DISH has blacked out Raycom Media for over a week, and CBS has been off Time Warner Cable for the past week, now DISH has called on Congress to update the local TV carriage rules and protect consumers. “Since the beginning of the year, Raycom has told its viewers to switch providers no fewer than […]
Jeff Bewkes, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, has suggested that global Internet piracy actually benefits original programming such as HBO’s Game of Thrones, leading to more paying subscribers for pay-TV networks. Studies indicate that Game of Thrones is one of the most pirated TV globally. Responding to an earnings call question about whether Time […]
Portugal’s Competition Authority has authorised the purchase of telecommunications operator Oni by Altice, the owner of Portuguese cable TV operator, Cabovisão. In its ruling, the regulator decided “not to oppose the deal”, announced on June 3rd, as it believes that it does not create competition problems. Previously, Luxembourg-based Altice announced plans to purchase Winreason, the […]
upc cablecom says it is making numerous improvements to its Horizon entertainment platform. All Horizon customers will receive a new remote control with extra functions that also features a full keyboard on the back. In addition, 18 new apps have been added to Horizon, user navigation has been simplified and the platform has been made […]
Les Moonves, CBS’s CEO, has responded forcefully to the open letter sent by Time Warner Cable Chairman and CEO Glen Britt offering to provide CBS stations to subscribers on an à la carte basis, suggesting in his own open letter that TWC is engaging in “public posturing”. He dismisses the offer as “grandstanding” and nothing […]
US pay-TV provider DirecTV has come out in support of Time Warner Cable in its retransmission dispute with CBS, suggesting that the conduct of content companies had “reached a new low” in such battles. After failing to reach agreement by a 5pm deadline on August 2nd, Time Warner Cable (TWC) dropped the network in New […]
Following the commencement of Vodafone’s voluntary public takeover offer for the entire share capital of Kabel Deutschland, the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Kabel Deutschland Holding AG have published their joint statement pursuant to Section 27 of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz/WpÜG) on the offer document from Vodafone Vierte […]
Time Warner Cable Inc, the second-largest US cable operator, reported quarterly revenue below expectations as it added less than half the number of subscribers for high-speed data services that analysts had forecast. Cable operators are increasingly depending upon internet customers for growth as they continue to lose cable TV subscribers and face rising programming costs.Time […]
By taking a page from Netflix—and by settling for lower profit margins—Cox Communications’ new flareWatch over-the-top (OTT) TV service could show the entire pay-TV industry how to mitigate the threat from OTT, according to information and analytics provider IHS. FlareWatch is the first US pay-TV operator-provided OTT subscription TV service that is not tied to […]
Further to the June 24th announcement of its agreed takeover bid for German cable MSO Kabel Deutschland, Vodafone has launched a voluntary public takeover offer for the entire share capital of Kabel Deutschland Holding (KDH) through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Vodafone Vierte. Shareholders of KDH can tender their shares from today (July 30th) until […]