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5 Spinoffs 'Ripe' For Takeover
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 12:25pm | 618In a report issued by The Edge Consulting Group, analysts Jim Osman and Sanjiv Thakur look into five spinoff candidates they say are "ripe for takeover." ADT ADT Corp (NYSE: ADT) was spun off Tyco International plc (NYSE: TYC) about 30 months ago. Since then, it has built a leading...
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Cable Satellite Providers May Clone Aereo
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 2:11pm | 585The face of broadcast television, at least the part that makes money from cable and satellite providers, may be about to change. Bloomberg reported that DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV), Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), are looking into capturing broadcast-TV signals...
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Binge Viewers Rejoice at Hulu Decision
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 11:37am | 535If you are someone who enjoys watching an entire season of your favorite television shows “all at once,” you can’t help but be giddy over Hulu’s decision to offer complete seasons of as many as 20 series this year. This assumes, of course, that your favorite shows consist of original...
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Malone Wants Charter to Acquire Time Warner Cable (TWC)
Friday, June 28, 2013 - 10:10am | 562Liberty Media(NASDAQ: LMCA) billionaire Chairman John Malone is back at the drawing board – looking for ways in which Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) could acquire Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), according to Bloomberg. Liberty has a 27 percent stake in Charter. This, despite the fact...
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Comcast Venture Arm Investing in YouTube Startup Fullscreen
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 10:35am | 614“Hey, check this out!” These words – as part of a text message or email – often precede a link to a YouTube video, something that is fast becoming the entertainment choice “du jour” for millennials. Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) through its venture arm, Comcast Ventures, noted the trend and...
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Fox to Take on DISH Kangaroo in Court
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 3:46pm | 579DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) wants you to be free to skip past its commercials for AutoHop – a DISH feature that lets you skip past commercials. News Corp’s (NASDAQ: NWSA) Fox Broadcasting Co. wants to force you to watch AutoHop ads, but doesn’t want you to use the feature. If that’s not irony...
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Citi Adds CMCSA To Top Picks
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 8:47am | 92Citi is maintaining its Buy rating and its $29 price target on Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) as it adds the stock to its Top Picks Live. According to Citi, “We finally made it through the pro forma financials for Comcast and NBCU. While there were a number of changes to our model, the aggregate...
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Oppenheimer Reports On CMCSA 1Q Results
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 8:40am | 150Oppenheimer is maintaining its Outperform rating and its $30 price target on Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) based on the company's 1Q results and its model update. Says Oppenheimer, in its report, “We have updated our forecast to reflect 1Q results and the full incorporation of NBC's top-down results. We...