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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:13:00 GMT

Loyalkaspar Teams With Agency Brooklyn Brothers For Cable Provider Insight Communication's Ten-Spot Branding Campaign

When ad agency The Brooklyn Brothers approached New York-based design and story-driven creative engagement studio, Loyalkaspar, about collaborating on a campaign for Insight Communication, the U.S's ninth largest cable operator (serving the Kentucky,
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:13:00 GMT

Comcast Spent $3.5 Million Lobbying in 4th Quarter

Cable operator Comcast Corp. spent $3.5 million in the fourth quarter lobbying Congress on its pending acquisition of a controlling stake in NBC Universal and other issues, according to a disclosure report. That's $420,000 more than it spent in the third
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:13:00 GMT

GEO Monitor Pre-IPO Report: Kabel Deutschland Holding AG – AVOID

Although we expect Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (Kabel) to register healthy top-line growth, going forward, we hold a cautious outlook considering the company’s high debt-levels. In addition, we expect the company to incur losses at the bottom-line
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:53:00 GMT

Comcast spent $3.5 million lobbying in 4th quarter

PHILADELPHIA -- Cable operator Comcast Corp. spent $3.5 million in the fourth quarter lobbying Congress on its pending acquisition of a controlling stake in NBC Universal and other issues, according to a disclosure report. That's $420,000 more than it
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:19:00 GMT

Winter got you down? – Time Warner Cable And Sprout Want To Send You To The Sunny Side Up Show Studio

New York, NY – Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is happy to announce its spring customer sweepstakes: a chance to win a grand prize trip to The Sunny Side Up Show studio to meet the hosts. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:05:00 GMT

At 12:01 a.m. on March 20 Comcast Debuts The Twilight Saga: New Moon On Demand on TV...Hours Before Retail Doors OpenComcast Exclusive The Twilight Saga: New Moon Director's Commentary Teaser Clip.

Whether youescape_start39;re team Edward or team Jacob, get ready for a date with Edward Cullen and Jacob Blackescape_start39;The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the second film of Stephenie Meyerescape_start39;s Twilight series and box office blockbuster, will
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:05:00 GMT

Broadband News Bytes - Comcast, NBCU, Cox

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:55:00 GMT

Pan-Asian Group Pans Comcast/NBCU In Petition To Deny Deal

The Comcast/NBCU merger has drawn its first petition to deny, according to the FCC, whose doors were opened wide for comment and criticism this week. It came March 15 from a self-described 'Pan-Asian' group called the Mabuhay Alliance, which felt dissed
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:47:00 GMT

Comcast Uses Open Source for IPv6 Deployment

New technology jointly developed with ISC could be the key to enabling broad IPv6 adoption in the U.S.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:18:00 GMT

Comcast Firms SMB Footprint

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:15:00 GMT

Comcast spent $3.5 million lobbying in 4th quarter

PHILADELPHIA - Cable operator Comcast Corp. spent $3.5 million in the fourth quarter lobbying Congress on its pending acquisition of a controlling stake in NBC Universal and other issues, according to a disclosure report. That's $420,000 more than it
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:45:00 GMT

Cable companies see profit rise

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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:33:00 GMT

Comcast spent $3.5 million lobbying in 4th quarter

Cable operator Comcast Corp. spent $3.5 million in the fourth quarter lobbying Congress on its pending acquisition of a controlling stake in NBC Universal and other issues, according to a disclosure report. That's $420,000 more than it spent in the third
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:24:00 GMT

Comcast spent $3.5 million lobbying in 4th quarter

Cable operator Comcast Corp. spent $3.5 million in the fourth quarter lobbying Congress on its pending acquisition of a controlling stake in NBC Universal and other issues, according to a disclosure report.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:43:00 GMT

Comcast spent $3.5 million lobbying in 4th quarter

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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:41:00 GMT

Comcast Sizes Up 4:1 HD Compression

The Comcast Media Center (CMC) conducted a bakeoff this week to evaluate technologies that might eventually pack four MPEG-2 high-definition feeds into one 6MHz-wide channel, Light Reading Cable has learned. The Colorado-based CMC declined to comment on
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:36:00 GMT

