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News Breaks | | | | March 1, 2013 | | 07:08 EDT |  | DIS, VZ, CMCSA, DTV, CVC, TWX, NWSA | Cable-TV companies may see the end of "bundles," WSJ reports
What happens when the "bundle" begins to unravel? The question is taking on intense importance for the cable-TV business (CVC, TWX, NWSA, DIS, VZ, CMCSA, DTV). Attacks on the bundle approach have escalated. Now pay-TV executives, as well as its customers, are openly pondering a world where the bundle no longer reigns, even though such a scenario could be years away, reports the Wall Street Journal.Reference Link | |
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| May 21, 2013 | | 12:58 EDT | | DIS | Disney's ESPN cuts less than 6% of workforce, Bloomberg reports
Disney's (DIS) ESPN unit laid off less than 400 workers today as part of a companywide cost-cutting effort, Bloomberg reports, citing a person with knowledge of the situation. The cuts amount to less than 6% of ESPN’s 7,000 employees, the report adds. Reference Link | | | 07:32 EDT |  | VZ | CTIA–The Wireless Association to host a conference
 Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:52 EDT | | CVC, CMCSA | Video on demand from cable companies becoming more popular, NY Times says
Subscribe for More Information | | | 05:50 EDT | | VZ | Vodafone to invest $3.15B Verizon dividend on business, WSJ reports
Vodafone Group said it will keep the $3.15B dividend payment it will receive from Verizon Wireless and invest it in its flagging operations in Europe, which weighed heavily on its full-year profit, reports the Wall Street Journal. Reference Link | | | May 20, 2013 | | 13:45 EDT |  | CMCSA | Comcast's NBC names new news president
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 19, 2013 | | 16:41 EDT | | DIS | Viacom's 'Into Darkness' tops Disney's “Iron Man 3” at box office, WSJ says
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 17, 2013 | | 16:47 EDT | | VZ | Fitch affirms Verizon's IDR at 'A', outlook stable
Subscribe for More Information | | | 15:51 EDT | | NWSA, DIS, DTV, CMCSA | DirecTV weighing bid for Hulu, WSJ reports
DirecTV (DTV) is considering making a bid for Hulu, the video website jointly owned by News Corp. (NWSA), Comcast (CMCSA), and Disney (DIS), reports The Wall Street Journal citing a person familiar with the matter. Reference Link | | | 15:26 EDT | | DTV, NWSA, DIS, CMCSA | DirecTV considering acquisition of Hulu, Dow Jones reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 15:12 EDT | | VZ | Focus on Verizon Wireless stake ahead of Vodafone earnings, Reuters says
Subscribe for More Information | | | | 06:50 EDT |  | VZ | Verizon initiated with an Overweight at Barclays
Target $59. | | | 06:23 EDT |  | DIS | Disney downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Atlantic Equities
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 16, 2013 | | 16:08 EDT | | DTV | UniTek Global provides update on master services agreement with DirecTV
UniTek Global (UNTK) announced that its subsidiary, DirectSat USA, has received a letter from DirecTV (DTV) providing 180-day notice of the termination of its master services agreement with DirectSat, effective November 8, 2013. Shortly following receipt of the notice, DirectSat entered into an agreement with DirecTV providing that the 180-day notice of termination will be automatically withdrawn upon the company's refinancing, by July 31, of its debt on terms that satisfy certain financial requirements, the continued work on completion of its financial statements and the satisfaction of other conditions. DirecTV has informed the company that it intends to continue working with the company as UniTek addresses the issues it currently faces related to the previously disclosed accounting matters. | | | 13:46 EDT | | DIS | Disney's ESPN acquires rights to tennis' U.S. Open beginning 2015
Subscribe for More Information | | | 09:24 EDT | | CMCSA | Amazon.com expands content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal
Subscribe for More Information | | | 09:09 EDT | | TWX | CC Media, CW announce broadcast agreement for iHeartRadio events
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:01 EDT |  | DTV | DirecTV shares can rise above $90 in next two years, says Citigroup
Subscribe for More Information | | | 05:51 EDT | | CMCSA | NBCUniversal says winter Olympic Games ad sales strong, WSJ reports
Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal unit is projecting advertising sales over $800M for the Olympic Games next year in Russia, which would be a record for the Winter Games, despite the decision by Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) and Hilton Worldwide not to advertise on the event in Sochi, reports the Wall Street Journal. The company said it has sold 75%-80% of its TV inventory.Reference Link | | | May 15, 2013 | | 19:59 EDT | | CMCSA, NWSA, DIS | Pay-TV operators eye Hulu, WSJ reports
At least two pay-TV operators, including Time Warner Cable (TWC), are looking at an investment in Hulu, jointly controlled by Comcast (CMCSA), Disney (DIS), and News Corp. (NWSA), reports the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. Reference Link | | | 17:47 EDT | | TWX | Warner Bros. TV executive Rosenblum to leave, WSJ reports
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