and media, and we’re taking the best of both of those worlds and bringing our customers the best of those experiences,” said Jeanine Heck, vp, AI product, Comcast. “Artificial intelligence is really just teaching computers to think like humans, or even beyond what humans can do.” Heck explained Comcast currently has multiple applied AI verticals: media analytics, content discovery, the digital home, customer experience and voice control, which includes more than 20mln remotes in customer homes and 6bln commands deployed over 2017. “We take anonymized and aggregated data, we label it, and we take those labels and train the engine with it. When you get into more complicated speech, you can have a lot of consuming utterances. Understanding people’s intent is really challenging, but data labeling is one of the best ways to train your engine and make it smarter,” Heck said. WICT Touchstone Lunch: The highlight Diversity Week Day 1 was the WICT Touchstones Luncheon. Before the honorees were awarded, WICT surprised attendees with a short panel between IFC Films & Sundance Selects co-pres Lisa Schwartz, IFC Film’s “Wildlife” writer/ep Zoe Kazan and actress Carey Mulligan, star of the film. All three women gave life advice to their younger selves, highlighting the importance of women. Kazan said “I’ve just had a baby, and women have come out of the woodwork to help me. Other women are like a battery power we all have, this incredible source of strength.” WICT honored Kristine Faulkner, svp, gm, Cox Home Security & Smart Home; Izabella Wiley, gm, A+E Networks Poland & CEE A&E Networks; and Leslie Iles, vp, corporate programs & indirect procurement for Arris with Women to Watch honors. Wiley became the first person from Central and Eastern Europe to receive the award.Media - com programming & HR evp Italia Commisso Weinand and Qurate Retail chief merchandising & interactive officer Mary Campbell took home the Women of the Year awards. Try as she might, Weinand couldn’t help but get political. Making it known she was an immigrant from Italy, she jokingly said “They warned me not to get political!” after audience applause. In her speech, she emphasized “freedom and respect to all. Let me say that again. Freedom and respect to all, especially when the stakes are high.” Diversity Week continues tomorrow with WICT Day 2 and NAMIC Day 1. Data Dealing: Marketers using FreeWheel will now be able to leverage DRIVE, a suite of advanced advertising solutions designed to help marketers reach consumers on platforms such as OTT and digital video. The DRIVE initiative builds on FreeWheel’s collaboration with Nielsen to expand measurement to OTT inventory and connected TV on demand. DRIVE allows for the measurement of audiences using Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings, which delivers a view of digital audiences in a similar way to how linear audience measurement would be delivered. -- Standard Me- dia Index is upping its accuracy through an agreement with Nielsen. Starting on Oct 23, SMI will leverage Nielsen Ad Intel’s occurrence level data as the source of spots for its AccuTV national TV product. AccuTV models out 30% of ad spend for SMI using occurrence data. Working with 5 of the 7 major media holding groups and independents, SMI determines 70% of the ad spend in the national TV market and 60% of premium digital. The deal also expands SMI’s coverage from the top 75 networks to more than 130 channels. FCC Fire: The FCC’s 12th Street HQ was set to reopen Tuesday after sprinklers were activated over the weekend to put out a small fire on the fifth floor. The water caused localized damage on that floor as well as several floors below, with the headquarters closing Monday for assessment and remediation. No word from the FCC on what caused the flames. Black Hills Broadband: Vast Broadband is on track to deliver 1 Gig speeds to the Black Hills, SD, starting in No- vember. Between residential and business customers, Vast serves nearly 60K customers in the region. This isn’t the end of Vast’s rollouts. It plans to bring 1 Gig service to consumers in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota starting in early 2019. Retail in Mobile: Comcast opened its first Xfinity customer retail store in Mobile, AL. The 4000 square-foot facility is part of the company’s broader national effort to positively transform how customers do business with Comcast. It features an automated payment kiosk, multiple service counters, interactive demonstration and dedicated showcase areas. Holiday Marketing: Hallmark Channel teamed with Cost Plus World Market for a sweeps that will give one winner a walk-in role on an upcoming original movie on the net, as well as a $2K World Market gift card. It’s all part of Hall- mark’s “Countdown to Christmas” celebration. In addition, World Market will be the exclusive retailer of The Republic of Tea’s “Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas” tea. Cablefax DailyTM Tuesday, October 16, 2018 ● Page 5 CFX TECH The Professor: A Tech Rock Star “In this world, the Professor and Abdul have become mini-rock stars,” SSIMWAVE vp, marketing, Saj Jamal It takes a lot more than a stable WiFi connection to said, describing how other tech professionals have liter- deliver that video to your TV, smart phone or tablet at the ally asked for selfies with the duo. quality that you’re looking for—let alone finding a way to watch without buffering! Wang’s idea may seem fairly obvious. With the rapid growth of video distribution, why not create a more ac- Behind the scenes, the focus used to be on the quality- curate way to determine the visual QoE? In reality, it’s of-service provided to users. Technicians would base key taken 20 years to bring that idea to life. It was in a 1998 metrics off of bandwidth, package drop rate and network paper on video quality assessment where Wang said that delay. Today, the concerns have morphed, instead center- a video’s quality should not be determined by measuring ing around how users will perceive the quality of the stream a signal. Instead, it should be measured by how a human and if the creative intent of the producers themselves has being sees video. While his peers discouraged him from been properly preserved during the distribution process. pursuing the idea, he kept pursuing it. While he would call But what if there was a framework that could be used it an “interesting problem,” Jamal still tells the Prof that “an by everyone from engineers to executives to determine interesting problem to you is ‘let’s find the most difficult exactly where things are falling apart in the distribution problem on the planet and solve it.’” channel? This problem is what one man affectionately The easiest and best solution to ensure smooth, faithful known as “The Professor” hopes to have solved. video delivery would be to place human inspectors at Dr Zhou Wang, SSIMWAVE chief science officer and co- every stage, from encoding to routing to rendering and founder, is proposing a unified end-to-end framework that everything in between. Of course, that’s far from viable. will determine Quality-of-Experience, a metric that mea- CEO Rehman and Zeng, who were Wang’s students, sures “the overall acceptability of an application or service worked together on how to make that base idea work as perceived subjectively by the end-user.” This QoE is in the digital age while also future-proofing as much meant to take the place of the now outdated QoS metric. as possible. The end result was what they now call the Underneath that framework is the Structural Similarity SSIMPLUS Live Monitor. (the SSIM) algorithm that earned him an Engineering Emmy Award back in 2015. It’s now become the most- The team created objective QoE monitoring probes widely used QoE algorithm in the world, seeing more than that should “see” and “behave” like human inspectors, 44K academic citations as of July 2018. He’d be quick to perceiving each and every pixel like humans. They then tell you that he didn’t do it alone, looking to his other co- assign a specific score for the stream at that point in the founders and PhDs Abdul Rehman and Kai Zeng. process. If the score drops at any point in the process, engineers can quickly identify an issue within the stream The group will be on-hand at next week’s SCTE-ISBE and fix it, sometimes before a viewer would even notice. Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta. Wang will be presenting his paper on the solution at Monday’s “How to Enhance QoE At this point, it’s all about adoption. This form of video for Video and WiFi Services” panel at 2:15pm. The group monitoring is attempting to shift how an entire industry has has exhibited in the past, granting them an opportunity to approached the issue for decades. SSIMWAVE told CFX bring together the scientists behind the tech with the client that SSIMPLUS has already been deployed to millions of companies. US subs, and if the Prof’s enthusiasm has anything to do with it, things will only grow from here. – Sara Winegardner

