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Comcast plan to take control of NBC Universal hits snag
Los Angeles Times - 3 Hours ago
Comcast Corp.'s plan to take control of NBC Universal has encountered a roadblock. The Philadelphia-based cable operator, which had hoped to have a deal announced this week to acquire a 51% stake in the
NBC Universal's Growth Plans: A Monologue California Planning & Development Board
Comcast's plan to buy control of NBC hinges on Vivendi's stake San Jose Mercury News
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Gemalto Secures (U)SIM Card Deal with Virgin Media - Zibb.com
Zibb - 10 Hours ago
Company: Virgin Media Inc (VMED) Gemalto, a provider of digital security, announced it has secured a two-year exclusive agreement to supply Virgin Media with (U)SIM cards and its LinqUs Device Management
Gemalto Secures (U)SIM Card Deal with Virgin Media TradingMarkets
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BRIEF: Cox Communications now offers services to Perry
TradingMarkets - 3 Hours ago
(The Macon Telegraph - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- COX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- WARNER ROBINS -- Cox Communications now offers its residential and business services
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Vivendi Stake May Complicate Things For Comcast-NBC
Investors Business Daily - 10 Hours ago
Comcast Corp Cl A * Top-Rated Company PHILADELPHIA â?? A deal for Comcast (CMCSA) to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price. Further
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Time Warner Cable Launch Spanish-Language On-Demand Channel
Broadcast Newsroom - 89 Minutes ago
Time Warner Cable and Univision Communications have launched the operator's first free Hispanic on-demand channel. Through Lo Mejor On Demand, Time Warner Cable digital customers now have round-the-clock
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the First Time Ever, Time Warner Cable and Univision Broadcast Three Shows Live
Broadcast Newsroom - 90 Minutes ago
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Univision Communications, Inc., today announce the official launch of Lo Mejor On Demand(TM) (LMOD), Time Warner Cable's first
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Comcast Domain Hijackers Indicted
Softpedia - 118 Minutes ago
Three individuals were charged on November 19 for their role in an attack, which involved hijacking the comcast.net domain name and redirecting its traffic to a rogue website. According to the indictment,
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Tesco in Broadband Push as Reaches Beyond Groceries
FLEXNEWS - 110 Minutes ago
London, Nov 19 - Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, set its sights on capturing a bigger slice of the broadband and home phones market on Thursday as part of a drive to increase revenues from more profitable
UPDATE 2-Tesco in broadband push as reaches beyond groceries Interactive Investor International
Tesco signs up C&W for broadband push Reuters UK
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Three Indicted for Comcast Hack Last Year
Sticky Minds - 9 Hours ago
var addthis_pub = 'gturner'; Three hackers have been indicted for redirecting the Comcast.net Web site to a page of their own making in 2008. When Comcast customers visited the Comcast.net site during
3 charged with hacking Comcast site Philly.com
3 charged with redirecting Comcast site traffic PhillyBurbs.com
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'UPC Romania launches four-play promotion for SMEs'
Individual.com - 9 Hours ago
UPC Romania's Business division has launched a promotion, under which SMEs can obtain reductions of up to 42 percent off the price of its four-play 'Biz' packages (internet, telephony, hosting service,
Bucharest court cancels UPC Romania fine Telecom Paper
UPC Romania appoints Steed as manager of door-to-door sales Telecom Paper
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Comcast ups investment in Clearwire again
CED Magazine - 10 Hours ago
It looks like Clearwire is getting a little more cash than it originally planned. In a document filed yesterday with the SEC, Clearwire reported it was able to raise just over $2 billion in funding from
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TV Guide Network, Comcast extend carriage agreement
CED Magazine - 10 Hours ago
TV Guide Networks has signed an extension of a multi-year carriage agreement with Comcast. Under its new ownership by Lionsgate and One Equity Partners, TV Guide Network said it has taken several steps
Comcast and TV Guide Network Reach Agreement to Bring Consumers Premier Television Reuters
Comcast and TV Guide Network Reach Agreement to Bring Consumers P... Zibb
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Comcast Spotlights takes sales circulars to VOD
CED Magazine - 10 Hours ago
Starting in the middle of this month. Comcast Spotlight debuted Video Circulars On Demand in order to help large retailers connect with customers over the holiday season. Comcast Spotlight, the ad sales
