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11/06/2007
Business/Finance
Outdoor Channel Holdings will restate 1Q07 and 2Q07 financials to correct the amortization period for the recognition of non-cash share-based compensation costs, according to an SEC filing. The recorded $1.65mln in compensation expense for each quarter will be adjusted to $2.99mln in 1Q and $2mln in 2Q. While the adjustments materially impact 1Q and 2Q, […]
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11/02/2007
In the Courts
As expected, Comcast asked the U.S. Appeals Court in D.C. to reverse the FCC’s denial of the MSO’s request for a waiver of the set-top integration ban (Cfax, Jan 11). Comcast argued that the FCC action was “arbitrary and capricious, an abuse of agency discretion, discriminatory, contrary to law and relevant agency policies, and unsupported […]
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10/23/2007
Meetings Meeting
Industry leaders gathered in NYC Mon afternoon to powwow on ways to align the number of cable events and conferences around NCTA’s Cable Show in the spring and CTAM Summit in the fall (Cfax, 10/22). An NCTA rep said that no decisions were made Mon, but that there was good progress. Plans are to continue […]
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10/10/2007
End of Independence? Oxygen Hitches its Wagon to NBCU
If Oxygen—with its 74+mln homes—opts for a media partner to grow, what’s the chance of any net staying independent in this day and age? Oxygen chmn/CEO Gerry Laybourne is proud of her roots. “I don’t think we would’ve gotten where we are today if we weren’t independent,” she said during a Tues conference call on […]
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10/04/2007
Plug & Play 101: A Primer On Cable's Stance
With the FCC hoping to have 2-way plug & play products in the retail marketplace by the ’08 holiday season, the Commission is expected to act soon on an NPRM to make 2-way devices available to consumers in order to give manufacturers lead time. The FCC believes that 2-way devices may help spur the DTV […]
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10/03/2007
On the Ice
While no deal has been announced, it appears Time Warner Cable has signed on to carry NHL Network (Cfax, 10/1). The channel was up and running on the MSO’s digital sports package in NY Tues (channel 458). Meanwhile, the NHL announced Tues that it has renewed its deal with cable via In Demand, DirecTV and […]