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| March 22, 2013 |
| 07:28 EDT |  | TWC, CVC, VIAB, CMCSA, VZ, DIS | Pay TV providers have to keep paying, WSJ reports
Several major pay-TV providers have publicly protested programming costs that are rising faster than the companies can raise their own prices. But as long as their content is considered must-have, distributors have little choice but to pay what networks ask, reports the Wall Street Journal's "Heard on the Street." Maybe the only things change is if enough customers decide they simply can't afford to pay for TV anymore. Reference Link |
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| May 17, 2013 |
| 16:47 EDT |  | VZ | Fitch affirms Verizon's IDR at 'A', outlook stable
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| 15:51 EDT | | DIS, 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 |
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| 15:26 EDT | | CMCSA, DIS | DirecTV considering acquisition of Hulu, Dow Jones reports
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| 15:12 EDT | | VZ | Focus on Verizon Wireless stake ahead of Vodafone earnings, Reuters says
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| 06:50 EDT |  | VZ | Verizon initiated with an Overweight at Barclays
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| 06:23 EDT |  | DIS | Disney downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Atlantic Equities
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| May 16, 2013 |
| 13:46 EDT | | DIS | Disney's ESPN acquires rights to tennis' U.S. Open beginning 2015
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| 09:24 EDT | | CMCSA | Amazon.com expands content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal
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| 06:33 EDT | | TWC | Time Warner Cable talking about joint bid for Hulu, NY Post reports
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| 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 |
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| May 15, 2013 |
| 19:59 EDT | | CMCSA, TWC, 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 |
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| 11:48 EDT | | CMCSA | Appaloosa reports new stakes in Comcast, Ashland, sells Oracle
David Tepper's Appaloosa in its quarterly filing report new positions in Comcast (CMCSA), Prudential (PRU), Hess Corp. (HES), Check Point (CHKP), KBR (KBR) and Ashland (ASH). The fund sold its stakes in Oracle (ORCL) and Noble Corp. (NE). Appaloosa's top position is in Citigroup (C), with a stake worth over $376.9M. |
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| 11:24 EDT | | CMCSA | David Tepper's Appaloosa reports new stake in Comcast
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| 10:49 EDT | | CMCSA, DIS | Senator questions TV broadcasters' free spectrum rights, The Hill says
Democratic Senator Mark Warner questioned whether broadcast stations that pull their programming off the air should be able to keep using spectrum for free, The Hill reported yesterday. A number of TV networks have threatened to broadcast only on cable and satellite in response to the launch of Aereo. The latter service uses stations' over the air signals to send programming to consumers' Internet devices. Reference Link |
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| 05:59 EDT | | DIS | Corporate boards recruit newcomers with digital knowledge, WSJ reports
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| May 14, 2013 |
| 17:48 EDT | | DIS | Lone Pine gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX), Virgin Media (VMED), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), CME Group (CME), and Liberty Media (LMCA). INCREASED STAKES: Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN), News Corp (NWSA), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Monsanto (MON), and Qualcomm (QCOM). DECREASED STAKES: Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Equinix (EQIX), Ralph Lauren (RL), Disney (DIS), and Oceaneering International (OII). LIQUIDATED STAKES: Facebook (FB), Crown Castle (CCI), Accretive Health (AH), Informatica (INFA), and NetEase (NTES). |
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| 11:54 EDT | | VZ | Verizon CFO says 'very comfortable' with cash position, ability to pay dividend
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| 11:49 EDT | | VZ | Verizon CFO declines to comment on potential to purchase Vodafone JV stake
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| 10:01 EDT | | VIAB | On The Fly: Analyst Initiation Summary
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| 08:06 EDT | | CMCSA | Cinedigm enters multi-year agreement with Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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