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The Motley Fool
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FCC: Friend to Cable Companies Commissioner Powell and friends side against "a la carte" cable service.   |
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Jul/Aug 2013
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Breaking Down The Cost Of Watching Live Sports On Cable In a DVR world, sports is about the only stuff regularly watched live -- which allows sports networks to demand increasingly higher fees from cable providers. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2004
Rich Smith |
Changing the Channel on Cable The U.S. Senate wants cable to offer channels a la carte. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2010
Jesse Emspak |
Internet Challenges Cable Companies, but They Aren't Done Yet The need for revenue keeps many stations from going online-only. |
Home Theater
February 10, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
FCC Likes A La Carte A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report concludes that many consumers could be better off if cable and satellite companies provide all of their current networks on an a la carte basis, letting consumers pick the channels they want. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2005
Rich Smith |
Cable Coalition Cracks Cablevision breaks ranks to support a la carte channel pricing. If giving the customer what it wants won't really bankrupt the cable providers, well, that's good news for cable companies and their investors alike. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2010
Manikandan Raman |
Cable War Between Disney and Time Warner: Who'll Win? Not only subscribers, but also the investors of Walt Disney and Time Warner Cable are wondering how the heightened clash between the companies over continued carriage of Disney channels will impact the bottom line of each. |
Home Theater
October 27, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Fee Fights Starve Online TV Efforts by broadcast TV networks to get higher fees for cable transmission may reduce TV-show content online. |
Home Theater
October 19, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
NY Viewers Bruised in Carriage Smash In cable rebroadcast dispute, two major local channels go dark. |
PC World
June 2004
Anne Kandra |
The Cable-or-Satellite Conundrum TV lovers finally have a real choice. Here's how to pick the right cable or satellite service. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
David Lee Smith |
DirecTV Churns Out One Solid Quarter With subscriber defections slowing, DirecTV was able to increase its quarterly income by more than 40%. From the perspective of savvy investors, it looks like there is money to made from DirecTV. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2011
Patrick Martin |
Why Starz Made a Big Mistake When your industry moves online, you shouldn't try to fight the shift. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Television Isn't Dead Comcast makes your cable subscription even stickier. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010
Nathan Alderman |
Will Your TV Say "Hello, Hulu"? A Reuters report suggests the popular site's jump from small to big screens is nigh. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2009
Jon Fine |
Why Broadcast Networks Can't Just Turn Cable Sure, CBS and the others could garner paying audiences. But the broadcast network system is far too complex for a switch to happen easily. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Cable Empires Strike Back In an effort to avoid losing subscribers to competing services, Comcast is teaming up with Time Warner to launch the TV Everywhere movement, offering content to cable subscribers online at no additional cost. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2010
David Lee Smith |
A Great Stock to Stuff Your Stocking With a bevy of changes in the offing, we would be silly to ignore Comcast. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2007
Brendan Mathews |
DirecTV Dishes Out High-Def The satellite-TV provider has a leg up in a tough industry, thanks to its aggressive focus on HDTV. Investors, take note. |
Home Theater
February 26, 2009 |
Cable Shows to Go Online Cable operators are leading the effort to put cable programming on the internet. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2010
Travis Hoium |
ESPN Breaks the Mold Live streaming content is spreading. |
Home Toys
August 2005
James Russo |
Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2004
Steven Mallas |
EchoStar vs. Turner Time Warner's Turner properties are in a dispute with EchoStar over fees. Here we go again. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Can Cable Still Reward Shareholders? The sector's done well lately, but what new issues might cable operators be facing? Time Warner Cable... Comcast... etc. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's Ready to Disrupt Again An analyst notes that Apple is working on a customized television service. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Comcast's Got 'Em Spoiled With a string of terrific quarters, Comcast may have raised expectations too high. In spite of excellent numbers, shares dropped 4.7% after releasing results. |
Home Theater
March 24, 2008 |
Satellite Providers Can Ax Local HD Local stations suffered a setback in the transition to digital television last week when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that satellite providers needn't carry local signals in HD till 2013. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2004
Rex Moore |
Fighting the Cable Rate Hikes Get ready to pay even more for cable and satellite service. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2012
Evan Niu |
What's Holding Back Apple's New TV? Content partners will end up giving in, again. |
Home Theater
September 25, 2007 |
Suit Demands Cable Unbundling A lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles federal court demands that the cable and satellite industries offer channels individually, not in tiers. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2005
Rich Smith |
FCC: Friend to Cable Consumers Recently, new FCC Chairman Kevin Martin went on the record in favor of a la carte pricing, taking a tack that even industry-friendly administration officials will feel hard-pressed to ignore: We need to protect the children. |
The Motley Fool
November 8, 2007
David Lee Smith |
That's the Brakes at Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable reports slippage in basic subscriptions; the unit is encountering slower growth. |
Home Theater
May 18, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Dizzy Satellite May Thwart Cable Intelsat, a communications company, says it has lost control of one of its satellites. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Cable Tackles the NFL Tired of steadily increasing sports programming charges, cable has booted the NFL Network. Comcast and Time Warner Cable now carry it only on their premium sports packages. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Dish Is Winning -- For Now Dish Networks has the digital dogs of war nipping at its heels. |
InternetNews
February 19, 2004
Robyn Greenspan |
DBS Satisfaction Hits the Roof Satellite TV watchers are happier with their service than cable subscribers, but high satisfaction rates do little to impact new installations. |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2010
Dayana Yochim |
Slash Your Cable Bill Over Your Lunch Break Use our dialing-for-dollars script, or dump cable entirely and still watch your favorite shows. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Are They Ganging Up on Comcast? Comcast is currently doing battle with the FCC chairman, the NFL, and at least one of its subscribers. |
BusinessWeek
December 5, 2005
Ronald Grover |
Static In Rupert's Satellite Dreams New technology lets cable offer goodies DirecTV can't - and customers are noticing. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Satellite's Hot Pursuit Of Cable In the all-out war for subscribers, the satellite industry is clearly winning out over the cable industry. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Time for a Comcast Vacation? While Comcast's results weren't really that bad, it may be time to give its shares a rest. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
David Lee Smith |
EchoStar's Signal Is Strong Investors, if you think cable has trumped satellite television, take note of EchoStar's brightening picture. |
PHONE+
September 17, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Business Cable TV Now Available to TWC Agents Now, agents in the Time Warner Cable Business Class Partner Program can offer small and medium businesses Internet, phone and TV on a single bill. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Goodbye, Fat Cable Bills More consumers are cutting the cord with their pay TV providers. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Comcast's Triple-Play Slide Growing concerns about competition from satellite TV providers, telephone providers, and the slowing pace of customer additions, has caused Comcast's share price to tumble since mid-July. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2010
David Lee Smith |
The Cable Guys Are Better Than You Think With all of cable now having reported earnings, Comcast still leads the pack. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Time Warner's Rerun-O-Rama A rumored "hits" channel from Time Warner seems like yesterday's brainchild. |
Home Theater
October 12, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Customers Like TV Services Better Satisfaction scores are up for telco, satellite, and cable providers. |
Home Theater
March 9, 2004 |
Echostar Deletes CBS Satellite broadcaster makes good on threat, drops CBS from 16 cities in ongoing dispute with Viacom. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Avoiding Cable Stocks? You'll Regret It As the economy turns, cable's video subscriber slide will likely halt. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Comcast, Time Warner, And The Future Of The Cable Box Comcast's acquisition of Time Warner Cable is well underway. The $45 billion deal cements Comcast's position as the country's largest cable provider and the First Among Equals of our national cable cartel. |
