Media ETF Turns in Oscar Performance
2010-03-09 05:17:11
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, Don Dion ,ETF
Quote: Furthermore, PBS's 50-day moving average trend line did not even retreat from its upward sloping performance, while the slopes of the trend lines for SPY, QQQQ, and DIA, turned negative.What made PBS resilient to the action in the broader markets and will it continue to outperform?I see that PBS's outperformance certainly has not been driven by its top holding, GoogleGOOG), which accounts for 5.0% of the fund and has shed 9.0% year to date.Also, although the rest of the PBS' top-five holdings, D...
Read articleTiVo prevails in patent rights case against Dish
2010-03-05 06:06:38
Quote: Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc. already license TiVo's software.Analysts have been perplexed at Dish's intransigent stance on TiVo, which Dish has repeatedly. But Dish has refused to give up.TiVo said the $300 million it was awarded covers Dish's infringement through July 1. The Alviso, Calif.-based company said it will seek damages for Dish's continued infringement since then.Last August, TiVo sued AT&T and Verizon over the same patent and two others that allow multiroom viewing and c...
Read articleThe NHL's Five Ring Circus
2010-03-03 07:47:47
Keywords: Sports Business, team valuations, Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Soccer, Nascar
Quote: CBS, Comcast and Disney aren’t interested in ponying up hundreds of millions of dollars to get minor leaguers in return.
Once the IOC pressures the IIHF to cut a deal, Bettman will be well positioned to lobby for new marketing rights. Possible examples: putting the NHL shield on jerseys and making it visible in arenas. He can also demand scheduling concessions (Sochi is eight hours ahead of the East Coast, and the league doesn’t want to stop its season to play games in...
Read articleTiVo hopes for a lift from DVR blending 'Net, TV
2010-03-03 07:47:45
Quote: Regulatory filings show that TiVo has accumulated net losses of more than $600 million since its inception in 1997.In hopes of consistently turning profits, TiVo has been changing its business strategy so that it's not relying only on selling its hardware.The company is licensing its menu guide and features to Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc. to replace the on-screen guide used in cable DVRs. It is developing a box exclusively for DirecTV Inc. that will work with the satellite TV operat...
Read articleComcast's iPhone App Now Lets You Record On-The-Go; BlackBerry App Next
2010-03-02 07:23:53
Quote: CMCSANews mobile application for the iPhone and iPod Touch to enable customers to update their DVR settings remotely, including the ability to search and schedule new recordings, cancel recordings and sort TV listings by category.The free application, which launched last summer, extended most Comcast services, such as access to email, voicemail, address book, TV listings, to the phone. With the addition of remote DVR functionality, the application does a good job of replicating most of Comcast's...
Read articleUPDATE - US senator asks NBC about Olympic site pay-TV link
2010-03-01 06:50:23
Keywords: Media (industry),United States of America,Consumer electronics,Household durables,
Quote: Kohl raises issue in context of NBC-Comcast deal * NBC says strategy supports huge spending on event(Adds reaction from NBC) WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The top U.S. senator on
antitrust matters has written to NBC to express concern that
some of its Internet coverage of the Winter Olympics is limited
to pay television subscribers. Senator Herb Kohl's letter said sports fans who want to see
some of the Olympic coverage on the site NBCOlympics.com must
first register with the site after validat...
Read articleKohl critical of NBC online Olympic coverage
2010-03-01 06:50:21
Quote: The network also is showing highlights and medal-winning performances online for free, although other events such as full-length hockey games can't be seen free online.Kohl said he doesn't understand why NBC doesn't offer viewers the opportunity to pay directly for online access to all Olympic coverage."I fear that that this practice of locking up certain content only for pay-TV subscribers may be a preview of what is to come with respect to TV programming shown on the Internet, particularly in ...
Read articleKohl critical of NBC online Olympic coverage
2010-03-01 06:50:21
Quote: The network also is showing highlights and medal-winning performances online for free, although other events such as full-length hockey games can't be seen free online.Kohl said he doesn't understand why NBC doesn't offer viewers the opportunity to pay directly for online access to all Olympic coverage."I fear that that this practice of locking up certain content only for pay-TV subscribers may be a preview of what is to come with respect to TV programming shown on the Internet, particularly in ...
Read articleCORRECTED - OFFICIAL-UPDATE - Clearwire rev beats Street
2010-02-26 04:49:15
Keywords: United States of America,Telecommunication services (sector),Commercial services and supplies (industry group),Industrial machinery,Machinery,Media (industry),Wireless telecommunication services,Corporate Results,Telecommunication services,Business activi
Quote: HIGH-SPEED SUBS TO TRIPLE Clearwire, which is part owned by cable providers including
Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) and Time Warner Cable (TWC.N), is
building a high-speed wireless network based on an emerging
technology known as WiMax. These companies use Clearwire's high-speed network to offer
services to their own customers on a wholesale basis. Including wholesale, Clearwire expects its total customer
base to triple this year from 688,000 at the end of the fourth
quarter, implying about 2.06 millio...
Read articleComcast Promotes William E. Dordelman to Senior Vice President and Treasurer
2010-02-26 04:49:14
Quote: Dordelmanoversees Comcast’s relationships with financial institutions, managesthe Company's capital formation activities, and supervises many of theinternal financial processes associated with the Company’s operations.“Bill has been a valued member of our finance team for a number of yearsand has been integral to the success of many key initiatives, includingour recently announced joint venture with NBC Universal. He is wellrespected in the financial community and we look for...
