And both of those ventures had distribution, the sine qua non of success in cable.
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He is an investor in cable companies, broadband startups and the odd piece of Nantucket real estate.
On the home front, the device could lead to rapid improvements in cable television and satellite communications.
Disney and Time Warner are pushing new highs on almost assured momentum in cable and theme parks.
If Bluetooth hardware gets cheap and the software gets manageable, it's easy to envision happy adventures in cable-cutting.
Grupo Televisa owns four networks, numerous magazines, three soccer teams and stakes in cable, satellite TV and radio.
He interviewed dozens of executives in cable, advertising and the Internet in search of a need he could fill.
He made three more fortunes--in cable television (Vision Cable Communications), mobile telephony (Metro Mobile) and gas pipelines (Southern Union).
Only now are recording abilities beginning to show up in cable set-top boxes.
Cox is known for its pioneering efforts in cable telephone and commercial services, industry-leading customer care and its outstanding workplaces.
Called TV Gateway, it started rolling out late last year in cable systems operated by Cox, Charter, Adelphia and Comcast.
Branson, meanwhile, is the majority shareholder in cable company NTL -- currently a smaller player in the UK television market.
Still more impressive, the day of play at Augusta National drew the biggest audience for a golf broadcast in cable history.
Transport company Stagecoach has urged the government to introduce tough new measures to tackle the increase in cable theft from the railways.
The fragmentation of audiences has created opportunities in cable and the Internet.
The giant incumbents in cable, telecom and direct satellite now push a triple play of services to consumers: TV, phone and Web access.
Stock in cable company Charter Communications languishing, thanks to an assist from the indictment of 4 executives on charges of inflating company's results.
But ads are merely an auxiliary revenue stream in cable sports.
When they pop up in cable news segments or on radio shows, sounding off about their stories, or just sounding off, they are promoting themselves.
Buried in its portfolio was a small holding in cable television.
That mismatch will ensure the near-term future of giant incumbents in cable, telecom and direct satellite, with their dedicated networks expressly designed to carry video.
So says Imran Shah, a cofounder and managing partner of IBB Consulting, which offers advice to broadband-related product and service providers in cable, mobile and media.
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In addition to developing hotels and shopping centers, Wheelock is also involved in cable television and owns more than two-thirds of Modern Terminals, a southern China shipping operator.
Microsoft's scaled-down OS, Windows CE, is already appearing in cable boxes, and Microsoft is positioning it to create other appliances with attitude -- let's call them active appliances.
It is swallowing Motorola Mobility whole, including the handset business, which has lately focused mostly on selling Android phones, and one of the two major U.S. players in cable set-top boxes.
Dunn emphasized that while Nickelodeon has "made what's good for kids a good business" in cable television, the Internet industry is still trying to figure out how to achieve profitability.
We created it seven years ago for WICT (Women in Cable Telecommunications), the premier association for women in the cable industry, and we conduct it for them a few times a year.
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Sandy has also shown a weakness in cable and phone companies' largely-fiber infrastructure over which they deliver "triple plays" of landline phone service along with video and broadband to millions of customers.
Mr Verster, Route Managing Director for Network Rail, said there were a number of factors for the reduction in cable theft, including engineers developing cables that were harder to steal and easier to identify.
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