Comcast Shines Spotlight on VoD 'Circulars' Light Reading
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Fox Business finds a home on Cablevision
CED Magazine - 10 Hours ago
Fox Business Network (FBN) has signed an agreement with Cablevision that will put the programmers content across Cablevisions footprint in parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. FBN made its debut
Fox Business Network gets Cablevision carriage SmartBrief
Fox Business Gets Cablevision Distribution, 3 Million New Homes Huffington Post
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RCN Adds V-me To Its Lineup In Four Markets Â
Multichannel Online - 14 Hours ago
RCN Adds V-me To Its Lineup In Four Markets V-me Media Inc. has reached an agreement with RCN to carry V-me in its systems in Boston, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia.Under the deal, terms of which
RCN Adds V-me To Its Lineup In Four Markets Multichannel Online
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Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2009
Broadcast Newsroom - 14 Hours ago
BEIJING Third Quarter 2009 Highlights -- Net revenue was $39.6 million -- Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) was $4.6 million -- Adjusted net income (non-GAAP) was $3.4 million -- Adjusted net income per ADS
VimpelCom to Release Third Quarter 2009 Financial and Operating Results on Tuesday, Individual.com
HydraLogic Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results Individual.com
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Comcast completes fiber-optic upgrade in Farmington
San Francisco Business Times - 14 Hours ago
Comcast Corp. has finished a $10 million upgrade of its cable system in Farmington, Aztec and Bloomfield in northwestern New Mexico. The company rebuilt or installed 600 miles of fiber-optic and coaxial
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2 holiday parades Saturday
WWMT - 14 Hours ago
WEST MICHIGAN (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The holiday spirit will be in the air in downtown Grand Rapids Saturday. It's the annual Jaycees Santa Parade. This year Newschannel 3's Josh Roe and Kate Tillotson will
2009 Boscov's Holiday Parade kicks off Saturday WBNG
10th Annual Comcast America`s Children`s Holiday Parade Set for Saturday, Dec. 5 Reuters
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Tina Fey Reprises Sarah Palin Impersonation
CBS News - 14 Hours ago
Tina Fey reprised a tiny bit of her 'Saturday Night Live' Sarah Palin impersonation last night during a presentation as the Ad Council Annual Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. During her
Tina Fey laughs at NBC New York Post
Tina Fey Does Sarah Palin At Ad Council Dinner (VIDEO) Huffington Post
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CNN - Three Charged As Comcast Hackers
CNN - 18 Hours ago
Christopher Allen Lewis, James Robert Black Jr. alleged to be hackers "EBK" and "Defiant" Pair allegedly hijacked Comcast's domain; Michael Paul Lebel charged with helping them 2008 stunt replaced Comcast's
Three charged as Comcast hackers CNN
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UPDATE 1-Mexico's Cablevision eyes Q1 cellphone service launch
Reuters - 11/20/2009
(Adds context) MEXICO CITY, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Mexican cable operator Cablevision, owned by broadcaster Televisa, said on Thursday it could launch cellphone services in the first quarter of 2010. 'I think
Mexico's Cablevision eyes Q1 cellphone service launch Reuters
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TV Guide Net Reups With Comcast
Mediaweek - 22 Hours ago
TV Guide Network has reached a multi-year extension of a carriage agreement with Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable operator, the companies said Friday. They didn't disclose financial and other details.
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US Charges Trio With Disrupting Comcast Web Site
CNN Money - 11/19/2009
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Federal prosecutors have charged three alleged hackers with conspiring to disrupt Comcast Corp.'s (CMCSA) Web site last year. The charges said the stunt cost the country's largest
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BRIEF-Tesco agrees 5-year telecoms deal with C&W
Forbes.com - 11/19/2009
LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Tesco PLC: * Says in 5-year deal for Cable & Wireless to be its wholesale broadband network provider ((London Equities Newsroom; +44 20 7542 7717)) (For more news, please click
BRIEF-Tesco agrees 5-year telecoms deal with C FinanzNachrichten.de
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A Comcast-Backed Telemundo Could Grow Hispanic TV Marketplace
WaveForm - 18 Hours ago
Comcast?s imminent deal to acquire a majority stake in NBC Universal may change the balance of power in the Hispanic TV world and possibly give a boost to the operator?s efforts to sell its services to
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