More cable news from around the Web:
> Showtime has reached an exclusive premium cable output deal with new Hollywood studio STX Entertainment. Story
> Telecom analyst Bruce Kushnick, who recently petitioned the FCC to investigate Verizon for perjury, is now leading a petition drive to have the agency look into Time Warner Cable's customer service practices. Story
> Research company comScore launched a new product, Video Metrix Multi-Platform, which purportedly delivers unduplicated measurement of video watching across IP devices. Story
> Sony Pictures' The Interview, the center of a hacking and terrorist attack against the studio late last year, has been rented and purchased online and through pay-TV providers 5.8 million times through Jan. 18, generating around $40 million. Story
> Audience measurement company Rentrak has carved an agreement with WPP's Kantar Shopcom to integrate retail purchase data into its portfolio of measurement services. Story
> Conservative news channel Newsmax TV has reached a licensing agreement with the National Cable TV Cooperative. Story
And finally ... The FCC has ruled that a commercial promoting the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen, which contained emergency alert warning tones, constituted a misuse of the Emergency Alert System and has subsequently fined the media companies $1.4 million. Story