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Comcast, Other Cable TV Firms Now Broadband First

Cable TV companies are morphing into broadband companies. No. 1 cable firm Comcast (CMCSA) is on track to serve more Internet subscribers than video customers in 2015, which already is the case with Time Warner Cable (TWC) and Charter Communications (CHTR). In Q2, the top cable TV firms lost 510,000 video subscribers but gained 381,000 broadband customers, says research firm LRG. The trend has implications for Internet video competition and cable

Fox Bid For Time Warner Shakes Up Evolving Media Era

By making an $80 billion acquisition offer for Time Warner, Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has changed the media ecosystem. Megadeals might well now be the norm — a la Comcast ‘s (CMCSA) $45.2 billion agreement, announced in February, to acquire Time Warner Cable (TWC), which awaits government approval. Content and distribution companies need to generate continuous growth in their customer bases, and the quickest and most efficient method now

New Charter Gets Midwest; Comcast Keeps N.Y., Calif.

Charter Communications can’t claim its consolation prize from the takeover battle for Time Warner Cable vs. Comcast until federal regulators rule on the industry’s biggest proposed merger ever. Charter (CHTR) shareholders seem fine with the scenario. Charter’s stock has shot up since the company announced a complex deal with Comcast (CMCSA) on April 28. If regulators, as expected, approve the merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable (TWC) by year’s