Consumers Alliance of the Southeast Calls on Cable Companies to Answer...

PR Newswire;  April 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ......obligation to hold cable companies accountable for...practices. Given the cable industry's poor track...nothing new for cable companies. For television service, the cable industry has a long history...Questions to Ask the Cable Industry 1. If cable ...

Wider wireless battle Cable companies take on Bell rivals

International Herald Tribune;  April 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the biggest cable companies in the United...Monday at the cable industry's annual trade...venture with the cable companies. ''What we hope...Cablevision services. Cable companies eventually hope...risks for the cable industry unless it gets...monitors the ...

Cable companies now too powerful

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  July 30, 2002 ;     350 words ......FCC's unlawful decree to permit cable companies to bypass contracts with local...gatekeeper stands between the greed of cable companies and the residents of suburban and rural America. Cable companies are monopolies. Deregulation...regulatory oversight. The idea that cable ...

Cable companies losing subscribers to satellite TV

Charleston Gazette;  August 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ......pans. But the cable industry still dismissed...damaging the cable industry's reputation...Street. The cable industry has reached...the largest cable companies - Comcast Corp...customers from cable," Charlie Ergen...suggesting that cable companies ...

Cable industry wins case on broadband competition

Charleston Gazette;  June 28, 2005 ;     622 words ......In a victory for the cable industry, the Supreme Court on Monday said cable companies don't have to share...cheered the ruling. The cable industry said it would further...represented phone and cable companies. About 22 million homes...

AT&T in negotiations with cable companies to form alliances

The Journal Record;  March 6, 1998 ;     297 words ......Bloomberg) -- AT&T is talking to a number of cable- television companies about alliances, which...systems could offer things like phone service. The cable companies are spending billions to upgrade their systems...generation of cable, Internet and phone services. Cable industry ...

Cable companies' hard sell puts BT in a bind

The Independent - London;  April 9, 1995 ;     700+ words ......awaits the British cable television industry...But the clutch of cable companies flogging shares in...perceptions about the UK cable industry. If Connell and co...the prospects for cable, then BT faces a horrendous...business. For the cable business is ...

Cable Companies Say Seattle's Privacy-Protection Bill Is Needless.

The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  April 4, 2002 ;     414 words ......Seattle households, the cable industry yesterday questioned...ordinance would force cable companies to provide customers...the bill by requiring cable companies to send additional...Washington, the state's cable-industry trade group, questioned...federal laws requiring ...

Cable companies would have competition under bill passed by Senate panel

Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  March 5, 1997 ;     523 words ......allow alternative cable companies offering equivalent...the monopoly the cable industry has in Illinois...to not just clone cable companies but do what's best...limiting the local cable franchise term to...edge over other cable companies because...billion a year. ...

The Telemarketing Opportunity for Cable Companies.

Multichannel News;  October 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Litteer is director, cable and interactive services...that are essential to cable companies: * Inbound customer...their telemarketing, cable companies can free lean staffs...cannot be matched by cable companies. For example, it is...CALLING One reason for cable ...

Cable Industry Consolidation Not Likely to Result in Lower Rates.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 23, 1999 ;     700+ words ......sweeping the cable industry, cable subscribers...because the merging cable companies tout the combinations...topic for the cable industry this month. Come...projected increase in cable prices -- around...consolidation in the cable industry has never led...

New Jersey Governor Pitches Tougher Rules for Cable Companies.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 7, 2003 ;     483 words ......Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The cable guy may have to hustle a little harder...that he says will force the Garden State's cable television companies to be more customer-friend...civic and consumer groups -- would compel cable companies to automatically credit customers' bills...who have ...

Cable wins pole position: High Court says adding Internet service doesn't...

Broadcasting & Cable;  January 21, 2002 ;     373 words ......Supreme Court handed the cable industry a double victory last...dramatically increase rates cable operators pay to string...FCC rate caps when cable companies add Internet service...critical victory for the cable industry because most operators...to decide whether cable ...

Tougher rules pitched for cable companies

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 7, 2003 ;     523 words ...00-00-0000 Tougher rules pitched for cable companies -- Governor's plan seeks better customer...civic and consumer groups - would compel cable companies to automatically credit customers' bills...have lost their service, she said. The cable industry would have to invest millions in ...

Cable companies wary of Microsoft

AP Online;  May 4, 1998 ;     431 words ......05-04-1998 ATLANTA (AP) _ As Bill Gates told the cable industry it should use his company's software, cable...Association's convention here Monday, Gates told cable companies they should use his software to control...for paranoia,'' Gates said. ``In fact the cable industry is ...