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03/08/2007
Bear Stearns
Executives from Time Warner Cable, Charter and Cablevision faced the same question Wed at the Bear Stearns media conference: after a banner ’06 for cable, where’s the future growth? CVC COO Tom Rutledge said that in addition to commercial services, advertising has much potential. "What is the mass media form in New York? It’s Cablevision," […]
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03/02/2007
Business/Finance
Fitch assigned a ‘B’ rating to Charter’s proposed $8.35bln secured credit facility, and affirmed the ‘CCC’ issuer default rating. — Outdoor Channel Holdings has emerged from the NASDAQ doghouse (Cfax, 11/22), as the exchange found the firm in compliance with its rules and cleared the continued listing of OCH stock (ticker: OUTD).
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02/27/2007
Start Over: Court Denies Time Warner Cable's Class Action Settlement
Time Warner Cable’s nearly 10-year-old class action lawsuit involving the sale of personal subscriber data seemed on its way to resolution after parties struck a deal in Oct ’05. The newspaper notification ads had ran, a Website had collected valid claims (http://www.twcsettlement.com) and a final settlement approval hearing occurred back in May. But just a […]
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02/21/2007
Online
Viacom inked a deal with broadband video service Joost to offer TV programming from MTVN and BET Nets. The deal, which also includes content from Paramount Pictures, comes after Viacom failed to strike a content ownership agreement with YouTube earlier this month (Cfax, 2/5). Joost was launched by Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom. […]
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02/21/2007
Wanna Race?
While rivals DirecTV and DISH continue focusing on the viewership side of NASCAR racing (Cfax, 2/16), Comcast has jumped into a driver’s seat as associate sponsor of the No. 66 car for the ’07 season. Designed to raise awareness of the Best Buy/Comcast retail partnership, the sponsorship allows the MSO to display its logo on […]
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02/21/2007
Trash Talking
Comcast was taken to task by a local news station in Memphis after complaints from residents that one of its offices leaves its piles of trash bags on the curb every week, exposing customer account info. Making matters worse, the reporter said she called and left 4 messages with Comcast on Mon, and no one […]