In separate reports, Comcast said it would indefinitely extend low-cost broadband service to poor families, and that it has begun to expand its Wi-Fi network to homes in the Chicago area.
Trey Thoelcke ThinkstockThe U.S. Solicitor General’s office filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in support of U.S. broadcast TV networks seeking to extract licensing fees from Aereo Inc. The case…
In a new report, the telecom service analysts at Cowen highlighted three stocks likely to benefit in the huge broadband and fiber infrastructure build-out that is underway.
Dish Network and Walt Disney reached a long-term deal Monday that allows the second-largest U.S. satellite TV provider to carry Disney-owned networks, including outside of a traditional TV subscription.
Most opinion seems to be that Netflix gave up on its stand for net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated identically, when it agreed to pay a fee…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms for Monday, February 24, 2014. They include Container Store, Hewlett-Packard, Verizon and 3D Systems.
ThinkstockThe $45 billion buyout that Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) offered Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWC) chopped the legs right out from under Charter Communications Inc.’s (NASDAQ: CHTR) offer of around $37 billion.…
thinkstockFebruary 19, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday and after spending some time above the break-even line, all three major indexes sank following the release of the FOMC minutes. The energy sector…
While Sony-backed films took three of the top five spots in this past weekend's U.S. box office, it was "The Lego Movie" from Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner, that came…
courtesy of ComcastThe announced $45 billion merger between Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) has raised a lot of concerns among consumers that the combined company will…
What happens if the government kills the proposed combination of Time Warner Cable and Comcast? Cable service will remain poor. Customer satisfaction with cable companies will remain awful. Attempts to raise rates…
Rumors have floated of the possibility of a merger between DirecTV and DISH Network on and off for some time. The Comcast acquisition of Time Warner Cable is bound to create buzz…
The announced merger between the largest U.S. cable operator, Comcast, and the second largest, Time Warner Cable, will create a media goliath with 33 million cable subscribers. But this is in an…
Cable operator Charter Communications said Tuesday morning that it has given formal notice to Time Warner Cable of its nomination of 13 independent candidates for Time Warner's board of directors.
courtesy of TwitterThe XXII Olympic Winter Games held in Sochi, Russia, belong to NBC, at least from the standpoint of traditional media coverage. Comcast Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBCUniveral unit paid $4.38 billion…
