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- A/N lights up a new 'Bright House'. (Marketing & Advertising).(several markets are seeing marketing campaigns that focus on new names for cable operators)
- A cross the U.S., local operators' marketing campaigns are centering on changes in name. In some parts, Comcast is supplanting AT&T Broadband, while for others, the Bright House Networks moniker is replacing Time Warner Cable. In the case of Bright House...
- Research articles 2003-03-31
- Fitch Rates Comcast's $1.5 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes 'BBB'
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 13, 2003 Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB' rating to Comcast Corp's debt offering consisting of $750 million 5.5% senior unsecured notes due 2011 and $750 million 7.05% senior unsecured notes due 2033. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing...
- Research articles 2003-03-13
- Patience, Beverages Are Necessities, Cable Company Customer-Service Agents Say.
- By Peter Lewis, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 10--Patience and something to drink, non-alcoholic, of course -- at least until the shift is over. Those are two ingredients cable company customer-service agents say are vital to...
- Research articles 2003-02-10
- Retrans Hangover for Small Ops
- 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...
- Research articles 2003-01-06
- Denver Television Station's Cable Spat May Leave Sports Fans without Football.
- 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....
- Research articles 2002-12-27
- MSOs deploy WooshCom gear. (Business Briefs).(multiple service operators use WooshCom Corp.'s DHEI to ASI Interface Adapter)(Brief Article)
- DENVER -- WooshCom Corp. has announced the first shipments of its DHEI to ASI Interface Adapter. Initial customers include AT&T Broadband, Time Warner Cable, Comcast Cable Communications and Cox Communications. The product converts MPEG-2 transport streams from Motorola's proprietary DHEI to the world standard interface ...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- FCC Approves Comcast-AT&T Broadband Merger
- 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...
- Research articles 2002-11-14
- BRIEFS
- 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...
- Research articles 2002-10-28
- Fitch Comments On AT&T Comcast's Indicative 'BBB' Rating
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- Research articles 2002-09-26
- Comcast-AT&T Broadband Deal Faces Final Hurdles.
- 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...
- Research articles 2002-09-21
- Knockouts. (Freeze Frame).(Brief Article)
- On-Line Cable Services launched its "Global Positioning System Automated for Sales" sales tool with a boxing-themed Summit event. On hand (I. to r.): AT&T Broadband's Joe Galvin; Time Warner Cable's John Rollas and Mark Psigoda; On-Line Cable president Rich Torsney; 1960 Olympic boxing gold medalist Wilbert...
- Research articles 2002-08-05
- Comedy's serious about boosting affils' revenues.(Brief Article)
- Comedy Central has been displaying its serious side -- at least off-channel -- as it helps affiliates generate new revenue from digital cable, high-speed cable modems and telephony. Vice president of affiliate marketing Steve Males said that Comedy has developed three separate...
- Research articles 2002-07-15
- Monterey County, Calif., to Reconsider Cable Agreement.
- 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...
- Research articles 2002-06-09
- Putting VoIP the crash-test; while some MSOs opted to take the early plunge on circuit-switched telephony, several others are driving down the VoIP path as the technology continues to mature.(voice-over-Internet protocol)
- "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." Those words, as telephony lore has it, were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to his assistant Thomas A. Watson after Bell accidentally spilled battery acid on his knickers. As everyone knows, the...
- Research articles 2002-05-01
- Building Morale At AT&T
- 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...
- Research articles 2002-05-06
- Cable Internet users getting lower bills, but towns losing out on franchise fees.(News)
- 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. ...
- Research articles 2002-04-26
- Local execs pick up managing slack at AT&T: headquarters staff cut by 500, or 12%
- 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...
- Research articles 2002-02-25
- Olympics spikes bay area cable demand.(Brief Article)
- 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...
- Research articles 2002-02-25
- People who are reshaping the industry
- Some are familiar names, legendary veterans of the cable business. Others are bright up-and-comers, pegged by their peers as unusually promising. And still others are behind-the-scenes movers whose role in shaping and driving the industry usually goes unrecognized. From Charlie Ergen, who everyone is watching to see whether he'll...
- Research articles 2002-01-07
- Fla. sub suit can proceed: state court: Jacksonville subs aren't bound to arbitration.(POLICY)
- 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...
- Research articles 2005-08-22
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