Comcast Business Class Miami http://comcastbusinessmiami.com 786-512-3451 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:07:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Who Will Nab Hulu? http://comcastbusinessmiami.com/?p=40 http://comcastbusinessmiami.com/?p=40#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:35 +0000 admin http://comcastbusinessmiami.com/?p=40 AUGUST 26, 2011 | Jeff Baumgartner |

Here’s what’s making cable waves before the big weekend.

 

  • Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), Dish Network Corp. (Nasdaq: DISH) and DirecTV Group Inc. (NYSE: DTV) have bid or will bid on Hulu LLC by this weekend’s deadline, The Wrap reported. One unnamed bidder expressed concerns about Hulu’s ability to pull a profit, making it difficult to justify the video Web hub’s $2 billion asking price. BTIG Research ‘s Richard Greenfield is against a sale, but views Google as the front-runnerbecause Hulu could accelerate Google’s desire to offer more premium video. 

     

  • The top 18 U.S. cable MSOs and telcos — representing roughly 93 percent of the market –added 350,000 net high-speed Internet subs in the second quarter, the second lowest quarterly total in the 10 years Leichtman Research Group Inc. (LRG) has been tracking the numbers. Cable operators got 77 percent of the net broadband additions, and ended the quarter with a 56 percent share of the market. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) added 628,000 fiber subs, a total almost washed out by a net loss of 578,000 DSL subs. 

     

  • Engadget has come across a teaser ad for a DirecTV product called Nomad that appears to be a video place-shifting device that would compete with the Slingbox. Motorola Mobility Inc. (NYSE:MMI), by the way, is cooking up something similar for Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) called the Televation. (See Moto, Comcast Team on In-Home TV Streamer .) 

     

  • The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and American Cable Association (ACA) aren’t big fans of the Universal Service Fund reform plans submitted by incumbent telcos to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) . The NCTA had some specific nits about the telco-backed America’s Broadband Connectivity plan, arguing that it would still provide funds to incumbents without requiring them to demonstrate a concrete need. 

    — Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Light Reading Cable

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    ]]>     http://comcastbusinessmiami.com/?feed=rss2&p=40 2     Comcaster Defects to Dish http://comcastbusinessmiami.com/?p=36 http://comcastbusinessmiami.com/?p=36#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:36:09 +0000 admin http://comcastbusinessmiami.com/?p=36 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — DISH Network L.L.C. announced today that advertising veteran Warren Schlichting has joined DISH Network to lead its Media Sales division. Schlichting will be based in the New York office and will be responsible for all advertising sales and set-top data initiatives at DISH Network.

    “Warren brings to DISH Network many years of experience, deep industry relationships and a vision for advanced and targeted advertising services that will be instrumental in increasing the value of our advertising inventory,” said Tom Cullen, executive vice president at DISH Network. “The DISH Media Sales team has a history of employing technology to address the evolving needs of agencies and clients, and we are pleased that Warren will be joining us to continue that momentum.”

    Dish Network Corp. (Nasdaq: DISH)

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