Read articleSnow, stocks falling: How Phila.-area stocks are faring
2010-02-26 04:49:13
Quote: — Up 0.68 percent at $28.08.• Camden, N.J.-based Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) — 0.36 percent higher at $33.27.• Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) of Philadelphia — 1.71 percent lower at $16.14.• Chadds Ford, Pa.-based Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENDP) — 2.6 percent higher at $22.48.• Mortgage insurer Radian (NYSE:RDN) of Philadelphia — 12 percent higher at $10.17.• Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) of Horsham, Pa. — 0.27 percent lower at $...
Read articleCablevision posts 4Q profit, revenue rises 5 pct
2010-02-26 04:49:12
Quote: The top two cable TV providers -- Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. -- reported a similar trend for the fourth quarter."Our biggest difficulty has been in lower-income areas with high unemployment, and I think if we were in a more robust economic climate, we would have had growth in the fourth quarter video (subscribers)," said Tom Rutledge, Cablevision's chief operating officer, in a conference call with analysts.Cablevision lost 45,100 video customers from the prior year, ending the qua...
Read articleUPDATE - Cablevision to roll out network-DVR in April
2010-02-26 04:49:12
Keywords: Media (industry),
Quote: Other cable companies including Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) and
Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC.N) have said they would launch
similar systems over time, once it became clear the RS-DVRs
were legal. Cablevision has made a big drive to provide innovative
services to compete with the advanced digital TV and Internet
features offered by Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) in its
area. Earlier in the week, Cablevision announced its plans to
trial a PC-to-TV relay technology which would enable a
subscriber to wa...
Read articleOn the Call: Live Nation Executive Chairman Azoff
2010-02-26 04:49:11
Quote: The merger was consummated last month.Part of the expense was due to the loss of Paciolan, a ticket-selling subsidiary that sells tens of millions of tickets per year that the company is being forced to sell to Comcast-Spectacor, the Philadelphia-based sports subsidiary of Comcast Corp.Live Nation is also being required to license its ticketing software to Anschutz Entertainment Group Inc., which owns the Staples Center and other venues. It has agreed to help run the back-end of AEG's ticketing ...
Read articleComcast to expand internet, TV services
2010-02-25 03:12:42
Quote: Comcast Corp. customers in Northeast Florida will have more high-speed channels and faster Internet access starting in late March.Customers who directly connect their television sets into the wall outlet will needs a new adaptor box to tap into the upgraded system. The upgrade will give customers 55 new high-definition channels, including MSNBC and Fox Business, and 11 new digital channels, including the Reelz and Military History channels. The new system is expected to be in place in Jacksonvil...
Read articleUnited States Patent and Trademark Office Recognizes GolfNow.com's Innovative Online Tee-Time Booking Technology
2010-02-25 03:12:40
Quote: Â The Golf Channel cable network, co-founded by Arnold Palmer and a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), is available in more than 120 million homes worldwide through cable, satellite and wireless companies. Â Exclusive partnerships with the world's top tours allow Golf Channel to feature more live golf coverage than all other networks combined, added to a programming schedule distinguished by golf's best news, instruction and original programming. Â Golf Channel's dig...
Read articleComcast.net hacker who redirected Web traffic pleads guilty
2010-02-25 03:12:37
Quote: One of the three men charged with hacking into the Web site for Comcast’s Internet customers last year has pleaded guilty, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia said Wednesday.Christopher Allen Lewis, whose hacker alias was EBK, pleaded guilty to conspiring to disrupt service on the comcast.net site on May 28 and 29.Lewis, 20, of Newark, Del., was charged in November, along with James Robert Black, whose hacker name was Defiant, and Michael Paul Nebel, who went by the name Slack...
Read articleNew Issue-Comcast sells $2.4 bln in two parts
2010-02-25 03:12:32
Keywords: United States of America,Debt,U.S. corporate debt,Terms and conditions - bond issues,Loans,
Quote: New Issue-Comcast sells $2.4 bln in two parts
Feb 24 (Reuters) - Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) (CCW.N) on
Wednesday sold $2.4 billion of senior notes in two parts, said
IFR, a Thomson Reuters service.Deutsche Bank, UBS, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, and RBS
were the joint bookrunning managers for the sale.
BORROWER: COMCAST CORP
TRANCHE 1AMT $1.4 BLNCOUPON 5.15 PCTMATURITY 3/1/2020TYPE SR NOTESISS PRICE 99.899FIRST PAY 9/1/2010MOODY'S Baa1YIELD 5.163 PCTSETTLEMENT 3/1/2010
S&P BBB-PLUSSPREAD 147 BPSPA...
Read articleDailyCandy Gets A New Editor: New York Magazine's Janet Ozzard
2010-02-24 08:42:41
Keywords: internet, mediamemo, peter kafka, advertising, blogs, digital, entertainment, media, television, arrivals departures feature, beth ellard, bob pittman, comcast, dailycandy, editor in chief, eve epstein, fashion, ge, gilt groupe, guide, janet ozzard, lifes
Quote: The biggest, of course, was when Bob Pittman’s Pilot Group sold the company to Comcast (CMCSA) for $125 million in the summer of 2008.
CEO Pete Sheinbaum moved on last May, and his role was eventually filled by Hearst Digital’s Beth Ellard in August. In December, the company began paring back some of its local editions and laid off some staff in the process. And assuming the deal with GE (GE) and NBC Universal goes through, DailyCandy will end up as part of that combined company (unl...
Read articleCOMCAST CORP Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report
2010-02-24 08:42:40
Quote: Revenue from our
Programming segment is generated primarily from monthly per subscriber license
fees paid by multichannel video providers, the sale of advertising and the
licensing of our programming internationally.
Our other business interests include Comcast Interactive Media and Comcast
Spectacor. Comcast Interactive Media develops and operates our Internet
businesses, including Comcast.net, Fancast, thePlatform, Fandango, Plaxo and
DailyCandy. Revenue from Comcast Interactive Media is gener...
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