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Apple TV Gets New Channels Ahead Of Hardware Upgrade (AAPL)
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 1:44pm | 539Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is rumored to upgrade its growing set-top box with a number of new features this fall, including video games. Until then, Apple seems to be intent on slowly populating the device with as many channels as possible. For its latest upgrade, the Mac maker has added content from...
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Apple Might Become A Cable Company (AAPL)
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 8:53am | 593Read More...Another day, another threat to the cable companies. Tuesday’s Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rumor mill produced an interesting idea where Apple could move forward with its TV plans by essentially forming its own cable company. The fact that Apple is interested in the TV space is nothing new. Steve...
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Cable Companies Would Hate a Google – NFL Partnership (GOOG)
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 9:14am | 712Read More...If you haven’t heard, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and the NFL are in some form of communication regarding the NFL Sunday Ticket rights that will be up for grabs beginning with the 2015 NFL season. At this point, the story isn’t so much about Google or the NFL. It’s about something much bigger that...
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Sony's PlayStation TV Could Score Viacom Content After Netflix Loss
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 3:57pm | 657Read More...Sony's (NYSE: SNE) mysterious TV service could launch sooner than later if the company's new deal with Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) comes to fruition. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sony has reached a preliminary agreement with Viacom for its unconfirmed pay-TV series. Unlike Netflix (NASDAQ:...
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CBS Viewership Drops Nearly 5% Following Timer Warner Blackout (CBS, TWC)
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 12:02pm | 579Read More...Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) may have the last laugh in its service standoff with content provider CBS (NYSE: CBS). According to Bloomberg, the nation's leading TV network lost 4.7 percent of its prime-time audience after being dropped from Time Warner Cable. The blackout -- which came after the...
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FOX Taking Over As Broadcast Partner For The U.S. Open
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 9:01am | 638Read More...The PGA Championship kicked off Thursday and with notables like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both well off of the lead and CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) choosing not to give 3.5 million people the opportunity to watch it, the tournament has the potential of being...
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Apple, Wal-Mart And Other Companies With Monster Share Buyback (AAPL, WMT)
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 1:10pm | 960Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) all have or are expected to have monster stock repurchase plans of more than $5 billion. Below, we take a quick look at how these stocks have fared and what analysts expect from them. When it comes to returning...
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Time Warner's Blackout Of CBS Could Last Weeks (CBS, TWC)
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 6:50am | 575Read More...Do you live in New York, Los Angeles or Dallas? Do you subscribe to Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and enjoy watching programming on CBS (NYSE: CBS)? Don’t look now - well actually, you can’t. And, maybe not for several weeks. Reuters reported Sunday that thanks to the fact that the two...
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Google Preparing For Entry Into Online Television (GOOG)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 12:06pm | 775Read More...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...
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Will Microsoft Lure Cable Giants to Xbox One Before PlayStation 4 and Apple TV? (MSFT, AAPL)
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 12:22pm | 830Read More...When consumers look at the $200 starting price of Xbox 360, they may ask themselves, "What am I paying for?" The answer to that question is critical to the future of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) next console, Xbox One. At $499, it is the company's most expensive gaming device (not including the...
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DirecTV Deal to Acquire Hulu Imminent Says PandoDaily
Friday, June 14, 2013 - 9:58am | 569Read More...PandoDaily reported Thursday that several sources with inside knowledge said a deal for DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) to acquire Hulu was “imminent.” The same sources said the selling price would be about $1 billion. The fact that Hulu, jointly owned by Disney (NYSE: DIS), News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA) and...
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Comcast Might Sell Hulu to a Growing Rival
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 3:46pm | 390Read More...Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), one of three corporations that currently owns Hulu, might hand the property off to one of its pay-TV rivals -- AT&T (NYSE: T). According to AllThingsD, the telecommunications giant is currently in discussions with Chernin Group -- one of the many firms that wants a...
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Will Microsoft's Xbox One Help or Hurt Comcast, Other Cable Giants?
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 11:40am | 574Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is dedicated to changing the way consumers watch television, but it has no intention of eliminating pay-TV giants like Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) or Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC). AllThingsD's Peter Kafka wrote a piece speculating that, after...
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Time Warner Cable Looking to Buy Hulu Before Yahoo
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 12:27pm | 601Read More...Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is interested in acquiring the Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) of television -- AKA Hulu. According to Bloomberg, discussions are "at an early stage and a transaction isn't certain." Another, unidentified pay-TV company is also interested in acquiring Hulu. Interestingly,...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 22
Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 6:20pm | 1153Read More...The earnings crunch is in full swing this week. Some of the highlights include anticipated quarterly reports from the likes of Apple, Amazon.com and Ford, which analysts expect to report lower per-share earnings for the most recent quarter than a year ago. On the other hand, year-over year...
















