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01/25/2006
Back to Basics: Charter Slows Basic Sub Losses
News that Charter is issuing $400mln in sr notes due in ’13 as part of its debt restructuring is hardly front-page news. But Charter’s 4Q numbers, which were included in its SEC 8K filing, show how important telephony is becoming to MSOs’ business. During 4Q, Charter plans to report a net gain of 31,600 telephony […]
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01/05/2006
Las Widgets: Where Are All the Competitors?
Cable has its fair share of competitors these days, from DBS to telcos to mobile devices that fragment the audience. But CES ’06 so far is remarkable-as far as cable is concerned-for the growing opportunities rather than competitive threats. "We believe that any innovation will be complimentary to cable and satellite TV operators, rather than […]
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12/12/2005
Quotable
ESPN’s Kenny Mayne on why he was selected for "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC, Jan 5, 8pm): "Urkel pulled out at the last minute." Another cable tie, one of the celeb contestants is wrestler Stacy Keebler, WWE’s reigning ‘babe of the year.’ Keebler was 1 of 3 grapplers WWE wanted to attend sessions at last […]
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09/29/2005
On the Circuit
T. Howard has officially started the search to replace exec dir Curtis Symonds, who was recently name COO of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics (Cfax, 8/16). For the record, Symonds will remain a CableFAX columnist. The diversity org also announced that it had a record number of former interns hired by media organizations, such as Comedy […]
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09/28/2005
Hurricane Rita
While Time Warner Cable’s Houston and Galveston systems are recovering nicely (Cfax, 9/27), the MSO’s Beaumont and Port Arthur, TX, systems face a tougher road. The areas sustained a lot of damage and power is not likely to come back for another 4-6 weeks. TW has contacted about half of the employees in the area; […]
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09/27/2005
Postcards from Club Fed
We last caught up with former Charter COO Dave Barford in Aug (Cfax, 08/15). The exec who pled guilty to an accounting scandal with the MSO has been sending friends reports on prison life. In his most recent missive, he was disappointed with our press attention. "My last letter ended up in the cable press, […]