Byline: SHIRLEY BRADY MSOs stuck to one New Year's resolution - to resolve retransmission consent agreements that expired Dec. 31 - but smaller operators aren't managing as well. AT&T Broadband, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable renegotiated their three-year retransmission contracts with local broadcast affiliates, with no loss...
By Joanne Ostrow, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 27--A very public fight between Denver's ABC affiliate and the metro area's largest cable operator could leave sports fans looking for a warm bar to watch their New Year's bowl games....
The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday signed off on Comcast's [CMCSK] bid to acquire rival AT&T Broadband from AT&T [T], clearing the way for creation of the nation's largest cable television company. The commission voted 3-1 in favor of the acquisition, saying the deal would not pose harm to consumers in...
A lawsuit emanating from consumer dissatisfaction with service provided by AT&T Broadband in Florida and Georgia can move forward toward class-action status now that a Florida state court has rejected arguments that the disgruntled customers ha A lawsuit emanating from consumer dissatisfaction with service...
CRITICS CAN'T STOP E! FROM RENEWING ANNA E! Entertainment is bringing Anna Nicole Smith back for a second season. Despite critical barbs, The Anna Nicole Show averaged a 2.13 household rating and helped the network to its best quarterly performance among viewers 18 to 34. The new shows will...
By Martha McKay, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 21--Comcast Corp.'s proposed multibillion-dollar purchase of AT&T Broadband is still on course to close before the end of the year, the companies said last week. The merger...
By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 9--Monterey County supervisors, who have been locked in litigation with the county's major cable television franchise, may not go along with a request to adjust the franchise agreement to...
Byline: K. C. NEEL When AT&T Broadband employees in Chicago began wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the company's logo to places like the local grocery a few months ago, executives knew the company was finally headed in the right direction. Morale at AT&T Broadband had gotten so low by...
Byline: Steve Zalusky Daily Herald Staff Writer A recent FCC ruling has led to slightly lower bills for those who get Internet service from a cable provider. But it has also created a slight financial headache for local governments. ...
AT&T Broadband executives say the latest management restructuring, which sliced 500 positions from its Denver headquarters, is designed to put more power in the hands of top field managers like Joseph Stackhouse. "You have to be sitting in the seat to understand what has fundamentally changed," says Stackhouse, SVP...
New subscribers raced to AT&T Broadband in San Francisco in order to watch the Winter Olympics, but some consumers say the cable operator doesn't deserve any medals for its installation schedule. The operator is benefiting from the change in NBC affiliates in the...
The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 21--The merger of AT&T Broadband with Comcast will have almost no discernible impact on Sacramento-area customers for the next 12 months, but what happens after that is open to debate. Some analysts predict...
Ninety percent of the approximately 1,200 municipalities that must approve the AT&T Broadband merger with Comcast Corp. have done so, but some of the most recent proceedings are turning into a big headache for MSO negotiators. In the last ...
After a four-year hiatus, three of the cable industry's most respected cable executives have come back to the business, having agreed late last month to oversee AT&T Broadband, the nation's largest cable operator, which many industry analysts believe has been broken by stalled margins, poor management decisions and low morale....
By Jerry Berrios, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 15--A Cooper City man said he waited on the telephone almost nine hours one Saturday in July for AT&T Broadband to answer his call about a cable-television outage. Perry...
John Kopchik to VP/CFO from president AT&T Broadband Western Division. Alyssa Donelan to director-corporate communications and public relations from director-public relations for Turner Broadcasting.
Ask anyone about the morale at AT&T Broadband these days and you have to conclude that the company is in trouble -- and possibly in play. One little bird told me last week that it might be more serious than that,...
With the new fall lineup of TV shows from the major networks upon us, one show premiered Sept. 24 that did not come with the advertising clout usually reserved for the networks. This show, "NewsMakers," is hosted by local attorney Kerry Lavelle and is...
NEW YORK -- Paxson Communications Corp. is in talks with AT&T Broadband in Chicago about getting carriage for its digital-TV station, WCPX-TV, and its five digital multicasts, Paxson chairman Lowell "Bud" Paxson said last week. During a press conference last Wednesday...
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