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03/20/2012
Unions Blast Verizon/SpectrumCo Deal
A joint press release from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) warns what will happen if Verizon Wireless eventually is permitted to purchase spectrum from several cable operators under the blanket name SpectrumCo (click here for more information). “As the Senate Judiciary Committee antitrust subcommittee plans to […]
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03/09/2012
FCC Asks SpectrumCo For Docs, CWA Wants Even More
Verizon Wireless may have to wait awhile for the wireless spectrum it plans to buy from Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House (dba SpectrumCo) and Cox Communications. The Federal Communications has asked for some unredacted paperwork regarding the agreements, particularly any language related to cross-selling, to be given over by Monday as the agency […]
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08/10/2011
News Roundup
Disney's revenue from cable nets are up but stock markets are unforgiving, Tyler Perry may get his own cable network and Verizon workers continue strike.
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06/28/2011
AT&T/T-Mobile Deal Could Benefit The CWA
It’s no secret that, for more than a decade, the United States has fallen behind nearly every other developed country when it comes to broadband speed and proliferation. AT&T, in its continuing lobbying efforts to push approval of its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA, claims it will invest an additional $8 billion (over and above […]
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06/22/2010
The Deal: Comments on Comcast-NBCU Flowing In, More to Come
FCC comments on the proposed Comcast-NBCU jv trickled in Mon, with many expected to be filed late in the evening given the midnight deadline. At our deadline, DISH Network filed a petition to deny the deal
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06/08/2010
CWA: Proposed Comcast-NBCU Merger Will Harm Workers
A senior official with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) testified yesterday that the proposed Comcast-NBCU merger would lead to job cuts, aggravate the already anti-competitive behavior of the cable industry and restrict consumer access to the online video content of their choice. In remarks before a field hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives […]