As with Superstorm Sandy, a power outage again caused most of Northeasterners’ loss of cable services as massive snowstorm Nemo hit the region. But unlike Sandy, service recovery is expected to be a lot quicker, and damages to providers’ infrastructure appeared to be minimal. That was partly thanks to ops’ prep work, put to test after the FCC’s first Sandy hearing just days before Nemo. Here are reports from all the major MVPDs affected by the storm.

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TV Guide Network today will officially announce that it’s changing its name to TVGN, effective Mar 18. It’s all part of the Lionsgate-owned net’s ongoing mission. More on that here.
 
NBCU’s G4 will get a makeover starting April 22 as it becomes the Esquire Network.
 
Cablevision’s Optimum service topped other MVPDs as the best and fastest Netflix viewing experience provider, according to Netflix’s Jan ISP rankings. Guess who ranked #1?

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Comcast is investing heavily in live sports programming as well as new video features designed to enhance how Xfinity customers find and watch what they want. CFX looks at how the operator is leveling up the Xfinity sports watching experience.

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