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Submit your entries for Cablefax Digital & Tech Awards, honoring excellence in digital content, social media, online content, as well as recognizing outstanding products, strategy, implementation and people in broadcast, cable and digital technology. Enter Now at www.cablefax.com/awards Cablefax DailyTM Tuesday, October 16, 2018 ● Page 6 Cox Hampton Roads 40th Anniversary Report There’s a rich history behind Cox Hampton Roads. It and more importantly, engage with the community in was the birthplace of Cox Business Services in 1993, a meaningful way so we can celebrate. And it allowed and with its large military presence, including the world’s us to tell the great story of our past, but also look to the largest naval base, shipyards and miles of waterfront future and what’s to come with the Internet of Things,” property, it’s been a good test market for other services Myers said. over the years. It’s also where president Pat Esser started his Cox Communications career. One of the ways Cox Virginia stepped up to celebrate was by launching a 40 Acts of Kindness campaign this summer, with 40 acts of kindness that totaled $40K donated throughout the Hampton Roads community. Sometimes it was something fun like tickets to a concert. Other acts included employee volunteer projects within the community, such as an elementary school make- over. Four nonprofits received $3500 grants, with groups nominated by United Way and then Cox VA employees voted on which ones they felt should receive the money (Cox Virginia provided $2500 and United Way added $1000 to each).

