MCN Newswire: Rutledge: Bright House Buy Could Help Comcast-TWC
Top Stories - April 1, 2015
Rutledge: Bright House Buy Could Help Comcast-TWC Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge said that its pending $10.4 billion acquisition of Bright House Networks is contingent on Comcast?s $67 billion deal to purchase Time Warner Cable, but said his deal could help push the larger transaction through some murky regulatory waters.more
Charter to Buy Bright House for $10.4B Charter Communications started the cable consolidation wave a little early, agreeing to buy Bright House Networks in a deal valued at about $10.4 billion.more
Charter Wants to Expand Video Cloud to Bright House Charter Communications was eager Tuesday to talk about the benefits of scale that it expects to achieve via its proposed $10.4 billion acquisition of Bright House Networks, and a good piece of that will include the MSO?s next-gen video platform and its budding wireless aspirations.more
Angelakis to Head New Comcast-Backed Growth Company Comcast said Tuesday that it has struck an agreement with vice chairman and chief financial officer Michael Angelakis to form a new, strategic company that will focus on investing in and operating growth-oriented companies, both domestically and internationally.more
Nickelodeon Leads Cable's Daytime Emmy Nods Nickelodeon drew the lion's share of cable's Daytime Emmy Nominations announced Tuesday afternoon by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.more
Upfronts: Discovery to Air Endangered Species Docu Discovery Channel will air a documentary film exposing the hidden world of endangered species and a new scripted series on the history of Harley-Davidson as part of its 2015-16 programming slate.more