Cable Operators

Liberty Global Offers $10B For Kabel Deutschland

Deal Sets Up Possible Bidding War With Vodafone
Deal Sets Up Possible Bidding War With Vodafone

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.

Charter, TWC Up Sharply on Consolidation Speculation

CNBC Report Says Liberty Approached TWC About Merger of Equals
CNBC Report Says Liberty Approached TWC About Merger of Equals

Shares of Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable were up sharply in early trading Friday, after a CNBC report said that Liberty Media, which owns a 27% interest in Charter, recently approached TWC executives about a merger of equals.

ACA Takes Aim At Gannett/Belo 'Virtual Monopolies'

Urges FCC To Step In On Joint Retransmission Negotiations
Urges FCC To Step In On Joint Retransmission Negotiations
Gannett Belo logos

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.

Cox, Time Warner Cable Rank Highest in J.D Power Business Customer Survey

Bundling Drives Overall Customer Satisfaction
Bundling Drives Overall Customer Satisfaction

Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable ranked at the top of a recent J.D. Power and Associates business wireline customer survey, with cable providers taking four of the top five spots in the very small business segment.

According to the J.D. Power 2013 U.S. Business Wireline Satisfaction Study, overall satisfaction with their telecom service is higher among business customers who bundle their voice and data services.

Cable Show 2013: Attendance Topped 12,000

Convention Benefits From Local Interest In Nation's Capital
Convention Benefits From Local Interest In Nation's Capital
Cable Show 2013 convention floor shot John Staley

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.

Cable Show 2013: Cable Can Help Drive Education Revolution

Access to Broadband At Home, School Can Drive Innovations
Access to Broadband At Home, School Can Drive Innovations

Washington – The cable industry can play a key role in the transformation of the education system in this country by providing students and schools access to broadband technology and devices at students’ homes and schools, a panel of cable operators, technologists and educators said at the closing general session during the 2013 Cable Show.

Cable Show 2013: Broadband Pipe Can Fuel New Services

Home Control, Energy Management and Health Services On Tap For Cable Ops
Home Control, Energy Management and Health Services On Tap For Cable Ops

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.

Cable Show 2013: Analysts Say Malone, Price Power Drive Optimism

But Programming Costs Drag Sector
But Programming Costs Drag Sector

Washington, D.C. – John Malone and broadband pricing power are some of the biggest positives in the cable industry today, while rising programming costs and regulatory uncertainty continue to be the biggest drags on stocks, according to an analyst panel at the Cable Show Monday.  

Cable Show 2013: BHN Launches Include INSP

Family-Friendly Channel Expansion Adds 1M Subs To Channel's Base
Family-Friendly Channel Expansion Adds 1M Subs To Channel's Base

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.

Cable Show 2013: BlueHighways TV Gets Bright House Launch

Heartland-Focused Programmer Joins In BHN Family-Friendly Channel Expansion
Heartland-Focused Programmer Joins In BHN Family-Friendly Channel Expansion

BlueHighways TV, an independent network offering original programs that explore the people, stories, traditions and music of America, launched today in Bright House Networks' Florida, Bakersfield, Birmingham and Indianapolis service areas in high definition and standard definition and will be available in Bright House's Detroit service area later in the month.

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