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...I picked my way gingerly over a tangle of cables and took a seat. A few moments later there was a countdown and then the sound of shutters clacking....
...Other smaller cable network owners such as AMC Networks are feeling the pinch as cable and broadband providers get bigger and the likes of Netflix and Facebook compete for video viewers....
...Comcast-Dreamworks talks Comcast is in talks to buy DreamWorks Animation for more than $3bn, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that could make the cable giant a rival to Walt Disney...
...But there was no joking about Univision’s interest in The Onion, whose properties include the pop culture-focused A.V....
...The net neutrality debate has taken on a David v Goliath flavour....
...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 . . ....
...Related reading: Reliance Communications’ profits plummet, FT Reliance – Ambani v Ambani, Lex Anil Ambani moves to reassure investors, FT CWC/Batelco – beauty at sunset, Lex CWC sells Monaco & Islands unit...
...The case (now called FCC v. Fox Television Stations et al) was appealed to the US Supreme Court, where it was debated on Tuesday....
...High-traffic gossip site Gawker followed and then came cable channel CNN....
...A federal appeals court has bopped the Federal Communications Commission yet again. In Comcast v. FCC – the “network neutrality” case – the agency was found to be making up the law as it went....
...V-me has managed to reach a majority of Hispanic households rapidly, through digital distribution deals with cable, satellite and telecoms networks and by partnering with 40 public television stations....
...The right has existed in US state common law since a 1918 case called International New Services v. Associated Press....
...The new cable will provide internet and voice operation services to Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines....
...In FCC v Fox Television Stations, the high court will rule on whether a policy governing the airing of “fleeting expletives” on broadcast television, enacted by the Federal Communications Commission, is...
...Certainly, the facts of the case were unsavoury: Charter Communications, a cable company, persuaded Scientific-Atlanta and another supplier to participate in sham transactions so Charter could deceive its...
...The lawsuit accuses Motorola and Scientific-Atlanta, makers of cable television set-top boxes, of violating federal securities laws by engaging in sham transactions to help Charter Communications, a cable...
...The case involves a cable company, Charter Communications, which inflated its revenues by using bogus transactions with two suppliers....
...As a communications device, however, the iPhone will be a letdown. No matter how fine its software and elegant its physical appearance, it is connected to a painfully slow data network....
...Skype-high prices Also trendy this year was using Skype as a business communications tool (despite legitimate security concerns)....
...He cited last week’s launch of V CAST Music, Verizon Wireless’ new digital music download service, as an example of the innovation and new products that continue to drive wireless growth....
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