Cable Operators

Liberty Global made a play to further consolidate the German cable market, lobbing in an $10 billion offer to acquire Kabel Deutschland in a deal that would pit it against European phone giant Vodafone in a possible bidding war for the largest cable operator in Germany.

Liberty’s offer comes says after Vodafone reportedly made an $9.6 billion proposal to Kabel Deutschland that was kicked back to the European phone giant as too low. According to reports, Vodafone is considering raising its offer.

The American Cable Association is trying to use Gannett's $2.2-billion planned purchase of Belo to buttress the cable group's argument that the Federal Communications Commission should prevent coordinated retransmission-consent negotiations via joint sales or services agreements.

The ACA, which represents smaller cable operators, calls those coordination retransmission efforts shadow duopolies that skirt local ownership caps.

The June 10-12 Cable Show in Washington, D.C., had more than 12,000 attendees, which is about on par with figures announced for the last time the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s annual convention was in the nation’s capital in 2009.

Washington, D.C. – The broadband pipe won’t just be the conduit for Internet content in the future, with cable operators working diligently to provide services like home control, energy management and home health services in the not too distant future, according to a panel session at the Cable Show Tuesday.

INSP said it added more than 1 million new households as a result of launches on Bright House Networks systems in Florida, Alabama, Michigan and California.