Sentences with phrase «u.s. cable company»

LONDON The independent directors of pay - TV group Sky said they were withdrawing their recommendation of a takeover bid from Rupert Murdoch's Fox after U.S. cable company Comcast Corp trumped it with a 22 billion pound ($ 30.68 billion) offer.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved European telecoms group Altice's acquisition of U.S. cable company Cablevision Systems.

LONDON, April 25 - U.S. cable company Comcast Corp submitted a 22 billion pound offer for pay - TV group Sky on Wednesday, challenging an already agreed but lower takeover bid from Rupert Murdoch's Fox.

Customers continue to ditch their cable subscriptions at a rate that has to be freaking out the major U.S. cable companies.

Charter Communications (CHTR), one of the largest U.S. cable companies, will file for bankruptcy protection by April 1, as part of a resturcuting to cut its debt by $ 8 billion, the WSJ reports.

Charter Communications confirmed Tuesday it will purchase Time Warner Cable for $ 55 billion in a deal that would merge the second and third biggest U.S. cable companies and create a larger rival to Comcast Corp..

Not exact matches

While the HBO service won't be immediately available in Canada, it demonstrates that the U.S. company is prepared to follow a growing number of viewers who are cancelling their cable in favour of services like Netflix.

Canada's cable market is significantly less complicated than the U.S., with a handful of companies controlling the vast majority of subscriptions.

The company's successful push into original programming has resulted in it signing up more U.S. subscribers than country's largest cable companies combined.

The deal will create the second largest cable company in the U.S., with 17 million video subscribers, behind only Comcast with 22 million.

According to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable, in January 2007, the company's representative in China, a U.S. citizen, was summoned and interrogated by the State Security Bureau about NTDTV staff reporting from its New York offices.

The joint filing by Disney and Fox, which outlines the timeline of their negotiations, offers the most detailed insight yet into Fox's thinking, as it goes head - to - head against Comcast, a U.S. cable operator, in its bid to acquire European pay - TV company Sky Plc (SKYB.L), in which Fox holds a 39 percent stake.

(Reuters)- Buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners is exploring the sale of USIC LLC, a U.S. company that locates and maintains the underground cables of utilities, seeking a valuation of close to $ 2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

Following the sale of the flagship Washington Post newspaper to Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, Graham Holdings» remaining assets include its Kaplan education group, six local U.S. television stations, a cable operator, online news site Slate, a social marketing company, and a hospice operator.

For instance, the Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that Netflix is in talks with several U.S. cable television companies to make its streaming video service available through their set - top boxes.

In Canada, every cable company is licensed by the CRTC, which to date has much stricter requirements than in the U.S..

Lamont, a former owner of a cable television company, lost two previous statewide races: one for U.S. Senate, running against Joe Lieberman in 2006, and the other to be the Democratic nominee for governor in 2010 against Dannel Malloy.

«Verizon's plan to acquire spectrum from the cable companies will allow Verizon to further dominate and control the nation's airwaves,» Franken wrote in a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

The Company, a chief content creator in the U.S., includes Univision Network, one of the top networks in the U.S. regardless of language and the most - watched Spanish - language broadcast television network in the country, available in approximately 90 % of U.S. Hispanic television households; UniMás, a leading Spanish - language broadcast television network available in approximately 84 % of U.S. Hispanic television households; Univision Cable Networks, including Galavisión, the most - watched U.S. Spanish - language entertainment cable network, as well as UDN (Univision Deportes Network), the most - watched U.S. Spanish - language sports cable network, Univision tlnovelas, a 24 - hour Spanish - language cable network dedicated to telenovelas, ForoTV, a 24 - hour Spanish - language cable network dedicated to international news, and an additional suite of cable offerings - De Película, De Película Clásico, Bandamax, Ritmoson and Telehit; as well as an investment in El Rey Network, a general entertainment English - language cable network; Univision Local Media, which owns and / or operates 61 television stations and 58 radio stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Now, a direct - to - consumer, on demand and live streaming subscription service; Univision.com, the most - visited Spanish - language website among U.S. Hispanics; and Uforia, a music application featuring multimedia music content.

Screen Media Ventures, LLC is a leading global independent motion picture distribution company with a broad distribution network that includes U.S. and international theatrical, home video, television, cable and new media distribution, with one of the largest independently owned motion picture libraries.

As an equity investment analyst, he covered environmental services, U.S. telecommunications and cable & satellite TV companies.

In the U.S., DIRECTV offers its 19.9 million customers access to more than 170 HD channels and Dolby - Digital ® 5.1 theater - quality sound, access to exclusive sports programming such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET ™, Emmy - award winning technology and higher customer satisfaction than the leading cable companies for 11 years running.

YouTube TV is among companies seeking a stake in streaming cable channels over the Internet as well, but is currently offered in only about 20 cities across the U.S.

The National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc. (NCTC) is a Kansas not - for - profit corporation that operates as a programming and hardware purchasing organization for its member companies who own and operate cable systems throughout the U.S. and its territories.

It's part of a broader initiative by the U.S. government to get cable companies to break away from locked - in cable boxes for customers and give you the option of which device to use.