http://newyork.corante.com/ en-us basulto@gmail.com 2005-12-02T18:34:42-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/12/02/a_la_carte_cable_tv_pricing.php According to the New York Post, Cablevision is mulling over the idea of "a la carte" cable TV pricing. Interestingly, Chuck Dolan of Cablevision is the only senior executive from a major cable TV network that has gone on the... 51348@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-12-02T18:34:42-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/15/this_cable_guy_faces_15_years_in_prison.php Meet The Cable Guy, who doled out $150,000 in free services to Cablevision customers. Apparently this New York-based Cable Guy regularly made adjustments to nearly 300 customer accounts to reflect that cable charges had been credited either in full... 50992@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-08-15T06:28:14-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/28/shareholder_attempts_to_scuttle_cablevisions_79_billion_buyout_offer.php The New York Post opens the kimono of Cablevision Systems: it turns out that the Dolan family's plan to take the company's cable systems unit private in a $7.9 billion deal is already in trouble. New Jersey-based Penn Capital Management,... 50954@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-07-28T08:20:44-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/12/will_time_warner_make_a_bid_for_cablevision.php Time Warner could be ready to consolidate its market position in the cable industry with an acquisition of Cablevision, surmises the New York Daily News. (Although CNN says that any Cablevision deal is definitely on the backburner until Time Warner's... 50873@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-07-12T15:23:14-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/09/would_a_verizonmci_combo_be_bad_for_new_yorkers.php In a 78-page white paper issued last week, New York State's Public Service Commission opined that Verizon Communications' proposed takeover of MCI could produce "significant" consolidation in large- and medium-business markets. The PSC called the potential consolidation "troubling" and emphasized... 50862@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-07-09T06:38:57-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/06/27/supreme_court_rules_for_cable_companies.php In a case involving the FCC and Brand X Internet, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that cable companies are "under no legal obligation to share their lines with smaller Internet service providers, dealing a major blow to independent ISPs,... 50808@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-06-27T14:32:42-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/06/21/the_family_that_watches_cable_together_stays_together.php The New York Times says that investors, Wall Street analysts and shareholders are puzzled by the Dolan family's $7.9 billion plan to buy out the public shareholders of Cablevision and spin-off the company's non-cable assets: "So what are the Dolans... 50775@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-06-21T06:18:40-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/06/20/a_79_billion_pot_of_gold_at_the_end_of_the_rainbow.php In a plan presented to Cablevision's board of directors, the Dolan family has offered to buy the remaining portion of the company that it does not already own for $7.9 billion. Currently, the Dolans hold 71% of the voting shares... 50769@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-06-20T08:01:14-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/06/09/the_cablevision_plot_thickens.php Cable mogul John Malone, chairman and CEO of Colorado's Liberty Media, is stepping down from the board of directors at Cablevision after only a few months, citing "conflict of interest" issues. Insiders, though, are buzzing that the move is actually... 50720@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-06-09T09:42:41-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/05/20/cablevision_we_are_not_for_sale.php At his company's annual shareholder meeting, Cablevision CEO James Dolan rejected any notion that the company was up for sale: "Our management team has set the bar very high... I don't think anyone's going to offer a price that can... 50627@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-05-20T08:34:58-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/04/09/no_room_for_voom.php Cablevision announced plans to shut down its money-losing satellite service Voom, effective April 30, but the New York Post is not so sure that it's all gloom and doom for Voom. CEO Chuck Dolan may still find a way to... 50418@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-04-09T10:29:17-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/04/08/comcast_and_time_warner_snatch_adelphia_from_cablevisions_grasp.php Looks like Cablevision's $16.5 billion bid for Adelphia was a case of too little, too late: Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced plans to buy Adelphia for $18 billion yesterday, and it looks like the offer will be accepted by... 50415@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-04-08T08:37:03-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/04/07/wall_street_puzzled_by_cablevisions_adelphia_bid.php It's anybody's guess what the Dolans are up to at Cablevision. First, there was the internecine struggle between Chuck Dolan and Jimmy Dolan over Voom. Then, there was the tiff with Mayor Bloomberg over the West Side stadium. Now, there's... 50410@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-04-07T17:13:44-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/03/15/gloom_and_doom_for_voom.php The New York Post reports that cable TV titan John Malone, who was rumored to be considering an acquisition of Cablevision's Voom satellite TV unit, is no longer interested. In a conference call with investors, Malone distanced himself from Voom:... 50281@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-03-15T07:05:07-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/03/11/daddy_cablebucks.php The New York Post reports that Chuck Dolan of Cablevision is busy scraping together $10 million to keep his cherished Voom satellite TV unit alive. Voom is a money-loser ($640 million in losses and counting), but the senior Dolan is... 50268@http://newyork.corante.com/ Telecom 2005-03-11T07:03:05-05:00