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NEWS ABOUT: cable operators

cable operators stories: 9 news summaries

NFL Network, After Ratings Flop, in Talks With ESPN

Partnership could give cable sports power 8 games, save face for league

Jun 20, 08 5:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having lost a game of chicken with the nation’s cable operators, the National Football League is in talks with ESPN to carry prime-time games that were unavailable to most American households last season, the Wall Street Journal reports. The NFL’s channel, charging lucrative fees, is available in only... More »

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television • NFL • NFL Network • ESPN • cable TV • cable operators

OPINION

 ISPs Should Stay
 With Flat-Rate Pricing 

Analyst argues metered service will halt innovation and stunt growth

Jun 5, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cable companies are wooing Wall Street by saying they’ll offset expensive implementation of a new, high-speed software protocol by metering broadband Internet access. Bad move, Om Malik writes on GigaOm. Flat-rate high-speed access has enabled recent revolutionary innovation in the telecom business, which led to almost 70 million broadband... More »

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broadband Internet • telecom industry • Internet service providers • cable operators • telecommunications companies • Time Warner Cable • tiered broadband

TV Newbie Verizon to FCC: Help Cable Users Switch

Move highlights telecom turf war

Mar 27, 08 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Verizon rolls out its subscription-TV service, the company has asked the FCC to make the switch from cable easier for consumers, the Washington Post reports. In its petition, Verizon asked for the authority to shut off its customers’ cable services on their behalf, arguing that the switchover process is... More »

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television • FCC • Verizon • telecommunications • wireless service • cable operators • cable industry • FiOS

Mistake Wipes Out 14,000 Email Accounts

Red-faced Charter Comm. apologizes for goof, offers credits

Jan 25, 08 12:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Embarrassed executives at Charter Communications have given $50 credits to each of 14,000 customers who had their email accounts accidentally wiped out, the AP reports. A company spokeswoman apologized for the technical error that saw active accounts erased in a routine clearout of unused email accounts.The cable company... More »

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Internet • email • ISP • cable operators • Charter Communications

Investor Says Oust Comcast CEO; Reaction Mixed

Stock down 43%, but problems are industry-wide

Jan 19, 08 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - With Comcast's stock price down 43% this year, a major shareholder has called for the  cable operator to give CEO Brian Roberts the boot. The proposal has met a tepid response, the Wall Street Journal reports. The call for Roberts' head is premature, say analysts and investors, especially given the... More »

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Comcast • cable operators • Brian Roberts • cable industry • Chieftain Capital Management

Comcast Woes Deepen as Cable Biz Feels Heat

Industry faces slumping demand and increased competition from telecoms, satellite

Dec 6, 07 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Comcast’s worsening financial health, reported by its new CFO yesterday, has BusinessWeek predicting rough going ahead for the cable business. Consumers hit by  the housing slump are cutting back on service, just as satellite and telecom competitors are cutting prices to get their attention. Comcast saw its stock tumble... More »

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Comcast • cable operators

Now Cable is Watching You

New ad technology tracks family viewing habits from cable box data

Nov 25, 07 10:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Viewing data flashed from cable boxes is being used to monitor family viewing habits and then target advertising more selectively to cable customers. The Wall Street Journal reports the new process comes from Navic Networks, an interactive TV company in Massachusetts, comparable to technology used by Internet advertisers, and is... More »

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targeted advertising • cable operators • RE/MAX International • Cox Communications • Navic Networks • Admira • Claritas • Internet advertising

Cable Stock Pounding
Not Over Yet

Broadcasting & Cable cites industry's growing list of problems

Nov 19, 07 3:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Cable stocks are getting beaten up badly thanks to a combination of factors—subscribers fleeing to satellite and other services, a general market gloom that is compounded for often-complicated cable stocks, and news that the FCC plans to beef up its oversight. Led by industry giant Comcast, the group's stocks... More »

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Comcast • FCC • cable TV • cable operators

FCC is Broken, Cable Group Chief Argues

Says government plays favorites, backs policies dooming his industry

Nov 14, 07 11:44 PM CST
(Newser) - The head of a cable television trade group bashed the head of the FCC today, accusing him of backing policies that “hurt the (cable) industry.” The issue causing most of the fuss, Broadcasting and Cable reports, is the proposed to mandate an a la carte pricing system,... More »

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FCC • telecom industry • Kevin Martin • Kyle McSlarrow • National Cable and Telecommunications Association • cable operators • a la carte pricing

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