4Q was another quarter of lower ratings and ad revenue at Viacom, but management expressed confidence that things would turn around. Indeed, CEO Philippe Dauman said some of the core Viacom nets are already showing sequential improvement in the current Q over fiscal 4Q, but there is still a lot of work to do. Bernstein Research and Wells Fargo Securities comment on the results.

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DirecTV at last inked a carriage deal for Lakers RSNs Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Deportes, leaving DISH as the only major Southern CA distributor without a deal.
 
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CEA named DISH’s AutoHop Ad skipping service a CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Award Honoree.

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Hulu Dropping Sinclair RSNs

Hulu is the latest streaming service set to drop all 21 Sinclair -owned Fox RSNs from its live-TV offering, including YES Network and Marquee Sports Network . Beginning Friday, Hulu said it “will no longer

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