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Apple's Secret Weapon?
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 4:42pm | 477Read More...Yesterday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster revealed the possibility of an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) service that would allow consumers to sidestep the hefty package pricing of standard cable services with an a la carte offering. “It sounds like an oxymoron, but for you to pick and choose which...
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Oppenheimer's Telecommunication Services Top Picks
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 10:20am | 45Read More...Oppenheimer released its update on the telecommunication services market today and listed these companies as its top picks: Comcast (CMCSA - Nasdaq, 20.22, OUTPERFORM) Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI - NYSE, 42.19, OUTPERFORM) MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS - NYSE, 12.19, OUTPERFORM) AT...
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TV On The iPad: Comcast Launches Xfinity TV App
Monday, November 15, 2010 - 1:12pm | 231Read More...Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad is a beautiful device, but with app limitations (ex: Hulu is only offered to subscribers of its monthly service) and the lack of a digital tuner, it's not exactly a portable replacement for a home TV. Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) hopes to change that with the...
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Regulators Consider Forbidding Comcast From Withholding Video To Competitors, Oppenheimer Reports
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 9:56am | 116Read More...In its Daily Datatimes (November 11, 2010), Oppenheimer reports that as the deal between Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and General Electric Company's (NYSE: GE) NBC – in which Comcast would take control of the number-four TV network – regulators are considering whether to forbid Comcast from...
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Wunderlich Securities Raises Comcast Price Target To $28.50
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 12:49pm | 25Read More...Wunderlich Securities has announced that it is raising its price target for Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) from $24 to $28.50.
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Telecom's Pipe Report
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 7:36am | 301Read More...Piper Jaffray has published the PipeReport from the telecom world, reporting that: "Leap (NASDAQ: LEAP) announced that its Chief Operating Officer Al Moschner will retire. Mr. Moschner's retirement is to become effective when a successor is appointed or Dec. 31, 2010, if one is not appointed by...
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JP Morgan Assesses U.S. Telecom and Cable Services Sector
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 10:43am | 704Read More...JP Morgan had previewed 2Q results for the U.S. Telecom and Cable Services sector, and has assessed each one as follows listed with upside/downside risks and price target: American Tower (NYSE: AMT) Overweight Credit environment could delay share repurchase, delays in carrier builds, wireless...
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Comcast Chases Bigger Business
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 11:57am | 103Read More...Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) is making its push to be a major player in the enterprise and mobile backhaul markets using Carrier Ethernet, with Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) and Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) among the vendors that stand to benefit the most initially, according to Light...
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MGM Seeks "Prepackaged" Bankruptcy
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 10:00am | 163Read More...Although Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has received takeover bids from several investors, the company may have to arrange a "prepackaged" bankruptcy in order to appease its creditors. MGM is currently owned by a group of investors including Sony (NYSE: SNE), Comcast and Providence Equity Partners. The film...
