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A pretty stinging rebuke And yet … “I don’t see how they can not go down this road again,” says Jimmy Schaeffler of The Carmel Group. So what makes the companies (and clearly investors) think that things might be different this time around? Last week shares of DirecTV and Dish Network jumped on news thatDish CEO Charles Ergen had approached… Read More

“It’s a great time to draft on the momentum that Comcast and are going to achieve, and they will,” said industry consultant Jimmy Schaeffler of The Carmel Group. Charlie Ergen is looking for a ride — on Brian Roberts’ coattails. With regulators about to begin considering the antitrust issues raised by combining two giant cable companies — Time Warner… Read More

Time Warner Cable Chief Executive Rob Marcus may be the most optimistic boss in cable-land. Pursued by a takeover-hungry Charter Communications, Marcus on Thursday reported a stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and projected one million new subscribers as part of a rosy three-year operating plan. The double-barrel upbeat forecast, which also included $3.7 billion in long-term investments, was aimed, in part, in… Read More

TV programmers got some early presents this year — healthy fee increases from Time Warner Cable, sources tell The Post. The New York cable company — after getting strafed with bad publicity during and after it blacked out CBS last summer when the two failed to ink a new carriage deal — has been playing nice guy, striking new arrangements… Read More

Airplane Wi-Fi Gets Up to Speed The race for fast Internet at 30,000 feet is accelerating as airlines roll out new technologies and speedier connections—offering more productivity for business travelers but also encroaching on a rare refuge from the wired world. Gogo Inc., GOGO +0.73% the largest provider of inflight Internet in the U.S., on Wednesday plans to unveil a… Read More

By SHARON TERLEP Charles Ergen‘s maneuvering just cost rival SoftBank Corp. 9984.TO -1.82% $1.5 billion by forcing it to raise its offer for Sprint Nextel Corp. S +2.37% But the question remains, is that a victory for the Dish Network Corp. DISH +0.80%chairman, or a defeat? Mr. Ergen’s knack for being famously hard to read left Wall Street and the… Read More

Article Pay TV lags recovery in the economy By CLAIRE ATKINSON Last Updated: 10:03 AM, March 21, 2013 Posted: 12:32 AM, March 21, 2013 The cable-TV business is not keeping pace with the broader economic recovery, a newly released report shows. While the housing market added half a million new units in the fourth quarter, pay-TV providers — including cable,… Read More

The owner of Seattle’s KOMO-TV could find considerable interest despite the broadcast industry’s challenges, says an analyst. By Drew DeSilver Seattle Times business reporter Fisher Plaza at Fourth Avenue and Denny Way is home to Fisher Communication, whose 20 TV stations include KOMO and Univision affiliate KUNS in Seattle. MOST POPULAR COMMENTS HIDE / SHOW COMMENTS “For years it has… Read More

Liberty Media has started sending out feelers to potential buyers for its premium channel Starz. Liberty has reached out to media companies ahead of the expected mid-January spinoff of its pay-TV division, which includes the Starz and Encore channels, sources said. In August, John Malone’s Liberty announced plans to split the company, setting the stage for a sale of the… Read More