CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
We really ought to applaud Time Warner, I think. A company that owns the rights to broadcast some of the major networks in certain markets, LIN TV, has been playing hardball with the cable operator, demanding more money for access to the channels. Time Warner is all, “But, you can get these channels for free [...]
Cable TV Promotions (Free subscription) | yesterday
Comcast Time Warner Cable Comcast, Time Warner Cable in Wireless Talks , Free Press and Time Warner Cable Inc., are discussing a plan to provide funding for a . The two biggest U.S. cable providers, Comcast Corp. . Comcast, Time Warner Cable in Wireless Talks. Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2008. By Amol Sharma and Vishesh Kumar and Time Warner Cable Inc., are discussing a plan to provide funding for...
Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Filed under: Cable , New content We can say with a straight face that there's hardly a time in Hawaii where watching HDTV trumps being out and about amidst paradise, but even those who can't spend enough time on pristine beaches need to kick back and catch some some high-def entertainment every now and then. Oceanic Time Warner Cable has just announced that customers on the islands of Oahu (pictured)...
TiVo Lovers (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Apparently, Time Warner's cable cards aren't compatible with TiVo HD (s3). I had the appointment set up now for two weeks, and the installer just came....delivered the news....and left.
The Dayton Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Time Warner Cable subscribers in the Dayton area are still without WDTN-TV Channel 2, the Dayton-area NBC affiliate, while negotiations between the station’s parent company and Time Warner continue. (TVL) (TWC)
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
Telco giant Verizon (VZ) squeezed $117.5 million and a lot of life out of Internet phone provider Vonage (VG) last year in a long patent war. Now it's trying to do the same thing to the cable industry. But that will be much harder to do: Not only are the cable guys in much stronger position financially than Vonage, they may now have legal precdent on their side. That's because Verizon just lost a...
NewTeeVee (Free subscription) | yesterday
Supreme Court Stays Out of TiVo vs. Dish; high court won’t consider an appeal of the $74 million judgment against the satellite company over a patent dispute with the DVR maker. (The Associated Press) Time Warner Reacts to LIN Dispute By Urging People Online; after the two companies didn’t reach an agreement, Time Warner displays a [...]
JSOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
Broadband Internet access continues to get cheaper as providers aggressively target residential customers who...
broadbandreports.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Ad Age explores how Time Warner Cable (TWC) is taking aim at AT&T and Verizon by taking a page out of the negative political attack ad playbook. Their new ads and website feature Comedian Mike O'Malley, and jab Verizon on things like complicated billing and the occasional dug up azaleas. Like political ads, truth is also sometimes optional; the cable company often blurring the line between last mile...
The Consumerist (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
According to a tipster, Time Warner Cable resets their complaint list every three months, allowing users with shoddy service to continually request perks like free premium channels year-round without... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
AAPL - BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Filed under: Before the bell , Earnings reports , Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Time Warner (TWX) , Market matters , Walt Disney (DIS) , International Business Machines (IBM) , Nokia Corp. (NOK) , Advanced Micro Dev (AMD) , Alcoa Inc (AA) , Bank of America (BAC) , Yum Brands (YUM) , Alcatel-LucentADS (ALU) , EMC Corp (EMC) , Economic data ,...
Lost Remote (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Time Warner Cable and Lin TV are in a retransmission dispute — Lin TV wants to get paid and Time Warner refuses — so the Lin stations have gone dark on the cable provider. While this isn’t entirely new in the industry, Time Warner’s response certainly is: they posted a video online that urges [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
TIME Warner Cable Manhattan has asked the FCC to drop price regulations now that it has competition with Verizon. Time Warner claims deregulation would allow it to offer more flexible pricing and a greater variety of channel-packaging options...
Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Filed under: Cable , New content Time Warner Cable is stirring the HD pot in the Empire State once more, this time bringing the lineups in Brooklyn, Queens and Mount Vernon up to par with those already stocked ( Staten Island , we're looking at you). In a new programming announcement on the provider's website, we're told that the "previously announced drop of MOJO (796) on October 1st has been postponed,"...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Time Warner Inc. and other diversified media conglomerates hit fresh lows Monday, as a broad global selloff was touched off by renewed fears over the spread of the credit crisis. With several potential deals now in limbo thanks to the credit dilemma, no signs of a short-term lift in advertising revenues, and uncertainty about consumer spending casting a pall over subscription-based...
