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Sprint-Clearwire: Our Coverage In Links - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 08 May 2008 07:12 AM PST

From our sister site mocoNews.net… A lot going on since Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) confirmed their agreement to combine their WiMax wireless broadband business to form…

Earnings: Comcast Revs Up 14 Percent; Full-Year Forecast Maintained - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 04:51 AM PST

Cable operator Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) announced Q1 revenue of $8.38 billion, a 14 percent year-over-year increase from $7.38 million. Adjusted net income, which excludes certain gains from the dissolution of…

Comcast, Time Warner And Cox Pull Out Of Pivot - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 23 Apr 2008 03:32 PM PST

Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable and Cox Communications have pulled out of the Pivot joint venture with Sprint (NYSE: S) (the fourth cable partner, Advance/Newhouse Communications, declined…

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FCC Hearing on Broadband Practices: Free, Regulation, and the Bible - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Apr 2008 07:47 PM PST

FCC’s much anticipated hearing on broadband access and management practices happened today, and a range of voices were heard at the hearing. At stake, according to the speakers: copyrights, Internet…

Comcast Adds On File- Sharing Tests And ‘P2P Bill Of Rights’ - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 15 Apr 2008 03:51 PM PST

A few weeks after Comcast’s (NSDQ: CMCSA) non-deal deal with BitTorrent on making the latter’s P2P apps run more smoothly for the cable operator’s broadband subs, the largest U.S. cable…

Google TV Ads: Opening The Floodgates, Hoping For A Torrent (And Help From Comcast’s Project Canoe) - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 14 Apr 2008 02:21 PM PST

After a few delays coming out of beta, Google TV Ads plans to end its closed trial in the next few weeks by opening up the cable TV media buying…

TV Community BuddyTV Gets $6 Million Second Round - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 14 Apr 2008 11:52 AM PST

Mea culpa… seems like things have changed for the company since we last reported on it: TV community site BuddyTV has raised a $6 million second round led by Madrona…

Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Others Unite To Fight NYS Ad Targeting Bill; FTC Ending Comments On Regs - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 09 Apr 2008 03:47 PM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), AOL (NYSE: TWX), Facebook, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and others have banded together to fight a proposed bill in the New York State Legislature that…

Comcast/Starcom Study: Trying Prove That Ad Targeting Works - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 04 Apr 2008 10:27 AM PST

It stands to reason that someone considering the purchase of a new car would likely be more receptive to an auto ad than someone who isn’t. After 16 months of…

Updated: Comcast and BitTorrent Do A Non-Deal Deal To Work Together - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 26 Mar 2008 10:20 PM PST

Update below: This is one of those vague non-deals that make the execs involved look good in press. Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), which has been in in the middle of controversy…

Comcast & Time Warner Talking To Clearwire & Sprint on National WiMax Network - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 25 Mar 2008 06:02 PM PST

So Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) are moving on to the next thing after their stalled efforts with Pivot through Sprint: now the two cable companies are…

Bear Stearns Media Con: Comcast Braces For A Downturn, But No Pullback In Investments - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 10 Mar 2008 10:23 AM PST

During a Q&A session at the Bear Stearns Media Conference, Michael Angelakis, Comcast’s (NSDQ: CMCSA) CFO briefly touched on this morning’s news about Comcast’s interactive ad targeting joint venture, Project…

Six Cable Cos Forming Joint Company For Targeted Ads Across Networks; More Details - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 09 Mar 2008 11:29 PM PST

This has been in the works for a while now, and we reported on it here in Feb. Now *NYT* has some more details: six of the largest cable companies…

Comcast Invests In Gaming/Entertainment Ad Net Giant Realm; Total $3.5 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 09 Mar 2008 08:03 PM PST

Giant Realm, a New York City-based online ad network focused on video games, music and entertainment, has secured $3.5 million in funding, the company told us. The round was led…

Six Media Names On Weather Channel Suitors List; $5 Billion Asking Price Too High: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 06 Mar 2008 07:57 AM PST

A few more details on the upcoming Weather Channel action… NYT reports that there are six media firms interested in buying the network: Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), General Electric (NYSE:…

Bids Coming For Weather Channel Next Week; TWX, NBC, CBS, Comcast Interested: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 04 Mar 2008 11:41 AM PST

Preliminary bids for the on-the-block Weather Channel are due next week, and the would-be buyers constitute a big media who’s who, reports Reuters. Word of the network’s sale came early…

New York AG Subpoenas Comcast Over Net Neutrality - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 26 Feb 2008 02:45 PM PST

A day after getting grilled by Kevin Martin and the FCC, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) has a new thorn in its side: New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Right now, they’re…

FCC Holds Hearing On Net Neutrality; Transparency Urged - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 25 Feb 2008 02:21 PM PST

During a hearing today addressing whether cable companies are improperly slowing down certain types of web traffic (P2P, video, etc.), FCC Chairman Kevin Martin suggested that the agency may have…

@ NBA Tech Summit: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin: ‘I’m Not Picking On Cable’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 18 Feb 2008 12:08 PM PST

When a casual session with reporters following his appearance at the NBA Tech Summit turned to a la carte pricing and set-top box limitations, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin offered his…

Comcast: Up To $70 Million To Be Spent On Interactive Ad Platform - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 15 Feb 2008 07:57 AM PST

Missed this bit from yesterday’s Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) conference call… In response to an analyst question on the company’s interactive advertising platform, COO Steve Burke said the company would spend…

Update: Earnings: Comcast Q4 Revs Up 14 Percent; Steps Taken To Soothe Shareholders; No Yahoo Bid - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 14 Feb 2008 05:24 AM PST

Cable operator Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), which has been under significant market pressure, announced Q4 revenue of $8.01 billion, up 14 percent year-on-year from $7.03 billion. Net income of $602 million…

Comcast Defends Slowing Down P2P Traffic; Regulators Introduce Neutrality Bill - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 12 Feb 2008 10:32 PM PST

Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), which has been under fire for delaying P2P traffic on its network, defended itself before the Federal Communications Commission today in formal comments submitted. It said this…

Comcast Buys Rest Of Car Site Vehix - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 10 Feb 2008 04:05 PM PST

Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is buying out multiplatform and online car site Vehix, for an undisclosed amount. Comcast’s ad sales unit Comcast Spotlight already had a minority stake in the service,…

Nielsen Debuts VOD Service With Comcast; Picks TWC’s Haymes To Head Online Copyright Monitor - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 25 Jan 2008 09:44 AM PST

With TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and others turning their attention to real-time on-demand audience measurement, The Nielsen Company has been trying to counter the challenge with some VOD…

TiVo Finally Launches On Comcast As A Software Upgrade; Limited Rollout and Features - 7 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 21 Jan 2008 11:04 PM PST

After three years of painstaking work and multiple delays, Comcast will begin marketing TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), not as a DVR, but as an interface via a premium software upgrade for…