26.02.2009
Cablevision posts Q4 2008 loss, adds more phone lines
Cablevision posted its fourth-quarter and full-year 2008 results Thursday, showing a loss of $321 million translating to $1.11 a share, with most of the results attributable to "impairment charges" on the company`s purchase of Newsday ($402 million) and writing off VOOM HD ($41 million).For the... |
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08.05.2009
Cablevision rides Q1 revenue back to profit
Cable TV firm Cablevision Systems reported an 11 percent revenue increase to $1.9 billion for the first quarter, up from $1.7 billion for the same period last year. Net income was about $20.2 million, which reversed a net loss of more than $31 million posted in the first quarter of 2008. Some... |
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26.02.2009
Cablevision says it's ready for DOCSIS 3.0
During its earnings call Thursday, Cablevision says it has wired the bulk of its network with DOCSIS 3.0 and will announce a high-speed service for residential and business services "shortly."A precise launch date hasn`t been given yet. Currently, Cablevision`s fastest DOCSIS service is 30 Mbps,... |
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08.08.2008
Cablevision taking its show on the road to Wall Street
Cablevision CEO James Dolan, who traditionally has played the company’s operations close to his vest—and has made a career of creating minor dust ups with Wall Street and his biggest investors—will be meeting with some of the cable company’s largest shareholders next week in... |
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17.09.2009
Cablevision to launch interactive advertising
Soon Cablevision customers will be able to interact with the advertisements streamed into their TV sets. With the launch of its Optimum Select service, subscribers will be able to use the "Select" button on their remote control and click on banners at the bottom of their screens to get a free... |
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02.11.2009
Cablevision to raise its video rates
The war between Cablevision and its fiercest video rival Verizon is going to get a bit more heated as the cable MSO announced that it will increase the price of its cable TV services 3.7 percent in 2010. While the video service will increase, Cablevision will leave the prices for its Internet and... |
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03.05.2011
Cablevision unveils new triple play bundle to battle AT&T, Verizon
Cablevision`s (NYSE: CVC) updated triple play bundle--"Ultimate Triple Play"--is a move to attract and prevent more churn of its video customer base. With its "Ultimate Triple Play," an update of the Optimum Triple Play it introduced in 2004, Cablevision customers will get 275 channels... |
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24.09.2009
Cablevision wants FCC program access rules changed
With the Net Neutrality and ownership caps coming to a head, there just seems to be no end of bad blood between the FCC and the cable industry recently. On September 22, Cablevision appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to appeal the FCC`s 2007 Order extending the program... |
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03.09.2009
Cablevision wants to spread WiFi into New York trains
Building off the success of the free WiFi access service it currently offers to subscribers throughout its metro New York footprint, it makes sense for Cablevision to target New York`s Metropolitan Transportation Authority`s commuter trains and stations with the service. By submitting an... |
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26.08.2008
Cablevision's on the hot seat
Cablevision has gotten a lot of press lately, not all good, not all bad. The company even did a dog and pony show for Wall Street investors earlier this month, trying to patch up some rough spots with major shareholders. One of the newest -- and largest -- shareholders, hedge fund Harbinger Capital... |
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