Building cable properties is another way moneylosing hockey teams make money for their owners.
His father owned radio and cable properties, with diversions into shipbuilding and jet charter.
Hit TV and cable properties help the media company trump the dismal advertising market.
Disney already controls two cable properties: the Disney Channel, which airs mostly kid-oriented programming, and ESPN.
Disney already controls two cable properties: the Disney Channel and ESPN.
On the other side of the ledger, Walt Disney shares shot up 6.8% after the Mickey Mouse operation booked better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on strength in its cable properties like ESPN and a steady performance from its theme park business.
All of the players come to the table with the ability to spread the games over a swath of cable channels and Internet properties.
Corp took control of NBC Universal and combined its former Versus cable network with the NBC sports properties at the start of the year.
The NFL and the Olympics are the last major sports properties not yet appropriated by cable.
Cablevision spun off MSG to separate its cash-rich cable businesses from its more financially volatile entertainment properties.
The dispute between the broadcast network and the cable distributor arose as the two sought to negotiate a new fee structure to be paid by Time Warner to ABC for rights to transmit the network's programs -- and those of Disney-ABC's other television properties -- over its various cable systems.
The joint venture, which will consist of the NBC Universal (NBCU) businesses and Comcast's cable networks, regional sports networks and certain digital properties and certain unconsolidated investments, will be well positioned to compete in an increasingly dynamic and competitive media and digital environment.
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And while Microsoft currently offers digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet access in conjunction with its MSN online service, it needs a cable modem offering to drive more traffic to all of its Web properties.
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