Sentences with phrase «cable giant»

U.S. cable giant Comcast Corp gatecrashed the deal in February when it said it would offer 12.50 pounds a share to buy Sky, compared to Fox's 10.75 pounds, although it has not yet made a formal bid.

LONDON, Feb 27 - U.S. cable giant Comcast offered to buy Sky for $ 31 billion in an unsolicited approach, taking on Rupert Murdoch's Fox and Bob Iger's Walt Disney in the battle for Europe's biggest pay - TV group.

Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Shearman & Sterling and Latham & Watkins are among a raft of firms to have won roles on Vodafone's $ 18.4 bn (# 16.1 bn) purchase of the majority of US cable giant Liberty Global's European assets.

So NBC Universal, an arm of cable giant Comcast (CMCSA), put $ 200 million into Vox Media earlier this year, in a deal that valued the company at about $ 1 billion.

This week, the telecom giant provided more details about its plans for the 5G home service, which is likely to compete head on with cable giants like Comcast, Charter Communications (chtr) and Altice (atus).

The media and cable giant reported quarterly earnings on Wednesday that beat analyst expectations, and revenue that topped estimates, as the company grew its customer base in high - speed internet and business services, offsetting lost customers in video services.

Shearman & Sterling, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Allen & Overy (A&O) are among a raft of top firms to have advised on the $ 23.3 bn (# 14.9 bn) purchase of Virgin Media by US cable giant Liberty Global.

Formed by cable giant Discovery Communications and Hollywood heavyweights including Howard and Grazer and others, New Form Digital produces content for online networks.

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Monday moved to approve Charter Communications» $ 65.5 billion acquisitions of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, enabling the creation of a new cable giant as the industry focuses more on broadband as traditional TV declines.

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However, since the company and its board have supported a recent deal to bring in cable giant Shaw Communications Inc. as a 20 per cent investor, Mr. Asper's rival bid is now in conflict, a source close to the company said.

The telecom and cable giants appear smaller in the rear - view mirror of Disney's $ 52 bln Fox deal.

In his statement, Tu, a lawyer with the Los Angeles law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, said that Dauman and Abrams had also been removed as directors of National Amusements Inc., the holding company that owns the controlling shares of cable giant Viacom and CBS.

Change is coming to embattled Vice Media, where cable giant Nancy Dubuc is expected to assume the CEO role from co-founder Shane Smith.

Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Paterson, and Ed Rendell added their names to the list of lawmakers supporting the deal, which would create a new $ 30 billion joint venture by merging the Philadelphia cable giant's content division with NBC Universal's (NBCU) stable of television networks, film studios and theme parks.

Teachout, the upstart Democratic candidate appealing to the more liberal wing of the party, was in Syracuse Thursday in the midst of a whistlestop campaign tour and accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of being subservient to the two cable giants because they've contributed heavily to his campaign.

The remarkable life of baseball's most beloved icon comes to the screen with the kind of loving attention to detail only achieved by the respectful, sports - loving documentary filmmakers at pay - cable giant HBO.

U.S cable giant Comcast declined on fears the company will overpay for its potential acquisition of the British pay - TV group Sky PLC, as well as on fears around subscriber losses.

After companies from cable giant Comcast to satellite TV titan AT&T, which owns DirecTV, reported their fourth quarter results, the total number of pay TV subscribers dropped 3.4 % from a year earlier, the highest rate of decline since the trend of cord cutting emerged in 2010, analysts at MoffettNathanson Research reported on Thursday.

LONDON, Feb 27 - U.S. cable giant Comcast Corp has offered $ 31 billion for Sky Plc, threatening a plan hatched by Rupert Murdoch's Twenty - First Century Fox Inc and Walt Disney Co to seize control of Europe's biggest pay - TV group.

Sprint was talking to T - Mobile about combining, but put those talks on hold so it could discuss a possible partnership with cable giants Comcast (cmcsa) and Charter Communications (chtr).

