Sentences with phrase «us cable operator»

The migration of original programming online has been among the biggest themes in entertainment over the last few months, with House of Cards making cable operators stand up and take notice as audiences adjust to watching entertainment on computers and mobile devices.

The head of Germany's Federal Network Regulator, BNetzA, may impose such a requirement if he finds cable operators dominate regional markets.

Critics argue that, with the cable operators also offering high - speed internet to households and businesses, a merged business should, like Deutsche Telekom, have to open access to its network to ensure sufficient competition.

Some media and telecommunications deals in recent years have been announced with divestitures, such as U.S. cable operator Comcast's proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable in 2014, which was later called off after regulatory pushback.

Comcast - Universal with the NBC transition: The part that is different — certainly there are similarities in that you're buying a content producer and the various media assets that NBC Universal had — however, NBC was a broadcaster, which is a form of distribution, which was being bought by Comcast, which was a cable operator trying to buy media.

But this wasn't the type of vertical merger like Comcast's 2011 purchase of NBC Universal, he said, which combined a cable operator and a broadcaster, and it is not akin to a merger of direct competitors like DirectTV and Dish Network.

Little known in Europe, Philadelphia - based Comcast is the biggest U.S. cable operator, owning...

The deal combines the third and second largest U.S. cable operators to better compete against market leader Comcast Corp..

New CableOS multi-year supply agreement worth over $ 50 million awarded by a Tier 1 international cable operator.

The company has also revolutionized cable access networking via the industry's first virtualized CCAP solution, enabling cable operators to more flexibly deploy gigabit internet service to consumers» homes and mobile devices.

Time Warner controlled Time Warner Cable Inc. for years, but spun off its position in the cable operator in 2009.

The streaming service does not release viewer data, saying that doing so is irrelevant to its business because it does not sell advertising or negotiate with cable operators for channel position.

As an example, he said that cable operators should invest in new technologies that would allow people to watch TV episodes weeks after they have been broadcast, but allow advertisers to insert up - to - date commercials.

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.

The cable operator now has a solution that leverages the unique strengths of humans and software bots to provide better business outcomes.

A leading cable operator in Europe needed a solution that would reduce errors and lessen the time it took agents to manually re-set their customers» set - top boxes after a service outage.

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.

Two small cable operators, Suddenlink Communications and Cable One Inc., dropped Viacom in 2014.

The deal will create the fourth largest cable operator in the U.S. Cablevision's board is being investigated over dealings with the acquisition.

U.S. cable operator Charter Communications said on March 31 it had agreed to buy smaller rival Bright House Networks for $ 10.4 billion.

Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast for a direct connection to the cable operator's broadband networks to...

Liberty Global also owns UnityMedia, Germany's second - largest cable operator, and has operations in Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Ireland, as well as Eastern Europe and Latin America.

Meanwhile, broadcast and cable networks have raised their fees for allowing cable operators to carry their programs.

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Comcast agreed in February to acquire Time Warner Cable in an all - stock deal worth more than $ 45 billion that would combine the two largest cable operators in the US.

Previously, Sarah worked with Casa Systems, a venture - funded startup that enables cable operators to meet growing demand for broadband services.

Comcast has agreed to pay the largest civil penalty the FCC has ever assessed a cable operator to settle charges it billed consumers for equipment and services they never ordered.

But Comcast, the nation's largest cable operator, is considering a spoiler bid.

Deregulation of broadcasting in the U.S. and the Federal Communications Commission's apparent indifference to the practices of broadcast licensees and cable operators in effect seem to legitimize the operation of these media as businesses like any other business, disregarding the public trusteeship that is required by the Communications Act.

A proposal similar to «common carrier» status for cable operators was made in 1986 by the Canadian Task Force on Broadcasting Policy, but it has not been implemented.

But the cable operator would not also be a programmer or be able to choose which channels can get on a cable system, as is sometimes the case now.

In addition, under the Cable Communications Policy Act, cable operators are now required to make available by lease or sale a lock - box device which allows the subscriber to use a key to lock out the viewing of a particular cable service.

A calm female voice on the other end told «Sir, from today onwards ESPN - Star has been cancelled out for non-payment by all cable operators in the country!»

I tried calling the cable operator, but no one responded.

Time Warner Cable, together with Road Runner and Time Warner Cable - affiliated cable operators, are collectively referred to in this Privacy Policy as «we,» «us,» «our» or other similar pronouns, or «Time Warner Cable.»

«Most sensible submarine cable operators avoid places like that, but we don't have a choice.

It's why the largest wireless operators are spending millions of dollars each year in lobbying to make sure rules for new spectrum auctions are written in a way that favors their interests, and it's why there has been so much wheeling and dealing around Verizon's move to buy wireless spectrum from a consortium of cable operators.

In April, the company said it would sell 700 MHz spectrum in the lower A and B blocks if the deal with the cable operators wins approval from regulators.

If Verizon's deal with cable operators is approved by regulators, T - Mobile will buy some of Verizon's AWS spectrum holdings in certain markets.

Comcast (cable operator) teamed up with Hurrydate (speed dating and personals) to provide personals on cable.

The conclusion for traditional broadcasters and cable operators is troubling.

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Supposedly Motorola is already testing the Corvair with various cable operators.

Our network equipment group provides communications equipment that facilitates access, transport, aggregation and management of voice, data and video traffic in networks, data centers and laboratories used by telecommunications service providers, cable operators, enterprise customers and governments worldwide.

More immediately, however, this has allowed the cable operators to push New Frontier on price, reducing domestic margins.

In 2009, SubscriberWise and TransUnion announced a joint marketing agreement (http://www.subscriberwise.com/TransUnionJointMarketing.pdf) for the benefit of America's independent cable operators.

The cable operator shared information about the area and pointed out the Three Sisters, Orphan Rock, Mt Solitary and Katoomba Falls as we slowly crossed the 545 metre expanse, though you'll be able to get a better view from the Scenic Skyway.

CNN and ESPN are available via local cable operators.

The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to other international news channels, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world.

multiple television programmers in disputes with cable operators concerning the implications of significant cable operator acquisitions and mergers;

RCN Partners with TiVo; the cable operator will make TiVo its primary DVR platform in 2010, will integrate RCN's VOD as well as TiVo's broadband services.