Among the grant recipients is The Peninsula Agency on James Robbins collaborates with several team members. Aging, which said the money will keep 30 seniors fed for Robbins ran Cox Communications for two decades; a month via Meals on Wheels or provide 30 non-emer- during that time, he expanded Cox fourfold and made gency medical trips. customer service a high priority in an industry where it had not always been valued. “We were surprised and honored that Cox employees chose PAA as one of the non-profits to support. So often, “Cox Virginia will always be special to me. I drove there and understandably, the focus of this type of initiative is almost 40 years ago hoping for a job; it’s turned into a on children and education so it was gratifying to see Cox life-enriching journey where I continue to learn every day,” employees include older adults,” said PAA pres/CEO Esser said. “Virginia was also one of the early markets William Massey. “I think this just goes to show how the where Cox offered business telecom services, something community and wonderful organizations like Cox Com- that has become a growth engine for the company and munications are starting to see how important it is to delivers almost $2.5 billion in revenue today. We continue support the work done by PAA in support of older adults, to thrive when our teams closest to the customer take their caregivers and our communities.” calculated risks in response to market opportunities.”

When the region’s 40th anniversary rolled around this year, leadership decided to do more than cut a sheet cake and hand out corporate swag to employees. “Cox started in 1898 and we kind of operate, in my opinion, with a higher purpose. We really focus on investing in our communities—where we live, where we serve, where our employees also live,” said Cox Virginia svp J.D. Myers, II, who has spent 13 years with Cox, all in Virginia. Four years ago, he began running the entire division, which includes Roanoke and Northern Virginia along with Hampton Roads. Pete Hogge (L), a 40-year Cox veteran, with George “For me, the anniversary was an opportunity to en- Guion, a former Cox 11 employee, at the Virginia Beach gage with our employees, engage with our customers Pavilion for a Ham Radio convention. Cablefax DailyTM Tuesday, October 16, 2018 ● Page 7

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The 40th anniversary initiative has been so successful that Cox VA is looking at using it on a smaller scale for other milestones, such as anniversaries of its first digital customer or first Gigablast customer. Next year, when Cox Northern Vir- ginia turns 20, it will be tweaked for that market. “It’s almost a turnkey now,” said Myers, a proud veteran who has made sure the military community is well represented in Cox Virginia employees selected four nonprofits to receive $3500 grants as the celebration. part of its 40 Acts of Kindness campaign for Hampton Road’s 40th anniversary. And at the heart of the campaign Cox parent Cox Enterprises is 120 years old this year, are Cox employees. Hampton Roads has several team founded by James M. Cox, who later served as Ohio’s members who have celebrated at least 30 years with governor and was the Democratic nominee for president the company. They joined Myers and Esser for a special in 1920 with Franklin Roosevelt as his running mate. breakfast last month along with other employees from all “As a company, Cox has been and always will be very Virginia markets. The area has two employees who have people centric. Our founder James M. Cox always said, been there for 40 years. One of those, Pete Hogge, Cox ‘If you do what’s right for people, you do what’s right for Business operations supervisor, is based in Hampton employees, they will do what’s right for business and in Roads. He was appropriately feted, throwing out the first turn society,’” explained Nneka Chiazor, vp, public & govt pitch at the Norfolk Tides game for Cox Family Night at affairs for Cox VA. “So we started planning with how do the ballpark. Passing on Cox’s legacy of giving back is we what’s right for employees and how do we have that as important to leaders as firmly establishing Cox’s posi- ripple effect.” tion as a connectivity company. That ripple effect is going beyond Cox VA’s imagination. “I spend time with every new hire. I carve out an hour “Since we’ve started the 40 Acts of Kindness, other compa- each monthly for every new hire class that comes in and nies in the area have started asking, ‘should we do this Acts spend time talking about being part of the community,” of Kindness as a region?’ Maybe for the month of X or for said Myers. “I say, ‘if you’re not a person engaging in the this cause. Those conversations are happening now,” Chi- community and you don’t have a desire to be part of it, azor said, crediting United Way of Virginia Peninsula pres/ you picked the wrong company to work for.’” CEO Steven Kast for helping come up with the idea.

