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Cable companies for years have been denying the existence of viable competition. Former Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) CEO Glenn Britt even admitted this denial in a Q3 2013 conference call. “When I first got this job 12 years ago, I think the cable industry as a whole, including our company,...

Cable television is losing steam to Internet streaming services. A new report from Experian Marketing Services says there is a growing number of people who have high-speed Internet, but no cable or satellite television subscription. These “cord-cutters” have jumped in number from 5....

According to Kannan Venkateshwar of Barclays Capital, the talks between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) are likely not what people imagine, if they’re even happening at all. The rumors started over the weekend; that Apple and Comcast were in talks where Apple wanted to reserve...

Recent industry chatter about the possibility of streaming only cable may have been more than idle chatter. Sources told Bloomberg Friday that Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) was close to a deal with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to buy its OnCue Internet based pay-tv service. According to Bloomberg’s...

The face of broadcast television, at least the part that makes money from cable and satellite providers, may be about to change. Bloomberg reported that DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV), Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), are looking into capturing broadcast-TV signals...

Historically, Halloween was a time when regular network television series gave a passing nod to the popular holiday with perennial “Trick or Treat” episodes. Cable channels dusted off their stash of old horror flicks and viewers enjoyed such offerings as Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) owned, Syfy...

The debate over whether cable and satellite companies should offer TV channels via bundles (as they do now) versus a la carte options has a big player – Disney (NYSE: DIS) owned ESPN, the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports.” According to The New York Times, last year ESPN produced 35,...

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is getting ready to put its considerable financial weight behind an Over The Top (OTT) television programing service. OTT refers to broadcast on-demand television content delivered on “top” of existing broadband...