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| November 15, 2012 |
| 07:41 EDT |  | VZ, CMCSA | Verizon and Comcast to sell each other's services in new Florida markets
Verizon (VZ) and Comcast (CMCSA) will sell each other’s services in additional markets across Florida including Southwest Florida (Estero, Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, and Naples); Central Florida (Altamonte Springs, Clermont, Inverness, Kissimmee Orlando, and Sebring); and Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie and Stuart). |
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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 |  | 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 | 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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| May 16, 2013 |
| 09:24 EDT | | CMCSA | Amazon.com expands content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal
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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 | 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 | 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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| May 14, 2013 |
| 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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| 08:06 EDT | | CMCSA | Cinedigm enters multi-year agreement with Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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| May 13, 2013 |
| 16:48 EDT | | VZ | Verizon Wireless to make $7B payment to Verizon, Vodafone
Verizon (VZ) disclosed in a regulatory filing that on May 9, the board of representatives of Verizon Wireless declared distributions to its owners in the aggregate amount of $7B, payable on June 25 in proportion to their respective partnership interests on the date of such distribution. Based on current ownership interests in Verizon Wireless, Verizon will receive cash payments aggregating $3.85B and Vodafone (VOD) will receive cash payments aggregating $3.15B. |
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| 07:29 EDT |  | VZ | Skillsoft to host a conference
2013 Global Skillsoft Perspectives Learning Industry Conference is being held in Orlando, Florida on May 13-16. |
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| May 10, 2013 |
| 11:21 EDT | | CMCSA | NBC News settles on new president, NY Times reports
NBC News is close to naming Deborah Turness, the head Britain's ITV News, to succeed Steven Capus, who stepped down in February, as its president, reports the New York Times, citing people with knowledge of the appointment. Reference Link |
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| 07:08 EDT | | VZ | ESPN considers subsidizing wireless data plans, WSJ reports
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| May 9, 2013 |
| 10:30 EDT | | CMCSA | Bill would pressure cable companies on a la carte channels, The Hill says
Republican Senator John McCain is writing a bill that would push cable TV and satellite companies to offer a la carte channel options to their customers, according to The Hill, which cited statements by the senator's office. McCain's bill would rpessure cable and satellite companies to enable consumers to choose which individual channels they want, the website explained. Reference Link |
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| May 7, 2013 |
| 19:26 EDT | | CMCSA | Yahoo! CEO has met with Hulu executives, AllThingsD says
Yahoo! (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer has met with executives at Hulu, a joint venture between Comcast (CMCSA), Disney (DIS), and News Corp. (NWSA), according to an AllThingsD report that cites sources that say Yahoo! is "in the process" but has not yet made a formal bid. Reference Link |
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