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Posts related to ‘Cable Companies’

Ten Companies Running Out Of American Customers

Posted: February 1, 2011 at 5:58 am

Companies locked in a struggle to remain viable and maintain their profits and sales sometimes begin to run out of customers. This happened to GM (NYSE: GM), which had a ...
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ESPN and Monday Night Football: The $2 Billion Cost (DIS, NWS, CBS, GE, DTV, SIRI)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 7:21 am

The cost of carrying Monday Night Football is about to go from being expensive to off the charts.  We Americans probably never think of the costs behind carrying the game.  ...
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The Next Round of Fighting Over Net Neutrality (NFLX, LVLT, CMCSA, GE, VZ, GOOG)

Posted: November 30, 2010 at 10:39 am

When Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) recently signed a contract with Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) to store and deliver streaming video, the stage was set for the next round ...
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Comcast Is Not Dead, It’s Thriving

Posted: October 28, 2010 at 4:40 am

Comcast Corp.  (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has been declared dead so many times   that  CEO Brian Roberts might want to dress up like a vampire for Halloween. First, the media declared ...
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The Cost Of Phone Calls Is Headed Toward Zero

Posted: August 26, 2010 at 6:12 am

Skype, which offers free voice calls from PC-to-PC and cheap calls from phones has about 400 million subscribers. More than 25 million of them use the service at any one ...
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A New Way To Gyp Cable TV Subscribers

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 5:09 am

The cable and telecom companies have come up with a new way to get more money out of their subscribers. They will offer less expensive plans with many fewer "stations". ...
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Americans Don’t Know Their Broadband Speeds And May Not Care

Posted: June 2, 2010 at 4:58 am

A new FCC study shows that 4 out of 5 Americans do not know the connection speed of the broadband service in their homes. The FCC announced last week that ...
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The Month’s Biggest Index Gainers: Broadcast TV, Vehicle Rental, and Radio Stocks

Posted: April 27, 2010 at 11:25 am

There were strong gains in three Tickerspy indexes over the most recent 30-day period. This month’s biggest gainers are in broadcast TV, vehicle rental, and radio stocks. Broadcast TV stocks are up 30.8% in the ...
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Cisco’s Non-Event Event: Does Anyone Want A Faster Internet?

Posted: March 9, 2010 at 11:42 am

Al Gore invented the internet, and Cisco (CSCO) will improve it forever. Cisco built up today's announcement of its latest technology and the result of the news was that the ...
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Vulture Watch: Nortel’s Patent Portfolio Up For Grabs (NRTLQ, RIMM, INTC, CSCO, MSFT, ERIC, QCOM, ALU)

Posted: February 19, 2010 at 8:01 am

Nortel Networks Corp. (NRTLQ) is just about wound down in its bankruptcy.  The company's operations have effectively all been sold off, at extreme discounts.  In this bankruptcy there is one ...
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A Motorola Restructuring Plan Won’t Matter

Posted: February 10, 2010 at 7:10 pm

Motorola (MOT) has not had a real strategy or good explanation of what it is for years. The company got into the handset market very early in the history of the ...
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Cablevision Value Watch: Madison Square Garden Spin-Off (CVC, MSGNV, MSG, GBL)

Posted: January 12, 2010 at 6:13 pm

Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) has approved the spin off of Madison Square Garden to Cablevision shareholders.  Madison Square Garden is the home venue of the New York Knicks and ...
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No “American Idol” For Cable Subscribers: A Blow To US Illiterates

Posted: December 31, 2009 at 5:31 am

The fight between Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) and Fox over what the cable company will pay the network for programming is not about to end soon. On New Year's Eve, most ...
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GE-Comcast Terms Done on NBC Universal (GE, CMCSA)

Posted: December 1, 2009 at 3:06 pm

CNBC's David Faber just reported that the NBC Universal deal terms between General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) are about to be signed. (more...) ...
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Charter Exits Bankruptcy, Still Highly Leveraged (CHTRQ)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:53 pm

Charter Communications Inc. (CHTRQ) has just announced that it has completed its financial restructuring and has emerged from Chapter 11 protection.  The problem here is that Charter's life was a ...
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