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...In Comcast’s biggest business, cable and internet, revenue rose 5.1 per cent to $13.2bn and adjusted earnings grew 5.2 per cent to $5.24bn....
...Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and Charter have all reported subscriber losses in the third quarter. Altice USA shed a net 33,000 pay-TV subscribers, but that was fewer than the 40,000 it lost a year ago....
...Its objections centred on the argument that AT&T could charge more for other distributors — from traditional carriers such as Comcast and Charter Communications to digital services such as Dish Network’s...
...The Brookings Institution mapped share prices in the sector against regulatory actions, concluding that only the three big cable companies at the time — Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter — were affected...
...“Hulu’s management team and employees have positioned Hulu to be a leader in defining the future of content creation, distribution and monetisation — all while putting the viewer first.”...
...One potential company is Charter Communications, the US cable and communications group with which it held initial discussions earlier this year....
...HBO’s distribution deal with Comcast, America’s largest cable operator and the owner of NBCUniversal, was also up for renewal....
...Altice, the deal-hungry cable and telecoms group controlled by Franco-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi, is lining up a potential $185bn bid for Charter Communications, the second-largest US cable company...
...Lombard says the remedies mean that Sky shareholders should now get ready for a higher takeover offer from Fox, as it looks to compete with a potential offer by US cable giant Comcast....
...The company has also been dealing with the fallout from claims of sexual harassment at Fox News Channel, its lucrative cable news network....
...Comcast withdrew its $71bn takeover of Time Warner Cable last year, after the Department of Justice signalled it would try to stop the deal, which drew widespread opposition from campaigners who said it...
...That waswas largely due to a $381m impairment charge related to the writedown of the goodwill value of its cable reporting unit....
...The service was launched in 2008 as a joint project of NBCUniversal, now owned by Comcast, and News Corp, then owner of Fox, with Disney taking a stake in 2009....
...John Malone, the so-called “Cable Cowboy” and US billionaire behind Charter Communications and Liberty Global, beat Mr Drahi in May in a $78.7bn battle for Time Warner Cable....
...This includes fees associated with the likely collapse of Comcast and TWC’s agreement to sell 3.9m subscribers to Charter Communications, the John Malone-backed cable operator, and Charter’s $10.4bn proposed...
...The end to the 14-month quest to combine America’s two largest US cable and internet providers came after the US communications watchdog recommended a procedural hearing that looked likely to kill the combination...
...He led the spin-offs of Time Warner Cable, AOL and Time Inc, transforming a once-sprawling media conglomerate into a leaner company focused on television and film production....
...Charter Communications, the fourth largest cable company in the US, has agreed to buy Bright House Networks in a $10.4bn deal that is contingent on Comcast’s $45bn takeover of Time Warner Cable being cleared...
...The future for companies such as Charter and market leader Comcast, which is in the midst of its own $45bn mega-merger with Time Warner Cable, will lie in the provision of broadband services....
...● Related in depth: Libor scandal US cable cowboy Malone lassoes Time Warner unit America’s cable cowboy is riding high....
...Among viewers of cable news outlets, MSNBC trails far behind Fox News and CNN....
...Among the major movers on Tuesday, Charter Communications rose 5 per cent to $193.11 after it struck a deal to buy US cable company Bright House Networks for $10.4bn....
...However, one of Mr Taubman’s hoped-for megadeals collapsed after regulators blocked cable giant Comcast’s takeover of Time Warner Cable. Additional reporting by Joseph Cotterill...
...One of the big mysteries in corporate America is whether telecom regulators will allow the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, announced in February, to close....
...David Zaslav, chief executive of cable programmer Discovery Communications, added to the criticism of Nielsen, saying last week “there’s no question that it’s under-measuring . . ....
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