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Give your customers a carrot.(Cable television broadcasting industry)(Column): The news that fuel costs will soar 40% this winter sent chills down the spine of anyone who has a home to heat, including me, as I write this wearing a sweatshirt and bathrobe in mid-October. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.--the nation's largest retailer...; Tags: cable, cable company, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., cable television; Research articles 2005-10-17
Invisible Innovation.(future of cable television): By Mike Farrell Cable Goes For More Features and Less Hype In December 1994, Time Warner Inc. chairman Gerald Levin sat in a mock living room on a hotel stage in Orlando, Fla., and ushered in what...; Tags: cable, cable industry, cable television, Comcast Corp., digital video recorder, innovation, phone, Time Warner Inc., TV, wireless; Research articles 2007-05-21
RCN Receives Additional Cable Franchise in Lehigh Valley, PA; Borough Council Grants RCN the Right to Provide Cable Television Services in the Borough of Emmaus: HERNDON, Va. -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), a leading provider of triple play cable, high-speed internet and phone services, announced today that the Emmaus Borough Council approved a cable franchise agreement, which enables RCN to offer cable television services to more than 5,000 homes in the Lehigh Valley County, PA...; Tags: cable, cable television; Research articles 2006-07-20
Big year for the big 10: nets rise or hold own despite rivals for time.(Cable television broadcasting industry's media ratings): Despite increased competition from new-media alternatives, the top 10 cable networks last year either registered primetime ratings gains or at the very least held their own. "Traditional television" performed strongly last year, wit Despite increased competition from new-media...; Tags: cable, network, TV, cable network, Disney Corp., cable television; Research articles 2006-01-02
Tiering tussle: market test for family way.(Senate Commerce Committee analyses cable television fares)(Brief Article): Cable and satellite honchos were on Capitol Hill last week as the Senate Commerce Committee began examining ways to curb indecent TV fare. Cable continued to tout moves toward voluntary family tiers, but lawmakers like Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va. Cable and satellite honchos were...; Tags: cable, cable television, satellite, TV, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2006-01-23

Seven things that will change cable TV in 2004.(Top of the Week): No industry in American business is rocked by change more than cable. And few other industries are whipsawed by such a complex array of forces: technology, Wail Street, government regulation, advertising, and the ever-changing tastes of an increasi No industry in American business is...; Tags: cable, DirecTV, cable company, NBC Universal Inc., Adelphia Communications Corp., network, cable television; Research articles 2004-05-03
Ops ask Hill for legal remedies. (Rate Card).(cable television operators, US Congress)(Brief Article): WASHINGTON -- When it comes to making recommendations to Congress, cable operators serve up as many ideas as they do channels of programming. Small cable operators would like to break the market power of broadcast networks that own cable netw ...; Tags: cable, cable company, cable television, programming, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2003-06-09
AT&T cuts another blow to former cable camelot.(cable television business in Denver, Colorado): DENVER -- This city's reign as the capital of cable TV is over. Consolidation, a stressed economy and the natural ebb and flow of a maturing industry have put the Mile High City on a gradual downhill traverse from its peak...; Tags: cable, AT&T Corp., cable television; Research articles 2002-10-14
Changes in the air for cable?(Backtalk): Last week marked the first week of autumn, and there was a definite change in the air regarding the prevailing climate in the cable-television marketplace. If ever there was any doll who is the cable kingpin, those doubts disappeared last we...; Tags: cable, cable television, Comcast Corp., Viacom Inc.; Research articles 2003-09-29
September's a Blockbuster for basic cable.(cable television ratings information): Basic cable started off September with a bang, stacking up its highest-ever weekly primetime share for a reporting period--a 55.6--during the month. Cable's household share was up 2.4 points, an increase of 4.5%, for the week of Sept. 1 to 7...; Tags: Blockbuster Inc., cable, cable television, ESPN, TV; Research articles 2003-09-15
