Sirius XM Delivers More Records With Earnings
Sirius XM has reported its first-quarter earnings results. The big buyback news is that on Friday the company is scheduled to repurchase 93 million shares from Liberty Media.
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Lamar Advertising has announced that it has received communication from the Internal Revenue Service regarding its plan to convert to a real estate investment trust (REIT).
Aereo, Broadcasters Get Their Day in Court
ThinkstockThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case involving a start-up called Aereo on one side and virtually every major TV network and entertainment company producer on the other. At issue…
Why Aereo’s Case Is So Important
ThinkstockIn July of 2012, a New York court ruled that a TV-rebroadcasting start-up named Aereo did not violate copyright law by using its miniature antennas to capture over-the-air signals and deliver the broadcasts to…
Comcast Earnings Boosted by Olympics
Comcast reported better-than-expected first-quarter results before markets opened Tuesday, boosted by the Sochi Olympics and the best season-to-date broadcast ratings in a decade.
Netflix Price Increase Will Help Amazon
No one knows how many new customers will come into the premium streaming video market in the next several years. It is already crowded with competition that includes Amazon.com and Apple.
Why the Netflix Price Hike Is So Different in 2014 vs. 2011
The big news around the camp fire is not just that Netflix beat earnings this time around, nor is it just that the company's international subscriber growth is ahead of expectations.
Netflix Gets Its Earnings Right, Even With a Price Hike
ThinkstockNetflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is out with earnings for its first quarter. The streaming video giant ended its first quarter with more than 48 million global members, and it topped $1 billion in quarterly…
Earnings Preview for Netflix, and Chances of Apple Buyout
Netflix had previously forecast that it would add 2.25 million domestic users in this first quarter, almost in line with the 2.33 million subscriber additions in the fourth quarter of 2013.
What Comcast Would Divest for Time Warner Deal
ThinkstockComcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) know they will have to part with some parts of the companies if the proposed merger is going to receive regulatory approval. Just which…
Analyst Shows Why Twitter Shares May Have Bottomed
Sterne Agee's Arvind Bhatia has decided that enough is enough when it comes to the drop in shares of Twitter. He has decided to raise his rating to Neutral, citing potential for user growth…
Pay TV Shows Troubling Subscriber Trends
thinkstockThe number of subscribers to pay-TV services dropped by about 588,000 in 2013, but that trend is set to reverse itself between 2014 and 2019, growing from about 101 million subscribers to 103.2 million.…
Netflix Payoff to Comcast Worked
In a blog post on Monday, Netflix reported that its Comcast connection speed jumped 65% in March. Netflix is happy, and presumably so are its customers. The company got what it paid for.
Can Colbert Save ‘The Late Show’ After Letterman?
thinkstockLate night TV is a very competitive business for eyeballs. On top of “The Tonight Show” and many other choices of live and nearly-live entertainment venues for your eyeballs, the news of David Letterman’s…
As Weather Channel Retreats, Online Strength Important
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."