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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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The vertically integrated media / cable / telco giants are watching — with clenched corporate jaws — as previously bulletproof annuities, like landline and cable subscriptions, have begun to show signs of vulnerability.
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.
Cable sports giant ESPN's struggles in recent years have been well - documented, with the Walt Disney - owned network shedding more than 12 million subscribers in the past six years as the number of cord - cutters has ticked upwards and cable providers have started offering slimmer bundles that don't always include ESPN.
Since November, YES, the channel that airs New York Yankees games, has been blacked out on Comcast Corp. as the cable giant and the network's parent, 21st Century Fox, battle over terms of payment.
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.
Disney's nosedive triggered broader investor worries about consumers opting for skinny bundles or dropping cable TV completely as shares of other traditional media giants also plummeted.
The announcement comes a little over four months after the cable giant opened its connected - home platform to third - party vendors, admitting products such as August smart locks, Automatic's car adapter / app, Cuff smart jewelry, the Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight, Lutron's Caseta Wireless lighting controls, Rachio's connected irrigation system, SkyBell's video doorbell, and the Whistle pet monitor in the first wave.
The former has already begun offering August locks as part of Xfinity Home — the cable giant's attempt to elbow in connected home offerings from the likes of Amazon, Apple and Google.
But the reversible cable itself is a good reason for manufacturers to be adopting USB Type - C (Google's new Nexus phones have a Type - C port), and it's nice to see the Korean giant will be taking the leap to the innovative USB technology as well.