Keeping it low: year starts with sub-5% rate hikes.(cable television providers are setting rate increases that are below recent norms): After dodging a bullet by receiving a largely favorable report from the U.S. General Accounting Office in October, MSOs are beginning to set increases for 2004 that are below the recent norm. The GAO report, issued Oct. 24, stated that cable r...; Tags: cable, cable television, General Accounting Office, video; Research articles 2003-12-01
Life during consolidation. (Backtalk).(changing cable television providers): Lately I've been thinking that I qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records. If not that, I deserve my own little nook in The Cable Center, with a tasteful brass plaque attesting to my fortitude in embracing change. Why? Because...; Tags: cable, cable television, Cablevision Systems Corp., TCI; Research articles 2002-11-25
Moving and Grooving.(cable television executives lobby Congress concerning cable carriage regulations)(Brief Article): Several dozen high-level cable programming executives will be on the move May 16, storming Congress to lobby its leaders not to give in to broadcast-TV stations' demands for cable carriage of both their analog and digital signals. This is a v...; Tags: cable, cable television, TV, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2001-05-14
Six ops get new start.(Tip Sheet)(Cable television broadcasting industry)(Brief Article): JB Hanauer & Co. cable analyst David Joyce initiated coverage on six cable companies, slapping a "market perform" rating on four stocks (Comcast Corp., Mediacom Communications Corp., Insight Communications Co. and Cablevision Systems JB Hanauer & Co. cable analyst David Joyce initiated coverage...; Tags: cable, Comcast Corp., cable television; Research articles 2004-10-04
Billion Dollar Bill Meets His Match.(Bill Gates' investments in cable television industry not bearing fruits for Microsoft)(Editorial): By Kent Gibbons, Executive Editor A decade ago, when Microsoft's Bill Gates bought $1 billion worth of Comcast stock after a personal invest-in-cable pitch from Brian Roberts, there was much concern in cable land that Microsoft would come to ...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., cable, Bill Gates, Comcast Corp., cable company, cable television; Research articles 2007-05-21
Congress gets earful on program access.(cable television industry)(Brief Article): Fair-price-guarantee law expires in March Opening salvos were fired last week in the coming legislative battle over video distributors' access to programming. A law that requires cable companies that own both systems and programming netw ...; Tags: cable, programming, cable company, U.S. Congress, cable television; Research articles 2001-04-09
RCN Corporation Gives United Way a Holiday Gift Of $3 Million of Donated Cable Television Time: HERNDON, Va. -- In the spirit of the holiday season, RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), a leading provider of triple play cable, high-speed internet and phone services, has given a gift of $3 million in donated cable television time to United Way.; Tags: cable, cable television, TV, United Way; Research articles 2006-12-22
Data Dereg could mean tax hits.(if cable modem services are classified as data services not regulated with cable television services, new taxes might be imposed): WASHINGTON - Escaping government regulation of its high-speed Internet access business might carry a price for the cable industry in the form of new taxes at local and federal levels. In March, the Federal Communications Commission is expected WASHINGTON...; Tags: cable, cable modem, cable television, Cox Communications Inc., data service, FCC, information service, tax, universal service; Research articles 2002-02-04
The cable standard.(digital television standards will not work with cable television): Can the problems of interoperability be resolved? Digital television suffers many plagues, but none afflicts broadcasters more than one simple fact: DTV won't work with cable. Why is such a dear problem so hard to solve? ...; Tags: broadcaster, cable, cable television, digital television, FCC, programming, TV; Research articles 2000-09-04
Cable Execs Expect Tough Upfront Talks.(cable television industry, contract negotiations)(Brief Article): With the broadcast up-front largely wrapping up last week, industry executives expect negotiations on the cable side to pick up steam. "Some buyers will try to get done [this] week because they feel it's time," Lifetime Television ex With...; Tags: cable, negotiation, agency, network, cable television; Research articles 2001-07-02