Cable ITV Watch: VoD Gets MSO, Studio Boost

Cable MSOs and movie studios push the video-on-demand (VoD) envelope; Dish Network Corp. (Nasdaq: DISH)'s spat with TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) could cost the satellite TV firm billions; Canoe Ventures LLC needs a bigger boat; and early adopters make a grab
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:36:00 GMT

Comcast spent $3.5 million lobbying in 4th quarter

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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:36:00 GMT

Pan-Asian Group Pans Comcast/NBCUIn Petition To Deny Deal

The Comcast/NBCU merger has drawn its first petition to deny, according to the FCC, whose doors were opened wide for comment and criticism this week. It came March 15 from a self-described "Pan-Asian" group called the Mabuhay Alliance, which felt dissed
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:19:00 GMT

Comcast Labs and ISC Release Open Source Software to Facilitate IPv6 Transition

Comcast and Internet Systems Consortium announced today the release of their Address Family Transition Router open source software. The "software is part of a technology that could enable users to access IPv4 content from their legacy IPv4 devices and
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:15:00 GMT

FCC Seeks Comments On Comcast-NBC Deal

The FCC issued a public notice Thursday that it will begin collecting comments on Comcast's proposed acquisition of NBC Universal. The public will have until May 3 to file initial comments and final reply comments are due June 17. Both the FCC and the
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Comcast debuts tool for transition to IPv6 Web protocol

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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:27:00 GMT

Pan-Asian Group Pans Comcast/NBCU In Petition To Deny Deal

The Comcast/NBCU merger has drawn its first petition to deny, according to the FCC, whose doors were opened wide for comment and criticism this week. It came March 15 from a self-described 'Pan-Asian' group called the Mabuhay Alliance, which felt dissed
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:02:00 GMT

Virgin Media First To Demo 200Mb UK Broadband

Virgin Media has announced it will demonstrate to the public for the very first time its forthcoming 200Mbps broadband service at this year’s Ideal Home Show 2010 . As the sponsor of the show’s Ideal Home of the Future, Virgin will demonstrate the
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:56:00 GMT

Kabel Deutschland IPO Prices Low

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Owners of top German cable television firm Kabel Deutschland have raised 759 million euros ($1.03 billion) after pricing the initial public offering towards the low end of an indicated range. The KDG offering, Germany’s
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:50:00 GMT

UPDATE: Kabel Deutschland IPO At EUR22/Share; To Raise EUR760 Million

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- German cable network operator Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (KD8. XE) priced shares for its initial public offering at EUR22 Friday, close to the bottom of the range it has previously provided. The company is
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:44:00 GMT

UPDATE 2-Kabel Deutschland's $1 bln IPO priced near low end

* Raised 759 mln euros in Europe's biggest IPO this year * Shares priced at 22 euros each, or 6.85 times EV/EBITDA * Initial range was 21.50-25.50 euros * IPO was over 2 times covered -sources LONDON/FRANKFURT, March 19 (Reuters) - Owners of top German
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:21:00 GMT

FCC seeks public comment on cable, broadcaster deals (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission launched a review on Friday into how broadcasters and cable companies negotiate retransmission deals following a recent spat between ABC and Cablevision.ABC pulled its signal from New
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:14:00 GMT

UPDATE 2-Kabel Deutschland's $1 bln IPO priced near low end

* Raised 759 mln euros in Europe's biggest IPO this year * Shares priced at 22 euros each, or 6.85 times EV/EBITDA * IPO was over 2 times covered -sources LONDON/FRANKFURT, March 19 (Reuters) - Owners of top German cable television firm Kabel Deutschland
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:10:00 GMT

BRIEF: Time Warner Cable glitch popular with world readers

Wilson made international news on Wednesday. Wilson was one of seven areas in eastern North Carolina where preview clips from the Playboy channel accidentally aired Tuesday morning on two Time Warner Cable channels. The channels were Kids on Demand
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:02:00 GMT