The separation will enable TWC, the second-largest cable TV provider, to pursue acquisitions that were previously off-limits.
Its listed subsidiary Globo Cabo, Brazil's largest cable TV provider, has laid 15, 000 miles of coaxial cable past almost 5 million homes.
's remaining 49 percent stake if it had waited until 2018, as had been envisioned in 2011 when the nation's largest cable TV provider acquired majority control of NBCUniversal.
The company is currently involved in a legal battle with cable TV provider Virgin Media, which claims Sky is trying to "coerce" Virgin customers into switching services by denying them access to its basic channels.
Globo is also forging ahead on broadband Internet access through its listed subsidiary Globo Cabo, Brazil's largest cable-TV provider.
Where it breaks down is looking at buying TV shows as an alternative to DVD or subscribing to cable or another TV service provider (even though the big NBC hits are all on broadcast television).
Even PLDT, which already operates a cable-TV system and an Internet service provider, is planning to offer cable Net access, "maybe before the end of 1999, " says Samson.
Higher ratings translate into more advertising revenue, even though Comcast gets two-thirds of its revenue as a cable-TV and Internet access provider.
Although Comcast's cable networks business benefits from higher distribution fees, those fees mean higher costs for Comcast because the company is also the nation's largest provider of cable TV services to homes.
So it's conceivable that more advances will come on a cable, you know, your TV provider network, than you see on your Internet in the home.
Although Comcast's cable networks business benefits from higher distribution fees, those fees mean higher costs for Comcast because the company is also the nation's largest provider of cable-TV services to homes.
And naturally, users receive all the unencrypted digital cable TV (Clear QAM) channels offered by their cable provider.
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Comcast is the biggest U.S. cable provider with nearly 22% of the U.S. pay TV market share.
The company argues that it is acting just like a cable provider, but a judge granted an injunction to temporarily stop Ivi from showing broadcast TV.
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Use controls: Tools like the V-Chip or services offered by your cable provider let you block content you don't want your kids to see on TV.
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