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ESPN to Pull Plug on 3D Sports Channel
VarietyESPN will shut down its three-year-old 3D channel by the end of 2013, as the 3D television category has failed to achieve broad traction. The cabler, majority owned by Walt Disney Co., will cease distribution of ESPN 3D "by year-end due to low adoption...Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Telecommunication Service, DirecTV Group Inc., Bright House Networks, Google Inc.
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Pay TV Ops Set Conditions on Cable Nets in Inking Internet Video Pacts
VarietyPay TV providers including Time Warner Cable, DirecTV, Dish Network and Cablevision Systems have certain carriage agreements that effectively discourage programmers from cutting deals with Internet TV providers, according to industry sources. But the...Tags: Entertainment, Cablevision Systems Corp., Telecommunication Service, Television, Media Industry
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Cable Show: Rising TV Programming Costs Could Spur Cable Consolidation
VarietyWASHINGTON -- Soaring TV programming costs -- combined with a slowly shrinking base of video subscribers -- could drive a new wave of cable operator mergers, according to a panel of Wall Street analysts. Doug Mitchelson, managing director at Deutsche...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Wells Fargo & Co., Telecommunication Service, Computing and Information Technology Industry, John Malone
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Malone's Liberty Global completes $24-billion Virgin Media buy
Media mogul John Malone's Liberty Global Plc has completed its acquisition of British pay-TV operator Virgin Media in a stock and cash deal valued at $24 billion, the company said Friday. The acquisition, which was announced in February, puts...Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, CBS Corp., Telecommunication Service, Media Industry
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Economic interests of cable companies are diverging
The Philadelphia InquirerMichael K. Powell son of former Secretary of State Colin Powell and the cable industry's front man in Washington arrived early for a recent Senate hearing and worked the room with the ease and confidence of a consummate Washington insider. He laughed....Tags: Entertainment, Cablevision Systems Corp., Consumers, ABC (tv network), Colin Powell
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How to get info off of Google
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)Q. How do I get Google to change my profile information? It is way out of date, and I am starting to believe it is turning off new people I meet who want to check me out on Google before even meeting for coffee. I never asked to be on Google. What can I...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Networking, Computer Networking and Internet, Satellite and Cable Service, Telecommunication Service
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A+E's Abbe Raven Honored at Museum of Moving Image
VarietyComedienne Susie Essman provided most of the laughter May 22 at the Museum of the Moving Image gala in Gotham. According to the erstwhile "Curb Your Enthusiasm" thesp, she just doesn't understand why networks are targeting the 19-24 demo. "I have...Tags: Museums, Telecommunication Service, Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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Cable TV Tightens its Grip on Revenues
VarietyWhy, in the name of Honey Boo Boo, is cable television still alive and well? Now that the four biggest publicly traded MSOs have reported first quarter earnings, their stocks are up across the board. Based on May 14 closing prices, Comcast shares are 45%...Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Entertainment, Brian L. Roberts, Telecommunication Service, Television
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Why People Still Hate Their Cable Company
VarietyBig cable operators remain unable to shake the stigma of poor service and chronic rate hikes, once again turning in dismal scores for TV service on the American Customer Satisfaction Index that -- on average -- are lower than any other consumer sector....Tags: Consumers, Time Warner Cable Inc., Satellite and Cable Service, Telecommunication Service, University of Michigan
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Pay-TV Sector Posts Worst Q1 Subscriber Trends in Four Years
VarietyInternet video services may have significantly put the hurt on U.S. cable and satellite TV companies in the first quarter, as big ops posted their weakest subscriber results in four years. Overall, the sector added gained 176,000 subscribers in the first...Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Satellite and Cable Service, Telecommunication Service, Marketing
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Fortune 500 List: Connecticut's New Triumphs And An OUTRAGE
The Hartford CourantThe Fortune 500 list for 2013 is out, and the ranking of publicly traded U.S. companies by total sales contains two new triumphs for Connecticut and one outrage. In all, Connecticut has 16 companies on the list, our largest total in recent years, led, as...Tags: Danbury, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Praxair Incorporated, W.R. Berkley Corporation, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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The Masters 2013 on ESPN
Channel Guide MagazineThe Masters 2013 on ESPN from Augusta National Golf Club is Augusta, Ga., features live tournament play from the first two rounds. ESPN and ESPN Deportes air the first and second rounds on Thursday, April 11, and Friday, April 12, from 3-7:30pm ET. An...
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