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1 hr ago | Insider Monkey

Sirius XM Radio Inc (SIRI) News: Tops 10,000 Used-Car Partners,...

Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Sirius XM Radio Inc , Apple Inc. , Amazon.com, Inc. Sirius Tops 10,000 Used-Car Partners Sirius XM Radio says it has just passed the 10,000 mark on the number of auto dealers participating in its "SiriusXM Pre-Owned Vehicle Program."

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Media, Radio, Siri, Folk, Tops, Apple, Startups, Amazon, Auto Dealers

2 hrs ago | CED

Comcast's Stemper takes care of business

Bill Stemper, president of Comcast Business Services, spent part of the Cable Show in Washington D.C. being honored by his peers in the cable industry.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Cox Communications

2 hrs ago | Wall Street Journal

TVs Rank Tops in Customer Service; Cable Providers, Not So Much

Television sets and their hardware, including video players and recorders, rank top in customer satisfaction across more than 40 industries examined on an ongoing basis by the American Customer Satisfaction Index with a score of 85 out of 100 possible points.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Directv, Cable & Satellite

4 hrs ago | Inc. Magazine

4 Big Lessons From Disruptive Start-Ups

When an entrepreneur challenges the status quo, he or she is either squashed and forgotten about or they hit a nerve and a paradigm shift occurs.

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Related Topix: IAC, Cable & Satellite, CBS, Media, Television, Showtime Networks, Minerva, NY

9 hrs ago | Lower Township Gazette

(UPDATED) Comcast to move customer service office out of Ocean City

Ocean City's Comcast customers will have to travel off the island for face to face service from the cable, Internet and phone company.

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Related Topix: Ocean City, NJ, Cable & Satellite, Pleasantville, NJ, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Cape May County, NJ

9 hrs ago | Business Wire

Comcast Florida Leader Amy Smith Recognized among Top Industry Power Players by CableFAX Magazine

Smith, a 20-year cable industry veteran, has been at the helm of what is now Comcast's largest region since December of 2011.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite

11 hrs ago | Forbes.com

How To YieldBoost Comcast From 1.9% To 5.6%

Corp looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.9% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2015 covered call at the $47 strike and collect the premium based on the $2.34 bid, which annualizes to an additional 3.7% rate of return against the current stock price , for a total of 5.6% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Financial Markets

11 hrs ago | Benzinga

Comcast Venture Arm Investing in YouTube Startup Fullscreen

These words - as part of a text message or email - often precede a link to a YouTube video, something that is fast becoming the entertainment choice "du jour" for millennials.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, OgilvyOne, WPP Group, BursonMarsteller, WPP, 24/7 Real Media, Advertising

15 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Commentary: Comcast still needs a better feed of WFNA-TV's programming

Cropped versions of programming feeds from local TV stations are not the only problems Comcast Cablevision of Mobile must deal with to improve their standard-definition cable TV services, they should also deal with the problem of their standard-definition programming feed for WFNA-TV being distorted on a daily basis.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Mobile, AL, Examiner

18 hrs ago | TheStreet.com

Time Warner Slips as Merger Speculation Eases

Time Warner Cable dropped 2.5% to $101.29 after soaring 8% on Friday after CNBC reported that the two companies had discussed a merger.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Telecom, Time Warner Cable, Raymond Ltd, Apparel, Stamford, CT

Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Motley Fool

It's a Terrible Idea to Buy Hulu

Disney and News Corp. can't agree. So no one gets it. They put it up for sale. The only problem is: which bid to take? Due to regulatory restrictions, Comcast is a nonvoting owner of Hulu through NBC Universal.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite

AmericanBankingNews.com

Comcast Rating Increased to Strong-Buy at Raymond James

Shares of Comcast traded up 0.47% during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $38.52.

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Related Topix: Universal Studios, thePlatform, Cable & Satellite, Media, Universal Pictures, Comcast, Television, Universal Television Group

Barron's

Comcast Channels Confidence

Raymond James upgrades the cable operator to Strong Buy, amid rumors of industry consolidation, calling it "our favorite name in the space."

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Apparel, Raymond Ltd

Slashdot

Comcast To Expand Public WiFi Using Home Internet Connections

Bob the Super Hamste writes "The St. Paul Pioneer press is reporting that Comcast is planning on expanding its network of public WiFi hot spots in the Twin Cities area by using home internet connections and user's WiFi routers .

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Wireless, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi, Cable & Satellite

Institute for Public Accuracy

NSA Spying Helped by "Military Digital Complex" and Commercialized Internet

ROBERT McCHESNEY, rwmcchesney at gmail.com McChesney is author of the recently released book Digital Disconnect .

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

3 Tech Titans Making Noise: Apple Weighs In on Info Requests,...

Apple : "Regardless of the circumstances, our legal team conducts an evaluation only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities," is what Apple said, while commenting on the 4,000-5,000 requests for information that the company received from law enforcement over the six month period that ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Apple, Startups

Boy Genius

Cable companies are pulling punches in fight with Google Fiber

Several cable companies are currently capable of offering Internet service that meets or exceeds the blistering 1Gbps speeds enjoyed by Google Fiber subscribers.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite

Wall Street Journal

Corporate Speak: Comcast Ventures Strategy Apparent in Fullscreen Deal

"Rob Hayes, who runs marketing for NBC, was one of the first to adopt [Fullscreen's brands-targeted] products," said Landman.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Media, Television, Universal Television Group, WebMD, Marketing, WPP, OgilvyOne

BroadcastNewsroom

Comcast Launches The X1 Platform From Xfinity In Greater Baltimore Area

X1 transforms traditional TV into integrated entertainment experience - complete with apps, personalization and social media tools, second-screen integration and more /PRNewswire/ --Comcast, one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information, and communications products and services, today announced the launch of the X1 Platform ... (more)

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Related Topix: Universal Pictures, Media, Cable & Satellite, TV, Electronics

Adweek

WPP, Comcast Invest in YouTube Network Fullscreen

Word had leaked recently that the YouTube multi channel network Fullscreen was set to receive a cash infusion from Comcast and former News Corp. chairman Peter Chernin, in the neighborhood of $30 million per Allthingsd.com .

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite

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