When word got out in early May that AT&T was considering a buyout of DirecTV, the satellite company's stock was trading at around $75 to $78 a share. Shares closed on Friday…
ThinkstockWhen the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) last looked at pay TV providers, the view was not very pretty. A report released Friday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) likely reveals why.…
When Warren Buffett adds a new stock to his Berkshire Hathaway portfolio, everyone notices. When hedge fund managers John Paulson and Kyle Bass add the same stock, everyone pays more attention.
In all the years we have covered the Buffett holdings each and every quarter, we have finally seen Team Buffett make a serious acquisition of a telecom stock: Verizon Communications.
ThinkstockThe number of TV channels the average American commands through the living room remote control has risen by nearly 50% in the past six years. And now those channels are becoming increasingly…
Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold huge positions not only in troubled companies like J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP), but also in blue chips like AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T) and Bank of America (NYSE:…
Dish Network reported mixed first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The good news for Dish here is that broadband revenue doubled to $83 million.
DirecTV reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2014 earnings before markets opened Tuesday morning, but revenue fell short. Shares were up in Tuesday's premarket trading.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street for Friday, May 2, 2014. They include Avanir, Avon, Broadcom, LinkedIn, Oracle and Wynn Resorts.
DirecTV shares put up a new 52-week high Thursday on a report that AT&T may be interested in acquiring the largest U.S. satellite TV company. Such a combination would serve about 26…
The Weather Channel has finally returned to DirecTV. It does so with a measure of humiliation. The channel's management was forced to apologize for the "disruption of its service."
ThinkstockThe analysts at Oppenheimer are making a single huge statement in a new research report. They see more technological change occurring in the next three years than at any point since the…
ThinkstockShares of DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) are both gaining on a Bloomberg TV report that Dish’s Charlie Ergen has approached DirecTV about a possible merger. While this…
ThinkstockBy the end of 2013, the 13 largest pay TV providers had lost 105,000 video subscribers for the year. That marks the first year that pay TV posted an annual loss according…
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.…
