cable television providers

• DIRECTV, Inc. v. [Levin], (Ohio 2009)

Ohio differential taxation of satellite and cable television providers did not violate Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Your Views

'Only Verizon is stopping Verizon' Competition stifled" (Editorial, June 19) questions why Verizon should need an exemption from local franchise rules requiring cable television providers to serve all New Jersey consumers within existing communities and to deliver important public services.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• July 19, 2005

• Dpuc: Complaints Up at Cable, Electric Companies

By Luther Turmelle North Bureau Chief lturmelle@newhavenregister.com State utility regulators reported Tuesday that complaints from consumers about electric companies and cable television providers operating in Connecticut each increased by 25 percent in 2009 from a year earlier.

• New Haven Register
• April 21, 2010

• Television broadcasting: Children's television programming— Cable operators; direct broadcast satellite service providers; Internet website addresses display and commercial matter definition,

• FR, January 03, 2005
• Proposed rules
• Federal Communications Commission

• Hackers Nab Iphone Profits

Neither Apple nor AT&T are talking about iPhone's future direction, and that has hurt Synchronoss, says lohn Bright, an analyst with investment bank Avandale Partners in Nashville, Tenn. Bright says AT&T may be looking for new channels for iPhone activation at the retail level, taking away business from Synchronoss. The company, which provides activation software to telecom com- panies like AT&T, and settop box software to cable television providers like Time Warner Cable, had total revenue of $123.5 million last year. Synchronoss has also expanded its contract with Time Warner Cable to provide software for e-commerce transactions for video, broadband Internet, and telephone service.

• NJBIZ
• August 27, 2009

• Video Franchise Law No Boon to Consumer Providers Defend It, but Prices Have Risen

It was supposed to foster vigorous competition among cable television providers and create jobs. Yet almost a year after Wisconsin's video franchise law was enacted, the debate continues over whether many consumers have benefited. Sponsors of the legislation said it would hold down costs for consumers by making it easier for cable providers, and companies offering similar television services, to get into the marketplace through statewide franchises.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• November 09, 2008

• Fcc Bans Exclusive Cable Contracts

The Federal Communications Commission has banned exclusive deals between owners of buildings such as apartment complexes and cable television providers, in a move aimed at giving residents in apartments and condominiums a greater choice of pay television services. Finding that the exclusive contracts are unfair and anti- competitive, the FCC voted last month to adopt a new rule nullifying existing contracts and banning future contracts. "There is no reason that consumers living in apartment buildings should be locked into one service provider," said FCC chairman Kevin Martin in a statement after the vote.

• Lawyers USA
• November 22, 2007

• Cable Providers Seize a Share of Telecom Market ; Lower Prices Lure Small Businesses

NEW YORK AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., the biggest U.S. telephone companies, lost millions of consumers to cable television providers. Small businesses, their most profitable accounts, may be next. Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable-television service, has snatched 3.8 million residential phone customers since 2004 and will spend $3 billion to sign up 20 percent of small companies in its territories by 2012.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• December 27, 2007

• Making New Connections

The revenue flow is growing more diverse as Synchronoss offers its clients expanded services. [Tom Roderick] said the relationship with Time Warner Cable is deepening as Synchronoss supports more of the cable service provider's e-commerce sales. "By the end of first quarter 2010, every product, service or feature you buy from Time Warner Cable online will be supported by Synchronoss," he said. "They will get a transactional fee every time that happens. Synchronoss provides transaction management software for e-commerce, communications and devices, offering its ConvergenceNow Plus software to wireless carriers, cable television service providers and others to allow for on-demand purchases. According to its latest available quarterly earnings, the company reported net income of $7.8 mil...

• NJBIZ
• March 03, 2010

• New Cable Option May Finally Appear in Pittsburgh

Pittsburghers might soon have a choice of cable television providers. A tentative agreement between Verizon and city officials could allow the company to install a fiber-optic network that would provide Internet, phone and cable access throughout the city, known as FiOS, within about six years, according to an announcement from Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's office today.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• July 06, 2009