Five companies that want to break up your cable bundle
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Want to get rid of your big and expensive cable bundle? So does your cable company. And in that quest, it is joined by some unlikely frenemies. Read more »
Cablevision sues Viacom to break up the bundle — or get a better deal
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Cablevision has sued Viacom over requirements to carry channels no one watches. The lawsuit could be a serious challenge to the cable bundle. That’s why it will likely be settled out of court. Read more »
Cablevision rolls out Optimum app for Kindle Fire
While the broader TV Everywhere initiative has been hindered by all the deals that need to happen between programmers and pay TV operators, watch-anywhere-in-the-home apps provided by multichannel operators are gaining traction. Cablevision says Optimum, for example, is now used by a third of its subscribers. Read more »
Is Cablevision about to launch a Netflix competitor, too?
With chief James Dolan mentioning unspecified software investments during Cablevision’s first-quarter earnings report Thursday morning, BTIG Research analyst Richard Greenfield believes the company is on the cusp of announcing a subscription video-on-demand service similar to Comcast’s Streampix. Read more »
TV Everywhere Has Come To Xbox Live, But Who Will Let You See It?
With HBO’s new video teaser for the April 1 launch of its HBO Go service on Xbox Live, the big question is: Which of the top cable, satellit… Read more »
Almost All Pay-TV Subscribers Now Have Access To HBO Go
HBO’s luck may have run out Wednesday on its big Dustin Hoffman-led horse-racing drama, but it remains full speed ahead for the pay cable ne… Read more »
Why Canoe Abandoned Ship With Interactive TV Ads
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An ambitious effort by the cable industry to create unified standards for targeted and interactive television advertising has failed, the vi… Read more »
Why The Diller-Backed Aereo Will Need Some Fancy Lawyers
Broadcasters have a history of squashing disruptive technologies in court — and the new cord-cutting service Aereo could well be their next… Read more »
After Starting Streaming Race, Starz Now Lags Behind HBO And Showtime
The evolution of premium cable TV beyond the living room took another step this week, with Showtime introducing a streaming app to rival HBO… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: The Age Of Ubiquity (For Some)
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This is the last in a series of posts that highlighted key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cover most, from… Read more »
Ex-Cablevision COO Rutledge Turns Up As Charter CEO
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It’s trite but in this case quite true: Cablevision’s loss is Charter’s gain. Tom Rutledge, the deft cable operator who abruptly left Cablev… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-30-11
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» FTC Announces 20 Year Privacy Deal With Facebook, Asks To Be ‘Liked’ (paidContent)
» Bets on Spotify’s news – radio… Read more »
Fas-Fax: Major Newspapers’ Total Digital Editions Rise 63 Percent
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Digital editions of the top 25 newspapers rose 63 percent to 2,169,843 for the six months ending in September, according to Audit Bureau of… Read more »
Cablevision: More Video Subscriber Losses, But Rate Appears To Be Slowing
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There seems to be no escaping the cable industry’s continuing decline in basic video subscribers, and Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) was no excepti… Read more »
Sprint, Comcast Looking For Friends To Help Clearwire Get Back On Its Feet
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Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) needs a helping hand, there’s no doubt about that. And it sounds like a familiar friend may be riding to the rescue b… Read more »
As Cablevision Launches New App, Its Legal Battle With Viacom Heats Up
The “party line” from pay TV companies about iPad apps is clear now-it’s another television screen, not a new internet-based form of distrib… Read more »
Cablevision Loses More Video Subs; Adds iPhone, Touch Apps
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Like its MSO rivals, Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) saw more subscribers disappear, though it thinks it has a plan to retain the customers don’t le… Read more »
Verizon Ordered To Pay $115M In Damages After Patent Loss
Certain smartphone companies may want to take note of this one: using patents aggressively can produce pushback from unexpected places. Veri… Read more »
Verklin Stepping Down As Canoe Ventures’ CEO; Timko To Be Interim CEO
Ad industry veteran David Verklin says he will step down as CEO of Canoe Ventures, the interactive TV joint venture backed by the major cabl… Read more »
MPAA To Court: Shut Down Zediva’s Illegal DVD-Streaming Service
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The MPAA has filed another volley in the looming battle over the Zediva online DVD-streaming service. They’re hoping the Los Angeles federal… Read more »
