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New DirecTv Emerges From Combo With Liberty Entertainment
It’s taken years to unravel the tracking stocks and ownerships stemming from Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA), but the new, more-than-a satellite-company DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) is ready for its debut following shareholder votes combining it with Liberty Entertainment. The fine points of a deal involving John Malone are, as usual,...
Tags: Shareholder, DirecTV, Entertainment, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Satellite, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, David Kaplan
External links 2009-11-20
Earnings Call: Comcast's Roberts: Canoe Ventures Revenues Expected By 2010
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) executives continued to highlight the importance of their digital plans during the Q2 earnings call. Deals with Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) for the rollout of its 4G service were highlighted as well as its All Digital initiative. Brian Roberts also discussed the progress made on the cable...
Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Comcast Corp., Earnings, Programming, Operational Accounting, Finance, Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Money, Companies, Clearwire, Comcast, David Kaplan, Clearwire Corp.
External links 2009-08-06
Earnings: Comcast Profits Gain 53 Percent With Tax Boost
It looks like the recession is good for the cable industry. Although Cablevision's recent earnings report was a bit mixed, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) reported a pretty strong Q2, as profits rose 53 percent to $967 million ($0.33 per share) boosted by favorable tax settlements and revenues were up 4.5...
Tags: Revenue, Comcast Corp., Earnings, Cable Segment, Cable, Taxes, Network Technology, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Financial Planning, Finance, Networking, Marketing, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Money, Companies, Comcast, David Kaplan
External links 2009-08-06
Earnings Call: Tweeting Murdoch: News Corp. Plans To Start Charging For More News Sites In FY10
Some of my live Twitter coverage of the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). FY09/Q4 earnings call : »  Murdoch: Following 'tumultuous, unprecedented' year ''worst may be behind us, no clear signs yet' »  Murdoch reprises of 'content isn't free' refrain, promises to charge for all news sites with WSJ.com/DJ as...
Tags: Earnings, News Corp., Financial Accounting, Finance, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, TV, Broadcast, Cable & Telecom, Money, Companies, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-05
Earnings: Discovery Profits Rise, As Revenues, Ad Dollars Remain Flat
Coincidentally, I'm sure, Discovery (NSDQ: DISAB) Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) earnings comes out right in the middle of the cable programmer's heavily promoted "Shark Week" on its flagship channel. Considering how badly the other sharks have been faring this season, Discovery may not be "Jaws" but it's no tuna either....
Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Earnings, Cable, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Finance, Networking, Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Money, David Kaplan
External links 2009-08-04
Oprah's Harpo Films Drops ABC For HBO
Move over ABC. Harpo Films, the original film division of Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions, has found an edgier, less commercially-cluttered platform for its movies: HBO. The AP says Harpo Films and HBO have brokered a three-year deal to make movies, documentaries and TV series. Financial terms were not disclosed,...
Tags: ABC Inc., Oprah Winfrey, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Cable, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Companies, Disney, Entertainment, Movies, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, Tameka Kee
External links 2008-12-17
Disney Forms JV To Launch Russian TV Channel
Even though the global financial meltdown has been affecting Russia as well, media companies still see enough growth potential to make entering that market worthwhile. The Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company has entered into a joint venture with Russian cable company Media-One to create a free-to-air Disney channel. The...
Tags: Disney Corp., Russia, Financial Accounting, Finance, Companies, Disney, Countries, UK & Europe, Entertainment, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, VC+M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, David Kaplan, The Walt Disney Co.
External links 2008-12-16
ESPN Web Overhaul About Done; 'Less Is More' Design Aimed At Advertisers
ESPN.com's year-long revamp is finally ready today and set for its formal debut on January. Aside from emphasizing video and smarter search, as execs have said over the past few months in previews, execs at the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) sports unit tells the NYT that the site's over-arching...
Tags: ESPN, Web, Advertiser, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Advertising, Broadband, Companies, Disney, Entertainment, Sports, Media, Magazines, TV, Cable & Telecom, David Kaplan, The Walt Disney Co.
External links 2008-12-16
Google Quietly Tries Brokering Deals With ISPs To Get Priority Access
Congress has failed to pass legislation regarding so-called "Net Neutrality," and now the issue is again top of mind as Internet providers seeking preferential treatment; network operators considering a tiered approach, and once-staunch defenders beginning to soften their stance on the matter. This time, it appears Google (NSDQ: GOOG),...
Tags: Google Inc., Wall Street Journal, Phone, Telephone Company, Microsoft Access, Network, AT&T Corp., Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Broadband, Companies, Comcast, Microsoft, Viacom, Yahoo, Legal, FCC, Regulatory, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, IPTV, Tricia Duryee, Comcast Corp.
External links 2008-12-15
Layoffs Roundup: DivX; Fuse; ReelzChannel; Classmates.com; Exponential Interactive
-- DivX: The company has cut 21 people from its workforce, or just under 10 percent of its total staff, TechCrunch reported and NewTeeVee confirmed. The layoffs were across multiple departments and of of course, as a DivX (NSDQ: DIVX) spokesperson says, were "driven by the economic environment." Last...
Tags: Layoff, Classmates.com, DivXNetworks, Exponential Technology, Workforce Management, Cable, Network Technology, Human Resources, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, Amanda Natividad, DivX Inc., United Online Inc.
