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CBS Warns That DirectTV, U-Verse Might Drop Network If Deal Isn't Reached By July 19
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 - 4:39pm | 456CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) said Tuesday it continues to negotiate “resolutely and in good faith” but warned that so far it has been unable to reach an agreement to keep its programming on various cable and satellite services owned by AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), which could result in a...
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AT&T Opens Unlimited Plan To All Customers; Is There Any Real Difference Among Big Phone's Big 4?
Sunday, February 19, 2017 - 3:11pm | 683AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) may have had the adage "better late than never" in mind when it took a plunge into the ring to combat against the rest of its peers in offering unlimited data plan for all its customers. AT&T already provides unlimited to data to customers, who have subscribed to its...
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5 Improvements Cable Needs To Survive
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 9:25am | 1013Broadband Internet access is now more popular than cable TV. "That's been the industry trend," Albert Fried & Company analyst Rich Tullo told Benzinga. "The fact that we're now over half is somewhat important." This is a sign of the changing times, but is there...
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Merger Speculation Increases For Both Dish And Charter Following Losses (CHTR, DISH)
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 1:06pm | 581Nothing ramps up merger speculation faster than a poor quarter. Dish Network (NYSE: DISH) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) both reported second-quarter losses Tuesday which Bloomberg said resulted in renewed Wall Street chatter about possible mergers in both companies’ futures. In both...
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Google Preparing For Entry Into Online Television (GOOG)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 12:06pm | 775According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is getting ready to put its considerable financial weight behind an Over The Top (OTT) television programing service. OTT refers to broadcast on-demand television content delivered on “top” of existing broadband...
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Netflix CEO Hates Comcast Data Caps
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 8:44am | 712Reed Hastings has suddenly realized that broadband data caps could destroy his business, and he's not happy about it. In a move that is almost as funny as watching Netflix's CEO perform stand-up comedy, Hastings has published a brief rant on his Facebook page (via CNET), claiming that Comcast's (...
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Cellular Catastrophe: AT&T And T-Mobile (T)
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 4:43pm | 1055It's Merger Monday again. If all goes as planned, tomorrow could be Terrible Tuesday, followed by Wacky Wednesday and Tenacious Thursday. Now that AT&T (NYSE: T) has announced its plans for world domination, consumers are left to wonder about the future of cellular phones. Despite the advent...
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AT&T U-Verse Cap Is Crazy (T, TWC, CMCSA)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 12:26pm | 583They warned us that this would happen. They were right. This week, AT&T (NYSE: T) announced its new plan for corporate growth – a 250GB cap on U-Verse subscribers. Officially, the cap is being employed to curb high data use among the top two percent of U-Verse subscribers. But if you think this...