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...Known for big deals such as Time Warner Cable, NBCUniversal, AT&T’s broadband business and cable group Adelphia Communications, Comcast has also been active in smaller, early-stage investing through its...
...The company’s free cash flow sank 11 per cent last year to $2.3bn as it spent heavily on digital system upgrades, new television set-top boxes and the integration of Adelphia’s cable systems....
...of the bankrupt Adelphia) and at best a C-minus for AOL....
...New shares of Time Warner Cable could begin trading in January following the approval by a bankruptcy judge of a plan to pay the creditors of Adelphia Communications, the cable group acquired by Time Warner...
...The timing partly hinges on decisions by a bankruptcy judge about a plan to pay the creditors of Adelphia Communications, the cable group acquired last year by Time Warner and Comcast for more than $17bn...
...Much of the focus for Time Warner Cable this year will be to integrate the cable systems it acquired from Adelphia....
...“Time Warner Cable shares will be boosted this year through the effective integration of the Adelphia systems and the success of the triple play offering....
...A series of events that investors have long been aware of – such as the impact of buying Adelphia, the sale of a minority stake in cable and a better 2007 film slate – are suddenly closer....
...Earnings were boosted by the acquisition of cable operator Adelphia and income from asset sales. Revenues rose 7 per cent to $10.9bn from $10.2bn, slightly less than analysts had expected....
...cable operator....
...They will bring their existing mandates, which include advising on various aspects of the restructurings of Delphi, the car parts group, Tower Automotive, and Adelphia, the cable operator....
...Time Warner Cable is preparing for a 16 per cent spin-off, as part of the purchase of bankrupt operator Adelphia by Time Warner and Comcast....
...Cable Operator Comcast was up 3.2 per cent at $40.00 after it said subscriber growth and tax gains related to transactions with Adelphia and Time Warner had helped drive healthy quarterly earnings....
...Time Warner Cable is preparing to complete its acquisition of Adelphia, a bankrupt operator. As part of the deal, 16 per cent of Time Warner Cable will be spun off....
...once the $18bn acquisition of cable operator Adelphia had been completed....
...Mr Parsons plans to spin off 16 per cent of the cable business as part of the Adelphia deal, potentially giving him a currency for further acquisitions in cable or to expand into mobile telephony, an area...
...Blair Levin, an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus in Washington, said he believed the cable move would “at least indirectly” help Comcast and Time Warner in connection to the Adelphia deal....
...John Rigas, the founder of Adelphia who was convicted of looting the cable company earlier this year, and his son were on Friday charged and indicted for evading $300m in federal income tax, representing...
...Cablevision later made a last-minute bid for bankrupt cable operator Adelphia, acquired by Time Warner and Comcast, the two biggest US cable operators....
...s two biggest players, Time Warner and Comcast, to acquire Adelphia, the bankrupt cable operator....
...year Cablevision has seen boardroom coups, battled with Charles Dolan over the loss-making Voom satellite service, fought with New York City over plans for a new stadium and failed to buy more assets from Adelphia...
...He plans to spin off 16 per cent of Time Warner Cable when its acquisition of Adelphia is completed this year....
...Cable companies are also consolidating: Comcast, the US operator that is the largest cable group in the world, and Time Warner, the second biggest, last year jointly bought the bankrupt Adelphia for close...
...John Rigas, 80, founder of Adelphia Communications, was on Monday sentenced to 15 years in prison for looting the cable television company and lying to investors....
...Adelphia Communications, the fifth-largest US cable operator, plans to close its long-distance telephone operations after failing to find a buyer for the unit....
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