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...In the US, data usage via the cable company Comcast is up 32 per cent nationwide, and by over 60 per cent in locked-down cities....
...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....
...Comcast’s NBCUniversal owns the NBC broadcast network, as well as portfolio of cable channels and the Universal film studio and it is also an investor in Hulu....
...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....
...HBO’s distribution deal with Comcast, America’s largest cable operator and the owner of NBCUniversal, was also up for renewal....
...Last month, it was reported that Sprint was in talks with cable companies Comcast and Charter Communications, the latter owned by Mr Malone....
...The company has also been dealing with the fallout from claims of sexual harassment at Fox News Channel, its lucrative cable news network....
...Then Sprint held talks with Comcast and Charter Communications, the two largest US cable providers, which could have seen the companies work more closely together. That seems to have failed....
...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 Fusion has struggled to build significant viewership for its cable channel and is not carried by Comcast....
...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....
...Charter Communications unveiled a $90bn-plus plan to become the second-biggest US cable operator on Tuesday, even as regulators pledged to test whether the latest attempt to consolidate the industry was...
...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...
...Hulu, the online streaming company, has struck a deal with Showtime to offer the premium cable channel’s new internet video service at a discounted rate to Hulu subscribers....
...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....
...The DoJ’s record could provide insight into another merger review that would have a big impact on consumers — the $45bn tie-up between Comcast and Time Warner Cable....
...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 . . ....
...It would also help AT&T compete with Comcast, which would consolidate its position as the biggest cable TV and broadband supplier with 30m customers if its TWC deal is approved....
...However in recent days he has added a second argument that could resonate with regulators and others concerned about Comcast’s planned acquisition of Time Warner Cable, a deal that would combine the two...
...The Time Warner Cable/Charter Communications buyout saga continues, with Comcast diving into the fray, either as enabler or spoiler....
...(WSJ) “Comcast may divest about 4 million subscribers after its merger with Time Warner Cable and is working to reach an accord to sell a portion of those customers to Charter Communications, a source familiar...
...and spending $2.6bn for 27 per cent of Charter Communications, the fourth-largest US cable operator....
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