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Both city and state officials have raised concerns that the deal for the Bethpage-based cable operator would saddle the company with too much debt, leading to jobs cuts and poor Customer Service. Altice, a European telecom and cable giant, has made it ...
Cablevision Systems is now delivering Hulu to cable TV customers through their set-top boxes — the first time the Internet-video service is available directly through a pay-TV platform as a dedicated channel. The New York-area cable operator has ...
Almost a year after the deal was announced, Cablevision Systems said it has begun to distribute Hulu, the over-the-top subscription-based video service, to the MSO's Optimum TV customers. Under the integration, subs can access Hulu via the Optimum TV ...
Cablevision Media Sales has made a deal with FourthWall Media that allows it to deliver data analytics beyond the New York footprint of parent Cablevision Systems. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but FourthWall will provide ...
City officials and the state's Public Service Commission have raised concerns that the $17.7 billion deal for Bethpage, New York-based Cablevision would leave the company with too much debt to invest in network improvements and Customer Service.
Cablevision Systems, less than six months after agreeing to sell itself to Altice Group for $17.7 billion, reported one of its strongest customer relationship quarters in nearly a decade, driven mainly by gains in high-speed data customers. Cablevision ...
What will Altice bring to Cablevision, other than increased debt? How will it deliver quality services, make needed upgrades to an aging infrastructure and improve Customer Service, especially in light of the fact that these three key areas are where ...
Cablevision Systems said it is the first MVPD to provide authenticated access to CBS's live streaming feed, so long as they're accessing it in a market that is served by a CBS owned and operated station. Cablevision subs can use their TVE credentials ...
Cablevision Systems became the first cable operator to provide access to live streaming of the broadcaster's programming on CBS.com and the CBS app, allowing Optimum TV subscribers to watch CBS online and via mobile devices. The live programming ...
Cablevision Systems said it has settled a nearly five-year old suit with founder Charles Dolan's son Thomas, agreeing to pay him $21 million to cancel wrongful termination litigation he brought against the company after the demise of its former Voom HD ...
The Communications Workers of America, which has had a contentious relationship with MSO Cablevision Systems in New York, said it will testify against the the MSO's proposed acquisition by European telco Altice around the state over the next several ...
Patrick Donoghue, an award-winning cable and programming exec vet who last headed up user experience efforts for Cablevision Systems's Optimum product line, has left the operator to start up a digital-focused consulting company called Next Stop ...
Major U.S. benchmarks posted gains for a second day. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 1 percent to close at 17,417.27 and the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 0.9 percent to 2,038.97. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.7 percent to 5,001.11. Oil prices ...
The report added that the city's top legal counsel Maya Wiley is questioning if Altice has the "financial wherewithal" to "digest" Cablevision without "skimping" on Customer Service and infrastructure upgrades. "Altice is talking about $900 million in ...
The illegal firing of a union activist at a call center in Nassau County. The worker, Dorothea Perry, had been a Cablevision employee for 11 years, and her performance had been consistently described as “exceptional.” But Perry was unceremoniously ...
The plaintiff's in a class action suit against Cablevision for allegedly tying access to some of its services to rental of a set-top box from the company say they have reached a settlement and want the court to affirm it. According to a copy of the ...
Cablevision Systems has formed a long-term addressable TV partnership with GroupM's Modi Media advanced television unit. Modi Media will be able to reach high-value audiences for its clients by using Cablevision's Total Audience Application, which ...
On Nov 13, we issued an updated research report on Cablevision Systems Corp. (CVC - Analyst Report) – a leading cable multi service operator (MSO) in the U.S.. Cablevision reported disappointing financial results in the third quarter of 2015 with both ...
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC — November 3, 2015 — Hargray Communications announced today the acquisition of Eatonton, GA-based Plantation Cablevision, the incumbent cable provider to the resort communities surrounding Lake Oconee, Georgia.
Cablevision Systems Corp. (CVC - Analyst Report) reported disappointing financial results in the third quarter of 2015 with both the top and the bottom line lagging the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Notably, on Sep 16, 2015, Cablevision and Altice N.V ...
Cablevision Systems Corp (CVC - Analyst Report) is one of the nation's leading entertainment and telecommunications companies. The company's advanced telecommunications offerings include its Lightpath integrated business communications services ...
Cablevision Systems, more than a month after it agreed to a $17.7 billion purchase by European telecom giant Altice, reported its best subscriber performance in three years. But a declining customer base and rising costs helped drive down revenue and ...
Leading media and telecommunications company Cablevision Systems Corporation (CVC - Analyst Report) is scheduled to report third-quarter 2015 financial numbers after the closing bell on Nov 3. Last quarter, the company recorded a positive earnings ...
European telecom giant Altice said it has completed the funding for its $17.7 billion purchase of Cablevision Systems, selling a 30% equity stake in the cable operator to BC Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $1 billion. CPPIB ...
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and private-equity firm BC Partners agreed to buy a $1 billion stake in Cablevision Systems Corp., helping French billionaire Patrick Drahi finance the takeover of the U.S. company to build a cross-Atlantic cable giant.
Cablevision Systems, which has agreed to be acquired by Altice, and Viacom said they have resolved an antitrust lawsuit in which Cablevision accused Viacom of bundling programming and forcing it to pay for cable channels it didn't want. The two ...