Mobile company Vodafone and US cable giant Liberty Global are to merge their Dutch operations to create a Netherlands - wide communications provider.

Over the summer, for example, NBCUniversal, owned by cable giant Comcast (CMCSA), invested $ 200 million in Vox Media plus another $ 200 million in BuzzFeed.

She spoke just before appearing at a rally near City Hall calling for continued net neutrality opposing the proposed merger of cable giants Comcast and Time Warner.

It's been a busy four weeks for U.S. cable giant Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA).

In addition, the regulators have forbidden the cable giant from entering into agreements with program suppliers — for example, TV networks — that restrict those suppliers from providing their content to online or streaming services.

Comcast (cmcsa), the cable giant, may seem like an odd fit for the list.

Slaight told him cable giant Rogers had been sniffing around a six - year - old multi-platform media company called GlassBox TV, which was doing digital publishing, video - on - demand and specialty TV.

While the cable giant's mammoth $ 5 billion purchase of exclusive rights to NHL programming last year got all the headlines, Thursday's deal with World Wrestling Entertainment is equally interesting, especially to fans of the squared circle.

Throughout 2012, Shaw purchased hundreds of thousands of shares in his own company, an effort to prop up the cable giant's flagging stock.

The cable giant's new wireless service has been known for low prices, and it is selling the new Samsung Galaxy phones without a markup at $ 720 and $ 840, or monthly for $ 30 and $ 35 for 24 months.

Over the past year, Comcast has been ramping up its new wireless service, stoking fears across the industry that the cable giant would shake up the market and quickly create a fifth major carrier.

The cable giant added 53,000 subscribers in the last quarter — its best performance in almost a decade — and some analysts saying reports of the death of cable «have been greatly exaggerated.»

The cable giant reported its financial results on Wednesday and said last year it lost the smallest number of subscribers in almost a decade.

SoftBank is willing to re-engage Charter Communications on a deal if the cable giant's management indicates interest, sources told CNBC.

The cable giant has more than enough cash flow to pay for the deal, and even if it never attains Star Wars or Marvel - style success, the animation business beefs up its TV, movie and theme park businesses and gives it a hedge against the decline of traditional cable.

In doing so, the cable giant clearly has its sights set on duplicating a Disney - style model: That is, control a library of dependable, long - term content you can monetize in a variety of different ways.

LONDON, Feb 27 - U.S. cable giant Comcast has offered to buy Sky for $ 31 billion in a surprise move, posing another hurdle to tycoon Rupert Murdoch's attempts to buy the broadcaster.

LONDON, Feb 27 - U.S. cable giant Comcast has offered $ 31 billion for Sky, threatening a plan hatched by Rupert Murdoch's Fox and Bob Iger's Walt Disney to seize control of Europe's biggest pay - TV group.

On Wednesday, Sky also welcomed commitments the U.S. cable giant had made to address potential public - interest concerns over Sky News, its influential 24 - hour news channel.

Comcast is finally ready to unveil its new mobile phone service, but the market has shifted dramatically and gotten intensely more competitive since the cable giant first got started with the offering two years ago.

On Wednesday, Sky said it welcomed Comcast's firm intention to bid for it, as well as commitments the U.S. cable giant had made to address potential public - interest concerns over Sky News, its influential 24 - hour news channel.

The cable giants didn't mince words at INTX as they addressed the big issues they're facing: consolidation, regulation and disruption.

If that happens, cable giant Comcast will have some serious competition on its hands.

If there's one thing everyone seems to agree on about Comcast's new wireless service, it's that the cable giant is playing it safe, and the four major carriers don't have much to worry about.

The logic behind AT&T acquiring Time Warner would likely be to counteract moves by Comcast, the cable giant that also owns NBC Universal, some analysts said.

The cable giant is complicating Rupert Murdoch's plan to sell his entertainment assets to Disney.