Other components of the anniversary campaign have included showing off the future, with Cox VA nearing Gigabit rollouts for the entire footprint. Cox Virginia held a “Leaders Conference” that Esser attended along with community leaders such as Virginia Beach mayor Louis Jones. Cox Virginia made a $10K donation to the area’s Dress for Success chapter and filmed a PSA for the group. The division also just wrapped a scavenger hunt that sent charitable organizations and businesses in the Hampton Roads area out to find various locations in the area. The winner receives $10K for the participant’s designated charity, after completing tasks such as danc- Cox’s 40 Acts of Kindness Campaign included several ing the Cotton Eye Joe outside Portsmouth’s Hill House giveaways, like these surprise Zac Brown Band concert Museum or taking a boy band selfie with the statue of tickets. TWC_Cablefax_Fullpage_Ad_10112018.indd 1 10/11/18 4:19 PM ÿ ÿÿ ÿ!ÿ"#$%ÿ&'("# ¹Â

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Cablefax DailyTM Wednesday — October 17, 2018 What the Industry Reads First Volume 29 / No. 200 Sports & Tech: The Future of RSNs and Next Gen Media RSNs have had their issues over the years, from ratings hits to carriage drama, but network executives have no doubt about their future. “Live sports is the last and best reality television, it’s the only television that is appointment viewing anymore, so with it we have the best product in TV,” Ted Griggs, pres, group leader and strategic production and programming for NBC Sports Regional Networks, said Monday during a session at the NeuLion Sports Media & Technology conference presented by SportsBusiness Journal. Despite concerns around cord cutting, RSNs are still thriving. “There’s certainly transition in the industry. We’ve seen some slippage in the last 3 or 4 years,” said NESN pres/CEO Sean Mc- Grail. “We’re still a big believer in the bundle, and we do everything we can to promote, reinforce and support that distribution stream.” Despite minor ratings drops, he said NESN saw 72% of its telecasts rated No. 1, with the net winning prime seven days a week for six months in a row—thanks to the Red Sox strong season. Over in LA, Charter is feeling good about the Lakers with Lebron James joining the team. “That’s probably going to increase our ratings. We still have very good ratings that are above where the Dodgers were just 5-10 years ago,” said Daniel Finnerty, svp & gm for Spectrum Networks, which includes Dodgers channel Spectrum SportsNet LA and Spectrum SportsNet, home to the Lakers. While the vibe for linear RSNs was upbeat, that doesn’t mean the nets don’t recognize the importance of streaming and vMVPDs. Rather, the consensus is that more people prefer to consume sports live. “Streaming is a growing number, which is a great thing,” NBC Sports’ Griggs said. “Virtual MVPDs have been a godsend to our businesses, and another reason why streaming is so important. As the cable universe shrinks a little bit, live sports and RSNs are more important. People who are sports fans are not cutting the cord. They’re probably the last people who are going to cut the cord. We’re the most important thing to the cable subscriber.” There continues to be a lot of discussion over how to divide resources when it comes to sports, particularly as players like Amazon and Facebook step in to the sports arena. “We’re really bal- ancing where to spend our time and where to invest our money. We have a traditional ecosystem—the reports of its de- mise are exaggerated. We’re also spending a lot of time and a lot of money investing in our DTC platform,” Turner Sports COO Matt Hong said during an earlier session at the conference. Facebook is currently experimenting in both long- and short-form sports content. “We look at that data and learn from that before we make the decision for the next steps,” Peter

