Sentences with phrase «major cable companies»

Michael Powell, a former FCC chairman who heads a trade group representing major cable companies and broadcasters, told reporters that internet providers would not block content because it would not make economic sense and consumers would not stand for it.

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

Now that major cable and Internet companies (usually one in the same) have pressured the FCC to create fast lanes and slow lanes on the Information Superhighway — Google and Verizon requested net neutrality exemption for wireless Internet just last month — small businesses» online presence is in serious jeopardy.

A major question is how plausible its economists» estimates are on key parts of its theory: how many of company A's customers would drop their cable subscription without Turner's networks, how many would switch to DirectTV (rather than just cutting the cord), and how profitable would the new customers be.

All the FCC wants now is for TV content to get to apps on major streaming devices in the first place — a process many cable companies have already started as more and more customers cut the cord.

Condominium dwellers in major urban centres are indeed the lucky ones in at least this respect, with newer fibre broadband providers emerging as alternatives to traditional phone and cable companies.

With revenues of $ 21 billion and nearly 60,000 employees, the company's major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications (cable television distribution, high - speed Internet access, telephone, home security and automation, commercial telecommunications and advertising solutions); Cox Automotive (automotive - related auctions, financial services, media and software solutions); and Cox Media Group (television and radio stations, digital media, newspapers and advertising sales rep firms).

Ten business and financial corporations control the three major television and radio networks (NBC, CBS, ABC), 34 subsidiary television stations, 201 cable TV systems, 62 radio stations, 20 record companies, 59 magazines including Time and Newsweek, 58 newspapers including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times, 41 book publishers, and various motion picture companies like Columbia Pictures and Twentieth - Century Fox.

Even without government help, telephone and cable companies are major players in this growth.

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.

The Greenwich cable company executive is not only a major funder of the charter school industry, but just last week he co-hosted a fundraiser for none - other - than Education Reform Groupie Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch.

If a judge finds Cox liable for the actions of users on its network, it will have major implications for the company, the cable industry and any ISP in the future who neglects to punish eBook pirates.

I do appreciate Nintendo's willingness to leave certain areas to those who know them better, like the streaming services and cable companies who are participating in Nintendo TVii, but this is a physical accessory that should have been more involved in their major plan.

'' So far in 2008, the major industry players, Southern Company, Duke Energy, American Electric Power, the Edison Electric Institute, and American Coalition For Clean Coal Electricity spent $ 4.0 million on broadcast and cable television advertising; $ 0.4 million on radio advertising; $ 2.4 million on print advertising in magazines and newspapers; $ 0.1 million on internet advertising; and $ 0.3 million on other types of advertising.

To wit, V - Moda, Sennheiser, Audio - Technica, Beats, Bose... and pretty much all of the major headphone companies use a removable cable on many of their non-Bluetooth headphones.

She is particularly strong in the medical and telecommunications career fields, having worked in human resource management for a major metropolitan hospital and a cable / Internet company now owned by AT&T.