The National Cable Television Cooperation (NCTC) in the US is looking towards a future of OTT distribution for its tier 2 and tier 3 cable TV and broadband members. The body has struck a series of deals with OTT services that open up distribution to its 850 smaller cablecos, who are “eager” for new video products to offer to customers, according to Rich Fickle, NCTC’s president and CEO. NCTC has made three such OTT deals in the past eight months to benefit its operators, which collectively reach about 9 million subscribers in the US. The latest such deal is with CuriosityStream, a science-oriented subscription OTT service launched in 2015 by Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks. The deal was announced at…