PHILADELPHIA & NEW YORK–Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:CMCSA)(Nasdaq:CMCSK) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) today announced that their Boards of Directors have approved a definitive agreement for Time Warner Cable to merge with Comcast. The agreement is a friendly, stock-for-stock transaction in which Comcast will acquire 100 percent of Time Warner Cable’s 284.9 million shares outstanding for shares […]
Comcast has announced that it has signed an agreement with Warner Bros. to start selling the studio’s titles through the Xfinity On Demand digital store. Beginning today, Xfinity TV customers will be able to purchase Warner Bros. movies and TV shows to own and access anytime, anywhere, on any device, often several weeks ahead of […]
CULVER CITY, Calif., – getTV, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks’ new U.S. digital broadcast television network, showcasing Hollywood’s most memorable films from the 1930s through the 1960s, is launching today in more than 44 percent of the U.S. television households. Carried as a digital subchannel on Univision Television Group-owned stations and others, getTV is launching […]
Mountain View, CA and Washington, DC; – The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google today announced a settlement agreement that will provide access to publishers’ in-copyright books and journals digitized by Google for its Google Library Project. The dismissal of the lawsuit will end seven years of litigation. The agreement settles a copyright infringement […]
New York, NY – Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) and Polaris Project today announced a new campaign designed to shine a spotlight on the serious issue of human trafficking. Human trafficking is modern-day slavery where profits are derived from the organized control and exploitation of women, children and men for various purposes including […]
Today we are announcing a unified approach to digital advertising that only Yahoo can deliver – across premium and audience-focused display, native and search advertising. The online advertising world today is fragmented, difficult to navigate, and not always customer-friendly. For advertisers to get the reach, targeting, and ad effectiveness they want, they have to work […]
Hearst achieved record revenue and profit in 2013, and recorded its fourth consecutive year of revenue and profit growth since the recession of 2008–2009. Strong year-over-year performances came from our cable networks, A+E Networks and ESPN; Fitch Ratings; healthcare businesses First Databank and MCG, formerly Milliman Care Guidelines, acquired last December; and the newspaper group. […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Energy Department, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) announced non-regulatory energy efficiency standards for pay-TV set-top boxes that will result in significant energy […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission today adopted rules to help ensure that Americans’ phone calls to 911 are delivered during disasters. The rules are designed to improve 911 communications networks nationwide by requiring 911 service providers – generally, the wireline phone companies that route both wireline and wireless calls to 911 call centers […]
The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Gannett Co. Inc., Belo Corp. and Sander Media LLC to divest their interests in KMOV‑TV, a CBS affiliate in St. Louis, in order to proceed with Gannett’s acquisition of Belo, and Sander’s related acquisition of six Belo television stations that Gannett cannot hold under Federal […]
