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Television Isn't Dead Comcast makes your cable subscription even stickier.   |
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October 28, 2010
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ESPN Breaks the Mold Live streaming content is spreading. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2010
Eric Jhonsa |
Is Cable's Business Model Kaput? After the Fox-Time Warner dispute, consumers and service providers alike have reasons to support change. |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2013
Joe DeLessio |
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
October 31, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Cablevision Denies Dolans the Glory Cablevision turns down another offer from the founding Dolan family, however, a buyout of the company remains likely. |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
Verizon Has A New Slimmed-Down TV Package, But At $55 A Month, Who Will Subscribe? The package is still a TV plan, not a streaming subscription, but Verizon may be trying to stop the growing numbers of "cord cutters" from dropping monthly TV subscriptions entirely. |
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. |
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
October 21, 2010
Robyn Gearey |
Is Madison Square Garden Taking the Right Shots? While Knicks fans cheer on a relatively young, up-and-coming roster this season, MSG shareholders can do the same for a business that is still very much in the first quarter of what could be a high-scoring game. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Cablevision Rides Ad Sales to a Solid Quarter Both Comcast and Time Warner Cable turned in stellar performances this quarter, as cable's earnings season reaches a satisfying conclusion. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2004
Rich Smith |
FCC: Friend to Cable Companies Commissioner Powell and friends side against "a la carte" cable service. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Goodbye, Fat Cable Bills More consumers are cutting the cord with their pay TV providers. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
May 19, 2005
Tim Gray |
Time Warner Bets on Internet Bidding Time Warner Cable struck a deal with BIAP, a privately owned company based in Plano, Texas, to let customers make Internet bids through their televisions. |
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
March 23, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Netflix Outsmart Dexter? Killing a serial killer serial on Netflix won't come easy for Showtime. |
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. |
Home Theater
November 14, 2008 |
Times Are Hard? Raise Cable Rates! Home prices are plummeting, people are maxing out their credit cards, the stock market is in convulsions, health care costs are out of control, and the economy is rocketing into recession. America needs a morale booster. What better time to raise cable television rates? |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away If you find something better, replace it. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2010
Peter Yared |
Why Google Needs the DRM Technology Behind Netflix Google announces that it's purchased Widevine, a video digital rights management company. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Viacom's Dazzling Performance Couch potatoes watch more ads as the firm grows its cash pile. It's too early to tell if Viacom shares really are a bargain, but cash flow could continue to improve after Blockbuster is finally spun off this fall. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2007
David Lee Smith |
A Business News Bonanza? A new business channel may be just around the corner. |
BusinessWeek
March 11, 2010
Ronald Grover et al. |
Revenge of the Cable Guys If you think online TV will be free forever, think again. The cable companies have a plan to keep control - and stick you with the bill. |
Home Theater
November 24, 2003 |
NBC - Digital Expansion? The television network is considering its options in the digital broadcasting game, including five new digital channels and video-on-demand. |
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. |
InternetNews
July 14, 2009 |
CBS to Join Comcast's On Demand Trial CBS has joined forces with Comcast, signing on as the first broadcaster to participate in the cable provider's On Demand Online trial, which delivers free TV content on the Web to Comcast's subscribers. |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
ESPN Is Suing Verizon Over Its New Slimmed-Down TV Subscription When Verizon announced its $55 discounted cable TV subscription block, it seemed an awkward compromise as the company tries to keep its customers from switching to cheaper streaming services. |
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
June 11, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Found Money for CBS With broadcasters increasingly able to demand rebroadcast fees from cable companies, CBS's bottom line could become significantly chubbier. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Eyeing Bigger Profits at CBS CBS has joined its entertainment peers in turning in solid quarterly results, accomplishing increased earnings in the face of lower revenues. |
Home Theater
October 19, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
NY Viewers Bruised in Carriage Smash In cable rebroadcast dispute, two major local channels go dark. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Jim Mueller |
Disney Is Getting Dangerous Disney's shift away from studio revenue and toward media, relying more and more on television advertising and fees paid by cable operators, might have come at the worst possible time. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Do You Hate Cliffhangers? Shareholders of large media conglomerates should ensure that these companies are continuing to look for new strategies to increase subscribers, as well as maintain the stickiness of their shows. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2010
April Taylor |
A Dimmer Future for Cable Operators Will young consumers cancel cable? |
Home Theater
September 12, 2003
Gary Merson |
FCC Approves "Plug'n'Play" The "plug and play" agreement will allow consumers to connect digital televisions directly into cable systems, without a set-top-box. |
Home Toys
August 2005
James Russo |
Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
One More Reason to Short Your Cable Provider Sony is weighing a Web-served television service. |
Home Theater
September 14, 2007 |
FCC Adopts Cable Transition Rules This week the Federal Communications Commission finally decided on "must carry" rules. All channels on your local airwaves must be available to all cable subscribers, whether their TVs are digital or analog. |
Fast Company
Mark Sullivan |
How Apple Could Use Time Warner Buy To Finally Get Its Elusive "Skinny" Channel Bundle The tech giant could finally get access to the video content that it has long wanted to offer as a complement to its Apple TV streaming device. |
BusinessWeek
March 4, 2009
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Boxee Brings Net-Based TV Just a Little Closer The new software manages to organize far-flung video content on the Web, but business issues and image quality still stand in the way. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
This Could Be Netflix's Waterloo Netflix hits a roadblock in the pathway to digital domination. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is Comcast the New Netflix? Everyone seems to be laughing at cable operators these days, but maybe it will be market leader Comcast that laughs last. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Court: Aereo-Like Streaming Service Should Be Treated Similarly To Cable For the first time, a court has ruled that a streaming video service should be treated like a cable service. |
Sports Central
January 9, 2009
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Network Rolls Out With Bait and Switch On January 1, 2009, Major League Baseball launched its long-awaited Major League Baseball Network on major cable broadcast providers throughout U.S. television markets. |
