News on Telecommunications Sector

Cable, sat TV firms ask gov't to stop TV blackouts

2010-03-10T14:30:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Cable, satellite TV operators ask for government intervention in fee dispute with broadcasters</div><div><p>The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak...

Cable group wants U.S. FCC to end fee disputes

2010-03-09T14:45:33Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A coalition of cable and satellite companies will this week call on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to create a new process to resolve increasingly bitter disputes over carriage fees paid to broadcasters.</p><p>The group, which includes rival TV distributors suc...

League signs mobile phone deal with Verizon Wireless

2010-03-09T09:45:14Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal U.S. m...

NFL signs mobile phone deal with Verizon Wireless

2010-03-09T09:45:11Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal U.S. m...

Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming

2010-03-08T16:45:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Stay tuned: More fee disputes coming over local TV channels on cable lineups</div><div><p>Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.</p><p>Broadcasters hurt by declining ad revenue are demanding more fees from cable and other subscription TV providers to carry the stations. The providers are resisting, and in the latest tussle, Reuters) - Google Inc and No. 2 U.S. satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp are jointly testing a television programing search service, the Venezuela telecom agency rejects company's bid to launch cable channels critical of Chavez</div><div><p>A company's bid to launch two cable channels expected to be critical of President Hugo Chavez was rejected Friday, Venezuela's state-run telecommunications agency announced.</p><p>The agency said Empresas 1BC failed to meet a deadline fo...

Movers roundup: Apple, Dish Network

2010-03-05T15:21:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Movers roundup: Apple stock jumps to record high, Dish Network shares climb on analyst upgrade</div><div><p>Among the stock activity stories for Friday, March 5, from AP Financial News:</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Apple Inc. jumped...

TW Telecom unit prices $430 million notes offering

2010-03-05T00:00:10Z

<div id="subtitle">TW Telecom subsidiary prices $430 million senior notes offering</div><div><p>A subsidiary of TW Telecom Inc., an Internet and phone service provider, on Thursday priced an offering of $430 million of debt.</p><p>TW Telecom Holdings Inc. is issuing senior notes carrying an interest of 8 percent and maturing in 2018. It is priced at 99.284 percent of its face value...

TiVo wins ruling in EchoStar case, shares soar

2010-03-04T12:00:48Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court affirmed on Thursday a contempt finding against Dish Network Corp and EchoStar Corp in their long-running patent case against digital video recorder maker TiV...

TiVo hopes for a lift from DVR blending 'Net, TV

2010-03-03T04:45:13Z

<div id="subtitle">TiVo unveils new DVR that aims to blend Internet, TV seamlessly in bid to regain cachet</div><div><p>TiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs.</p><p>The new TiVo Premiere boasts a thinner, sleeker look with a revamped menu and features that will ...

India telecom tycoon Africa moves spook investors

2010-03-02T23:15:57Z

<div><p>Indian telecoms tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal may be known for his Midas touch, but investors are questioning if his multi-billion-dollar bid to gain a foothold in Africa is a step too far.</p><p>Mittal, chairman of Bharti Airtel, has seen shares of India's big...

Disney plays bully in dispute, says Cablevision CEO

2010-03-02T14:00:39Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems chief executive Jim Dolan on Tuesday blasted Walt Disney's "bullying" threat to pull ABC from its cable...

news princess letizia 2

2010-03-01T18:16:40Z

Princess Letizia of Spain attends the 3rd annual Eva Luise Koehler Award for Research and Investigation of Rare Illnesses at Deutsche Telekom headquarters. Berlin, Germany - 01.03.20

On the Call: Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen

2010-03-01T14:00:14Z

<div id="subtitle">On the Call: Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen on staying as chief executive</div><div><p>The chief executive of Dish Network Corp. relinquished his position as CEO of sister company EchoStar Corp. during the fourth quarter.</p><p>But Charlie Ergen said that's not a sign he's ready to st...

EU clears giant mobile phone merger in Britain

2010-03-01T08:16:11Z

<div><p>EU competition authorities on Monday approved a giant merger between France Telecom's Orange UK and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile UK to create Dish Network booth at the Consumer Electronics Shows in Las Vegas, is shown. Dish Network gained more subscribers for the third straight quarter, and the nation's second-largest satellite TV operator reported Monday, March 1, 2010, a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit even though its earnings declined...

Earnings Preview: Dish Network Corp.

2010-02-26T10:00:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Earnings Preview: Dish Network Corp. 4Q earnings, expect increase in subscribers</div><div><p>Dish Network Corp., the nation's second largest satellite TV operator, reports fourth-quarter earnings before the market opens on Monday.</p><p>WHAT TO WATCH FOR: The Englewood,

Cablevision posts 4Q profit, revenue rises 5 pct

2010-02-25T13:01:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Cablevision has 4Q profit; customers spend more on digital cable, phone and Internet services</div><div><p>Cablevision Systems Corp., the nation's fifth-largest cable TV operator, posted a profit for the fourth quarter as more customers signed up for digital cable TV, phone and Internet services.</p><p>The only money-losing division was its