External links 2008-12-15
Maybe You Can Quit Your Day Job By Making YouTube Videos
Or in YouTube producer Michael Buckley's case, you can quit your day job and get a dream job. Buckley quit his job as a music promoter after earning $100,000 from YouTube ads on his a thrice-a-week giddy celebrity rant What The Buck?, he tells NYT. Since he first started...
Tags: Job, Advertisement, YouTube Video, YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Advertising, Broadband, Companies, Google, YouTube, Entertainment, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, Video Sharing, David Kaplan, Google Inc., comScore Inc.
External links 2008-12-11
@ UBS Media Week: Viacom's Dauman: No Acquisition Plans For Awhile; Waiting For Mobile
Asked about Viacom's $8.5 billion in debt, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) President & CEO Philippe Dauman told attendees at the UBS Global Media and Communications PDF conference that the company is focused on organic growth and tended to avoid acquisitions for the past two years. The most notable one during...
Tags: Acquisition, Mobile, Video, Viacom Inc., UBS AG, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Games, Mergers & Acquisitions, Marketing, Personal Technology, Investment, Finance, Advertising, Companies, Viacom, MTVN, Entertainment, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, Conferences, Media Week, David Kaplan, VIA Technologies Inc.
External links 2008-12-08
@ UBS Media Week: TWC's Britt: Cable Will Do Better Than Rest Of The Economy?But Not By Much
The conventional wisdom has been that as the crushing economic downturn continues to squeeze consumers, cable TV will benefit as more people opt for home entertainment. Glenn Britt, president and CEO of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable, was certainly happy to promote that view during a Q&A at the...
Tags: AT&T Corp., Broadband, Cable, Cable & Telecom, Conferences, David Kaplan, Media, Media Week, Network Technology, Networking, NYSE Euronext, Personal Technology, Telecommunications, Time Warner Inc., TV, UBS AG, Verizon Communications Inc., VOD
External links 2008-12-08
CNN Downplays Competition With AP On Wire Service; Less Than 30 Daily Stories To Be Made Available
The newspaper editors who were invited to CNN's Newspaper Summit, which showcased the cable channel's new wire service this past week, have given the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) company high marks for reaching out. But many appear to be been less than impressed with the small amount of stories...
Tags: Associated Press, Summit, CNN, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Companies, Time Warner, Media, Newspapers, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, David Kaplan, Time Warner Inc.
External links 2008-12-08
Ad Industry Roundup: Google; Widgets; Nielsen; Auto-Creativity
-- Google TV Ads' Hallmark moment: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV Ads has convinced cable nets Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel to set aside a portion of their respective inventories for the search giant's self-serve, targeted ads system on EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS). The partnership comes just as the family-friendly...
Tags: Advertising, Marketing, Companies, Google, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, David Kaplan, Google Inc.
External links 2008-12-03
AP Acknowledges Threat From CNN's Wire Service; But Challenger Still 'Needs Improvement'
As CNN prepares to go head-to-head with the Associated Press when it launches its new wire service, the cable news outfit will have to prove to newspaper editors that it can transfer its cable TV credibility to breaking print news. A long piece in the NYT takes a look...
Tags: Associated Press, CNN, CNN Wire, Recruitment & Selection, Cable, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Companies, Time Warner, Media, Newspapers, TV, Cable & Telecom, David Kaplan
External links 2008-12-01
Earnings: DirecTV: Profit Drops 11 Percent; Exploring Version Of 'TV Everywhere'
DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) managed its second-best quarter for subscriber additions in four years, giving the satellite company some bragging rights. But that didn't translate into a great Q2 when it comes to making money: net income dropped 11 percent to $407 million compared with Q208 and the company missed...
Tags: NFL, Earnings, DirecTV, Satellite, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Money, Staci D. Kramer, Comcast Corp., DirecTV Group Inc.
External links 2009-08-07
Latino Cable Network Si TV Raises $8.7 Million Funding
Latino-centric cable and online network Si TV has raised $8.75 million in funding, according to an SEC filing, with plans to raise nearly $6 million more. The network raised roughly $60 million in funding from big backers like EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Columbia Capital and Rho...
Tags: Network, Hearst Corp., MTV, Latino Cable Network Si TV, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Tameka Kee, Time Warner Inc.
External links 2009-08-07
Discovery Opts In To Comcast On Demand Broadband Trial
Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) is putting some full-length programs online but sticking to its guns when it comes to free broadband access. CEO David Zaslav has said repeatedly that Discovery's networks will protect their subscription value with an clips-oriented strategy for free broadband access. The news that Discovery is...
Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband, Discovery Communications Inc., Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Technologies / Formats, Companies, Comcast, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-13
MTV Minisodes Series Valemont Launches?With Cameos By Verizon
MTV Networks’ latest experiment with the minisodes format, Valemont, kicks off on-air and online Tuesday with Verizon (NYSE: VZ) cell phones playing a pivotal role in the plot as well as the marketing. For six consecutive weeks, two-and-a-half minute episodes of Valemont, a drama centered around a woman’s search...
Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., MTV, Advertising & Promotion, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Development Tools, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Mobile, Social Media, Video, Companies, Verizon, Viacom, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-27
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