Viacom Files Another iPad Streaming Lawsuit, This Time Against Cablevision
Just one day after Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) agreed to put their litigation over iPad streaming on “hold,” Viacom has f… Read more »
Harry Potter Goes Legit In China: Warner Bros. Is The First To Ink VoD Deal
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If one of the best measures against piracy is to make content more easily available in a legitimate format, then Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) ha… Read more »
Appeals Court: ‘Bundling’ Cable Service Is Not Illegal
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A lot of people don’t like “bundling”-the practice of selling consumers access to a big chunk of cable channels, rather than allowing “a la… Read more »
Cablevision: Not Giving Up On Newsday; Advanced Ads Drive Revenue Gains
Since Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) doesn’t break out results for Newsday any more, it’s hard to know exactly how bad the Long Island newspaper is… Read more »
Cablevision Revenues, Profits Rise As Video Subs Decline Slightly
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Financially, Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) had a pretty solid quarter as profits and revenues edged up nicely, while advertising dollars at were u… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-06-11
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» Satellite television company Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH) Corp won an auction for video rental chain Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) Inc o… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-04-11
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» When SB Nation head Jim Bankoff was at AOL (NYSE: AOL) in 2005, he helped manage the acquisition of Endgaget — now he’s brough… Read more »
Updated: Cablevision Launches Optimum for iPad: 300 Channels And VOD
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) tossed a pebblein the water compared to the iPad app launched today by Cablevision (NYSE: CVC). Optimum Live T… Read more »
Cablevision Spin-Off Unit Renamed; Josh Sapan Tapped As CEO
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Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) has rechristened the programming division it intends to spin off AMC Networks and named Josh Sapan as its president… Read more »
Cablevision Gets Subscriber Boost From Bresnan Acquisition
Although Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) had been able to maintain its subscriber numbers over the past year, unlike many other MSOs, who were thoug… Read more »
Secretive Company Sues The Cable Industry, Claiming It Owns Patents On VOD
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Back in November, a little-known Virginia company named Pragmatus AV sued Facebook, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG), LinkedIn, and Photobucket over pat… Read more »
Cablevision Board Approves Rainbow Spin-off
After little less than a month of consideration, Cablevision’s board has decided to spin-off its Rainbow programming unit as a separate comp… Read more »
CNBC Launches New Desktop, Mobile Subscription Offering
As part of its efforts to expand its “real-time” market data to mobile and the desktop, CNBC (NYSE: GE) is launching a new subscription prod… Read more »
CNBC Brings Its ‘Real-Time’ Data To The iPad — Paid Products Coming Soon
As its rivals look to buttress their existing “real-time” data businesses with separate digital products, CNBC (NYSE: GE) has released its f… Read more »
Video: Spotify’s UK Head On How Sceptics Misjudge Paid Content Businesses
UK country manager Jon Mitchell tells the AOP… “The crucial thing for businesses heading in to a world they’re not particularly familiar with, like News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) heading to paywalls: you’ve got to be flexible. “There’s obviously lots of comment externally on these businesses, going […] Read more »
Comcast, Time Warner And Charter Sued Over Modems
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Most Americans have never heard of a company called WiLan, but that company is now claiming that it should get a cut of many of the cable mo… Read more »
eMusic Launches New Site With Tiered MP3 Pricing
eMusic launched its new website today, which includes 250,000 new songs from Universal, new hits from Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music and Warner Musi… Read more »
Cablevision Considers Spinning Off Rainbow Programming Division
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Cablevision’s board has given the company the okay to explore spinning off its Rainbow unit as a separate company. But the cable operator is… Read more »
CNBC Taps Ex-BW Sales Exec Tosto To Head Digital, Mobile Advertising
CNBC (NYSE: GE), looking to capture a wider share of growing digital and mobile ad dollars, has named veteran sales exec Lou Tosto to head u… Read more »
Cablevision Getting Into Gaming; Connecting Facebook Photos To TV
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Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) will be releasing a free interactive multi-player game service in the next few week, as it looks to create an online… Read more »