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For more information, please call 914-579-1000 or email [email protected] Cablefax DailyTM Wednesday, October 17, 2018 ● Page 4 in most of the areas affected by Hurricane Michael, the slow progress in restoring wireless service in areas close to where the hurricane made landfall is completely unacceptable,” FCC chmn Ajit Pai said in a statement Tuesday. “I am therefore joining Governor Scott in calling on wireless carriers to waive the bills of Floridians in these affected areas for the month of October and to allow them to change carriers without penalty,” Pai said. As of 11am ET Tues- day, 61.5% of cell sites in Bay County weren’t working, the FCC said. Cable/wireline outages have been steadily improving at 138K in FL Tuesday, up from 157K the day before. NAMIC Notebook: NAMIC launched its 2018 NYC conference Tuesday with CNN anchor Don Lemon recounting his har- rowing journey from Louisiana to the halls of CNN where he has become one of the most recognizable names in news. But he said he never expected politics to get so toxic. “Everything has changed when it comes to this new world order and beyond in the media,” said Lemon, who when recalling racism early in his career said he never thought “that I would be fighting those very same forces now.” Lemon said he now receives death threats, but “I am here for it, and I am ready to live up to the challenge. I have no choice. There are people who look like me and who I represent every single day. I’m the only person who likes me in primetime in cable news. I’m a unicorn.” He called this “the most important time in recent history—maybe ever—to be a journalist in the United States of America… The role of media has never been more important. It has never been more dangerous.” In a panel following Lemon’s remarks, TV journalists said the lack of civility may not be worse than, say, the Civil War—but it’s still disturbing as news consumers look at the world through a tribal lens. “We’re seeing the world through the prisms of red and blue,” said Juju Chang, co-anchor, of ABC News’ “Nightline.” Jeff Ballou, news editor of Al Jazeera and immediate past president, National Press Club, predicted “more gridlock” in Congress after the mid-term elections—no matter which side comes out on top. “What I’m not seeing is courage,” he said of politicians unwilling to come out of partisan enclaves. “Compromise has become such a dirty word in Washington.” Me Too: Diversity Week continued with Day 2 of the WICT Leadership Conference Tuesday. The organization held a “Beyond the Hashtags” event discussing the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, led by WICT pres/CEO Maria Brennan. Panelists discussed sexual harassment in the office, the movements in general and how the industry can seek to combat harassment and change the culture and dialogue. “Respect for women really starts with culture, and it starts in the home,” said TV One gm Michelle Rice. “I started in the television business and the newsroom, and it was very sexist at times. I always had a voice, and I knew the kind of culture I wanted to work in. I’m a MeToo survivor, but I had the courage in one job to leave. And those things are difficult, especially when you have bills to pay. It has definitely fueled how I manage my team at TV One.” Statistics show that as many as one in three women and one in four men experience sexual harassment in the office. “When you lose women who are talented and can move your organization forward, you lose a lot of equity. You also lose what is ultimately a lot of soul. The exit rates for women who are sexually harassed are exponentially higher,” Brennan said. Activist and actress Alyssa Milano was also part of the panel discussion. “I think that cable and premium programming has always allowed women to be more faceted and flawed. I think that as art in general goes, we have a lot of opportunity to break through any divide we may be feeling in the country right now,” Milano explained. “The only thing that’s bridging the divide right now is art and entertainment. We can never forget that power.” NAMIC Breakfast: NAMIC’s Diversity Week festivities got underway early Tuesday morning with a breakfast honoring Cablefax’s 2018 Most Influential Minorities in Cable. A panel discussion at the event, led by Cablefax publisher Michael Grebb, tackled personalized content, AI machine learning and VR/AR. Panelist and Cablefax honoree Raj Bahl, A+E Networks svp, CTO, believes that machine learning will only become increasingly important to the industry. “When we have that connection, we can serve them a personalized experience. We can use these technologies to target them personally. I think there is more to come here, this is only the beginning of what these technologies

