ThinkstockToday’s announced acquisition of Local TV Holdings and its 19 TV stations by The Tribune Company follows a script mapped out earlier this year by other TV station owners like Sinclair Broadcasting…
ThinkstockAfter markets closed on Friday, News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) formally split itself into two pieces: a publishing company still to be called News Corp. and a movie and TV company named Twenty-First…
ThinkstockWireless is a $200 billion market, and the largest players have margins that approach 50%. In a new report, the telecommunications team at Jefferies estimates the cable operators actually carry more consumer…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning not on any particular news, but likely more influenced by tomorrow’s start of the Fed’s June meeting and Wednesday’s announcement of interest rates. Shares traded…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Monday, June 17, 2013. They include ChannelAdvisor, Comcast, Tesla Motors and Koninklijke Philips.
thinkstockStreaming video service Hulu is owned by a consortium that includes Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) and Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA). This is not the first time that…
ThinkstockClearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) is getting the higher buyout price offer from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) that has been rumored to be coming. The new increased offer is at $3.40 per…
ThinkstockWireless continued to be a strong performing sector in the first quarter. While competition continues to squeeze margins, the need for speed and data is becoming the most important part of the…
ThinkstockIn another move to boost subscriptions to its Prime Instant Video service, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today said that it has signed a licensing agreement with the NBCUniversal division of Comcast Corp.…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a weaker-than-expected employment report from ADP and concern that Friday’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will follow the ADP lead (more coverage…
ThinkstockComcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The cable operator posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.54 on revenues of $15.31 billion. In the…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors weighed conflicting data from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In Europe, retail sales declined more than expected in Germany, Italy’s unemployment rate remained…
Wikimedia CommonsIf several media reports are true, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) will release a set-top box through which consumers can stream premier video content. Even with its huge customer base and tremendous…
thinkstockIn an effort to boost the amount of time users spend on its website, privately held Twitter is reportedly negotiating with Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) and Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) for the…
ThinkstockBroadcast TV networks have failed twice to get the courts to stop a start-up called Aereo Inc. from capturing the networks’ broadcast signal on an antenna leased to a subscriber and then…
