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• Time Warner Cable, Viacom Reach Deal For Tablet, Smartphone TV

  Time Warner Cable and Viacom announced a deal Wednesday that will provide Nick, MTV and other networks to the MSO's TWC TV service for watching live TV on tablets, smartphones and PCs in the home, ending the companies' yearlong legal fight.
   

• Upfronts 2012: MundoFox Looks to Break the Hispanic Network Mold

  MundoFox -- the upcoming Hispanic broadcast network from Fox International Channels and RCN Television Group -- is looking to break the mold established by nets like Univision and Telemundo.
   

• Cablevision Rehires Genova As EVP Network Management, Field Ops

  Cablevision Systems has brought back Jerry Genova, who worked for the MSO for 25 years before departing in 2000, as executive vice president of network management and field operations.
   

• Strickling Defends Stand-Down of Public Safety Net Projects

  National Telecommunications & Information Administration chief Larry Strickling found himself defending the agency's decision last week to put a partial hold on seven broadband public safety network projects, including ones funded through broadband grants.
   

• Time Warner Cable, Viacom Reach Deal For Tablet, Smartphone TV

  Time Warner Cable and Viacom announced a deal Wednesday that will provide Nick, MTV and other networks to the MSO's TWC TV service for watching live TV on tablets, smartphones and PCs in the home, ending the companies' yearlong legal fight.
   

• Strickling: Government Needs Paradigm Shift in Spectrum Thinking

  NTIA chief Larry Strickling said Wednesday that the government needs to come up with a "new paradigm" for freeing up government spectrum, saying the problem with the group's own report on a timetable and cost -- 10 years and $18 billion -- was too long and too costly.
   

• Comcast Skypes Onto TV In 10 Markets

  Comcast this week is launching Skype on Xfinity, a new HD video calling service priced at $9.95 per month, in 10 markets including Boston, Seattle, Chicago and Atlanta.
   

• Cable Show 2012: SeaChange Targets Tablet Ads Based On Web-Browsing History

  SeaChange International has teamed up with Tellabs on a solution that can deliver ads dynamically in a video stream delivered to an iPad based on a subscriber's Web-browser viewing history.
   
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