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namic.com Cablefax DailyTM Wednesday, October 17, 2018 ● Page 5 enable,” Bahl said. Also on stage was fellow honoree Rob King, ESPN svp, original content, newsgathering, and digital media. King discussed how VR can be used to create empathy among viewers, even though the tech itself still has a ways to go. “I still think there’s an opportunity. I think there’s a huge opportunity to create experiences that drive empathy,” King explained. “We did a really moving experience, the life of a young, physically challenged Ohio State fan. After that, you can’t walk past someone in a stadium in a chair and think of them the same way again.” NFL Uptick: After two years of decline, it looks like NFL ratings are poised to stay on the up-and-up. Overall ratings this season heading into Week 7 are slightly up from the last two years, and should stay that way. The reason? “More than anything else it can be attributed to good football,” Jeremy Carey, managing director for Optimum Sports, said at the NeuLion Sports Media & Technology Conference presented by SportsBusiness Journal. “A different level of talent that seems to be on the field right now. There’s a lot of factors out there, it’s tough to put a number on how they’ve impacted the lead. What’s really interesting about this year is we’re seeing the reach is that lower point, but the frequency and time spent viewing is increasing.” Though reach may be down, panelists agreed the most important measurement is the average minute audience. “When you’re talking about uniques and reach, I think that confuses the issue. I’d like to think that the industry has come a long way in framing it up that way, five years ago we were in a much more confusing place and the confusion disadvantaged television,” said Mike Mulvi- hill, evp, research, league operations and strategy, Fox Sports. Brendan Kirsch, vp, media analytics consulting, at Nielsen, agreed. “Our entire strategy in measuring ratings will be based on the average minute audience,” he said. Remembering Paul Allen: It’s been years since Paul Allen controlled Charter, but many in the industry remembered his influence as news broke Monday evening that theMicrosoft co-founder had died at age 65. The cause was complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Among cable vets, there are the memories of dessert aboard his yacht at past industry shows, and of course, the time The Paul Allen band rocked NCTA’s Battle of the Bands charity event. He joined the industry in 1998 by buying Marcus Cable, following it with a series of purchases that created Charter. Eventually the heavy debt load took its toll, with Charter filing for bankruptcy and Allen reducing his holdings and focusing more on Vulcan, the company behind his network of businesses and initiatives. “We at Charter are saddened to hear of the passing of Paul Allen. Paul was a true visionary. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends,” a Charter statement read. NCTA pres/CEO Michael Powell called Allen a visionary innovator and philanthropist who helped shape the world of connectivity today. “During a time of profound change in our business some 20 years ago, Paul invested in our business substantial time, energy, and resources, envisioning a ‘wired world’ and helping transform our industry into the principal source of information, communications, and entertainment that it is today,” Powell said. “Paul’s collaborative engagement over the years with NCTA and its member companies resonated throughout our industry, enriching our progress in technology, business, and the customer experience.” Riding Solo: Ooyala’s current management team completed a buyout of the company from Telstra Monday. Telstra is set to remain a go-to-market partner and customer while Ooyala focuses on growing revenues through market adoption of the Ooyala Flex Media Platform. “With this transaction we’re ushering in an exciting new chapter for our company, positioning ourselves to invest even more aggressively in our client solutions,” Ooyala CEO Jonathan Hu- berman said in a statement. “We’re now much better equipped to more nimbly drive Ooyala’s growth—innovating our own technologies as well as acquiring others that deliver the best customer satisfaction.” Growing Skinny Bundle: More content is available on Philo’s skinny bundle service. The $20/month tiered package now includes aspireTV, REVOLT and UPtv, bringing the total number of channels to more than 50. Philo’s base package