| 1 comment Cablevision Systems’ amended annual report issued April 30 had an interesting tidbit -- charts that mapped out just how much in severance payments five of its top officers would receive if they were terminated after a change in control at the Bethpage, N.Y.-based cable operator... » www.multichannel.com/article/CA6438423.html1 comment Cablevision’s founding Dolan family is close to striking a deal to take the company private for at least $10.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday morning. The Dolans offered $30 per share to take Cablevision private in January. The Dolans increased their offer to $36 per share in the new offer, WSJ said... » www.multichannel.com/article/CA6438425.html1 comment Speculation resurfaces that parent Rainbow Media may be sold. Cablevision may sell its programming arm Rainbow Media, which includes the 15 Voom High-Definition channels. That's according to Wall Street analysts quoted in today's Financial Times... » www.tvpredictions.com/voom041707.htmcomments? Much of the details about Cablevision's RS-DVR is copiously outlined in a 38-page decision handed down on March 22 by U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin. To get an idea of how the service works click the link below... » www.lightreading.com/document.as···site=cdncomments? Hoping to revive plans to pursue a network-based digital-video-recorder system, Cablevision Systems said it plans to appeal a decision last month from a New York federal district court that found that its RS-DVR would violate the copyrights of ABC, Fox and other studios and networks. “We continue to believe strongly that remote-storage DVR is permissible under current copyright law and offers significant benefits to consumers, including lower costs and faster deployment of this popular technology to our digital-cable customers,” Cablevision chief operating officer Tom Rutledge said in a prepared statement regarding the appeal, which Cablevision said it will file Tuesday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit... » www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···ing+Newscomments? Cablevision Systems chief operating officer Tom Rutledge said Wednesday that he had not had yet evaluated whether to appeal the ruling last week of a federal judge that is blocking his company from deploying technology that would record television shows inside a cable network at the request of individual subscribers. Rutledge said he had not yet delved into the ruling and had not had a chance to determine what Cablevision’s next step might be. He added that he had just returned from a vacation in time to speak at the 2007 Bank of America Media, Telecommunications and Entertainment Conference at the New York Palace Hotel here Wednesday morning... » www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···ing+Newscomments? comments? If you frequent this site you already know about this. This is the official launch announcement of Discovery HD Theater and National Geographic HD on Cablevision systems... » www.cablevision.com/index.jhtml?···07_03_221 comment New York sports fans have asked the question all season: What are the Dolans thinking? Now it’s Wall Street’s turn again. Yesterday the Cablevision Systems Corporation, the country’s third-largest cable operator, reported a loss of $23.9 million last quarter, in part because of higher interest expense and a $30 million settlement with Loral Space and Communications. Story continues at the New York Times (login may be required). comments? comments? comments? Bosses behaving badly - Cablevision ranked number 13th Bosses behaving badly CNN Article Cablevision ranked number 13th Some of the other ones are pretty bad too. I think the worst is number 17 for Bank of America » money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz···/13.html1 comment comments? The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday released a batch of orders that removed local price controls on basic-cable service, including two cases that involved Cablevision Systems in communities where Verizon Communications is deploying its FiOS TV all-fiber 180-channel video system... » www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···ing+Newscomments? Just two days after a special transaction committee rejected an offer by its ruling Dolan family to take the company private, Cablevision Systems shares soared more than 5% Thursday. Analysts said Thursday that the surge in Cablevision’s stock price is probably due to three factors... » www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···ing+Newscomments? comments? The Dolan family will have to endure the slings and arrows of the public markets for at least a little while longer after a special transaction committee rejected its latest offer to take Cablevision Systems private... » www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···ing+Newscomments? comments? comments?
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