Cablevision Systems, which in September agreed to be purchased by European Telecom giant Altice in a deal worth $17.7 billion, said it has settled its litigation with programmer Viacom. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Cablevision sued ...
Altice has officially filed its application with the FCC to buy Cablevision, telling the FCC the deal has no anticompetitive issues, will reduce vertical integration of programming and distribution, and should get expeditious treatment. The commission ...
Cablevision Systems and Verizon Communications have agreed to settle litigation that centered on ads about Verizon's WiFi-related speed claims and ads from Cablevision that took aim at the telco's FiOS service. The companies each released this ...
Altice continues to line up financing for its pending $17.7 billion purchase of Cablevision Systems, raising about $8.6 billion in new debt and readying the placement of about $1.8 billion of its own stock. Altice announced Sept. 17 that it planned to ...
Billionaire Patrick Drahi's Altice NV, the European telecommunications company buying Cablevision Systems Corp., is raising 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion) by selling new stock to help finance the takeover of the U.S. cable carrier. Altice plans to sell ...
Billionaire Patrick Drahi's Altice NV, the European telecommunications company buying Cablevision Systems Corp., raised about 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) by selling new stock to help finance the takeover of the U.S. cable carrier. Altice sold a 10 ...
Amy Yong, of Macquarie Securities USA Inc., said the $900 million savings target speaks to Altice's confidence in executing its plan. Yong estimates that the company could cut $350 million in the first year, including $300 million from employee ...
The telecom sector witnessed a series of consequential events last week. The news that grabbed the most attention is French cable MSO (multi-service operator) Altice SA's decision to acquire leading U.S. cable MSO Cablevision Systems Corp.
A rout in the debt of Cablevision Systems Corp. deepened as Altice NV was said to be planning a $6.3 billion bond offering to back its takeover of the U.S. cable operator. Bonds of Cablevision tumbled Tuesday, extending losses that began last week ...
No one can complain about slow speeds when it comes to Cablevision's sale to French-Israeli Patrick Drahi's Altice. The ultra-quiet talks began in June, and a deal was agreed to by the end of August. Sources tell On the Money that Drahi brought his son ...
Analysts anticipate that Drahi will slash overhead by outsourcing parts of the business to contractors, decreasing salaries and finding synergies throughout Cablevision's diverse set of holdings. ByTobias Burns. Sep 18, 2015 6:01 PM EDT. Read as Single ...
French-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi said he isn't done buying U.S. cable providers and may eventually want to acquire a mobile-phone company. French-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi. Photographer: Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images. Speaking just ...
The cable megamergers just keep coming. On Thursday, European telco Altice announced that it's buying Cablevision, a TV and Internet provider in the northeastern United States, for about $17.7 billion including debt. The deal drops another large player ...
Within hours of striking a $17.7 billion deal for the Bethpage, Long Island-based cable outfit, French billionaire Patrick Drahi singled out the company's top-paid managers for the chopping block. Cablevision has “many layers of highly paid people ...
It will mean slashing Customer Service; repair and maintenance, and sales and marketing (specifically, channel mix optimization, and back-office upgrades). It's hard not to imagine that that might have at least some impact on market share." Added the ...
NEW YORK — European telecommunications and cable company Altice has agreed to buy New York cable operator Cablevision for $17.7 billion, including debt, as it pursues its aggressive expansion in the United States. Altice announced the deal Thursday, ...
The Altice Group, a multinational cable and telecommunications company, has presence in many areas including include France, Israel, Belgium and Luxembourg, Portugal, French West Indies and Switzerland and offers cable services as well as mobile ...
Billionaire Patrick Drahi's Altice NV, Europe's most acquisitive cable company, agreed to buy Cablevision Systems Corp. in a $17.7 billion deal to create the fourth-largest cable provider in the U.S.. Cablevision investors including the controlling ...
Amy Yong, an analyst at Macquarie Group, told USA TODAY earlier this month that Cablevision, which serves cable Internet and TV customers in the New York region, was widely seen as an attractive acquisition target and analysts and investors were ...
Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde reports consolidation in the cable sector. She speaks with Anna Edwards on Bloomberg Television's "Countdown." (Source: Bloomberg). Related. Meet the $268,000 Supercar Made in the USA. Most Recent Videos. RBS to Clients: ...
Cablevision Systems said it agreed to be acquired by Altice, a French company run by Patrick Drahi, for $34.90 a share or $10 billion. Altice will also assume about $7 billion of Cablevision debt. The acquisition would continue the reshaping of the ...
The Dolan family is saying au revoir to Cablevision, selling the flagship cable company it founded more than 40 years ago to French telecom giant Altice. The surprise sale for $9.8 billion, plus the assumption of roughly $8 billion of debt, was ...
With US cable companies continually facing declining subscription numbers as viewers switch to cheaper streaming services like Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix, the acquisition of the cable giant Cablevision for $17.7 billion seems like an interesting move.
Charles and James Dolan spent 37 years building Cablevision Systems Corp. into a telecommunications and media powerhouse. Over the last five, they have systematically dismantled it. If and when the $17.7 billion sale to Altice SA, announced Thursday, ...