remains $16/month, while users can add 12 additional channels for $4/month. NBCU People Mover: Dawn Olmstead was elevated to pres, Universal Cable Productions and Wilshire Studios. She was named co-pres of the studios back in January along with George Cheeks. Last month, Cheeks was named as co-chair for NBC Entertainment with Bob Greenblatt’s departure. “Now Dawn will officially and deservedly take sole reins of the job,” NBCU Cable Entertainment chmn Bonnie Hammer wrote in a memo to staffers. Andra Shapiro was promoted to evp, gen counsel, legal and business affairs for NBCU Cable Entertainment, reporting to Hammer and NBCU’s Kim Harris. -- Laura Molen and Mark Marshall were upped to presidents, NBCU Advertising Sales and Partnerships, reporting to chmn Linda Yaccarino. Molen will continue to lead Lifestyle and Hispanic ad sales, adding Cable Entertainment, News Advertising and Digital Partnerships. Marshall will continue to head up Entertainment and will add Sports, Advanced Advertising Sales, as well as Client Partnerships. 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› Cori Abraham, Oxygen Media › Ann Carlsen, Carlsen Resources › Mandy Esposito, Altice USA › Tricia Alcamo, Charter Communications › Jennifer Caserta, AMC Networks › Karen Etzkorn, Qurate Retail Group › Elizabeth Allan-Harrington, Pop › Sherita Ceasar, Comcast Cable › Mirna Eusebio, Altice USA › Adria Alpert Romm, Discovery › Sofia Chang, HBO › Jessica Fang, Fox Networks Group › Lisa Gonzalez Anselmo, Altice USA › Lynn Charytan, Comcast Corp. and › Kristine Faulkner, Cox Communications › Rebecca Arbogast, Comcast Comcast Cable › Rita Ferro, The Walt Disney Company NBCUniversal › Mary Collins, Media Financial › Charlotte Field, Charter › Janice Arouh, Entertainment Studios Management Association (MFM) & Communications Networks Broadcast Cable Credit Association › Kathleen Finch, Discovery (BCCA) › Sarah Aubrey, TNT - Turner › Lisa Fischer, UP TV and Aspire › Italia Commisso-Weinand, Mediacom Entertainment › Sena Fitzmaurice, Comcast Corp. › › Bernadette Aulestia, HBO Lori Conkling, NBCUniversal › Catherine Frymark, Discovery › Sarah Barnett, BBC AMERICA › Norma Cordova, Charter › Johanna Fuentes, Showtime Networks Communications › Wendy Bass, NBC Sports Group › Leslie Furuta, Pop › Angela Courtin, YouTube › Molly Battin, Turner › Jennifer Gaiski, Comcast Cable › Jill Cress, National Geographic › Barbara Bekkedahl, The Weather › Lauren Gellert, WE tv › Meeri Cunniff, E! Entertainment Channel › Tanya Giles, Comedy Central › Nancy Daniels, Discovery & Factual › Karen Bennett, Cox Communications › Sarah Gitchell, Comcast Cable › Susanne Daniels, YouTube › Nomi Bergman, Advance Newshouse › Courtney Goldstein, Comcast › Kristine Dankenbrink, Comcast Corp. Partnership › Sujata Gosalia, Cox Communications › Debra Sharon Davis, The Davis › Carolyn Bernstein, National Geographic › Andrea Greenberg, MSG Networks Communications Group › Pamela Bertino, Pop TV › Bonnie Hammer, NBCUniversal › Noopur Davis, Comcast Cable › Frances Berwick, NBCUniversal Cable › Kimberley Harris, NBCUniversal Entertainment › Kelly Day, Viacom › Denice Hasty, Comcast Business › Tricia Betron, ESPN › Sandra Dewey, TBS & TNT - Turner › Zenita Henderson, SCTE•ISBE › Jamia Bigalow, Fox Networks Group Entertainment Networks › Nina L Diaz, MTV, VH1 and Logo › Jana Henthorn, The Cable Center › Catherine Bohigian, Charter › › Kim Dickson, Spectrum Reach, Charter Jessica Herrera-Flanigan, Univision Communications Communications Communications › Lisa Bonnell, Comcast Corp. › Jennifer Hightower, Cox › Susanna Dinnage, Animal Planet › Val Boreland, NBCUniversal Communications › Kristin Dolan, 605 › Tamara Bowens, Charter › Alison Hoffman, Starz › Communications Jennifer Dorian, Turner › Cindy Holland, Netflix › Maria Brennan, Women in Cable › Amy Doyle, MTV, VH1 and LOGO › Dale Hopkins, iN DEMAND Telecommunications (WICT) › Christine Driessen, ESPN › Lisa Hsia, Bravo & Oxygen Media › Sherry Brennan, Fox Networks Group › Shannon Driver, Discovery › Susette Hsiung, Disney Channels › Kerry Brockhage, NBCUniversal › Stephanie Druley, ESPN Worldwide › Elaine Frontain Bryant, A+E Networks › Nancy Dubuc, VICE Media › Liz Hsu, Altice USA › Karen Buchholz, Comcast Corp. › Rosalyn Durant, ESPN › Melissa Ingram, Aspire TV › Dawn Callahan, Boingo Wireless › Carol Eggert, Comcast NBCUniversal › Amy Introcaso-Davis, E! Entertainment › Mary Campbell, Qurate Retail Group › Teresa Elder, WOW! internet, tv & phone › Tana Jamieson, A+E Networks

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Abbey Muneer

By: Lidia Evita, Staff Writer for World Liberty TV

This year’s conference, co-hosted by Honorary Co-Chairs Mediacom’s Executive Vice President Italia Commisso Weinand and TV One’s General Manager Michelle Rice, reinforces NAMIC’s mission to educate, advocate and empower for multi-ethinic diversity in the communications industry by offering extraordinary experiences. Everyday super heroes such as CNN’s Don Lemon, BET’s Debra L. Lee, REVOLT’s Roma Khanna, Univision’s Janet Rodriguez, ABC’s Juju Chang, The Undefeated’s Soraya Nadia McDonald and more, are participating as either speakers, moderators or panelists to provide attendees with invaluable insight from real-life scenarios and situations.

1/4 The Following events took place during the 2 day Namic Conference 2018:

Keynote Address with Don Lemon :Keynote Speaker: Don Lemon, Anchor, “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon” , Don Lemon, an accomplished news anchor and Emmy award-winning journalist of “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon,” is bringing an insightful, barrier-breaking story to the conference’s Opening Session. The respected news professional will set the tone for this year’s conference theme, “Empower Leaders, Create Superheroes,” and illuminate multiculturalism by sharing his inspiring journey and thought-provoking insights. This session is sponsored by Charter Communications.

Luncheon – Presented in Partnership with WICT and Sponsored by The Walter Kaitz Foundation Patrick Mellon Mentorship Program Luncheon :Keynote Speaker: John Kobara, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer California Community Foundation .

Description: NAMIC initially established the L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Program mentorship program in 1993, and in 1997, renamed it in honor of the late L. Patrick Mellon, an executive Women attendees in attendance with ESPN, Inc, one of NAMIC’s founding members, and a respected mentor in the cable industry.

The goal of the L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Program is to aid NAMIC members in growing their careers in the telecommunications industry by matching them with mentors who can assist them with their professional advancement strategies. Previous luncheon speakers include Elizabeth Vargas, Norman Lear, Juju Chang, comedian Robert Townsend, Rosie Perez, and Susan Taylor.

Cablefax 2018 Most Influential Minorities in Dr.Abbey with A Shuanise Washington President & Cable Breakfast CEO NAMIC

2/4 Industry on the Leading Edge – The Future is Now

Moderator: Michael Grebb, Publisher, Cablefax

Panel: Raj Bahl, SVP & Chief Technology Officer, A+E Networks, Rob King, SVP of Original Content Newsgathering & Digital Media, ESPN,

Technology disruptions are happening at breakneck speed, and our industry is leading the Cable Fax Panel in Progress way in areas that could soon become the new normal. Think The Jetsons meets Minority Report. In this deep-dive discussion, industry leaders give us a glimpse into a world in which Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Augmented Reality and Connected-everything, rule the day. Sponsored by NCTA.

ABOUT NAMIC: NAMIC (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications) is the premier organization focusing on cultural diversity, equity Cablefax Awards 2018 and inclusion in the communications industry. More than 4,000 professionals belong to a network of 18 chapters nationwide. Through initiatives that target leadership development, advocacy and empowerment, NAMIC collaborates with industry partners to grow and nurture a workforce that reflects the cultural richness of the populations served.

See more about diversity in the Work Place by viewing our World Liberty TV Cultural Channel and

Blogs by Clicking here. Hundreds in attendance at NAMIC 2018

3/4 LGBTQ Reception

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