MCN Newswire: Time Warner Cable Adds 30K Basic Video Subs
Top Stories - May 1, 2015
Time Warner Cable Adds 30K Basic Video Subs About a week after its planned $67 billion merger with Comcast unraveled, Time Warner Cable made a strong case for independence, adding 30,000 basic-video customers in the first quarter, its first positive basic-video quarter since 2009.more
RELATED: TWC: Like a Flywheel Despite recording what it says was its best ever quarter, subscriber-wise, Time Warner Cable said growth won't translate into meaningful cash flow growth until 2016.more
FCC Oversight Hearing Starts Out Hot The FCC oversight hearing in the House Communications Subcommittee began with some fireworks as chairman Greg Walden said in his opening statement, "Under the current power structure at the FCC, the chairman has incredible authority that none of the other commissioners has because the chairman alone controls access to FCC information." more
Upfronts 2015: A+E Networks Greenlights 'Roots' Reboot A&E has greenlit a remake of the classic 1970s miniseries Roots that History, A&E and Lifetime will air and that will include more material from Alex Haley's novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family.more
Viacom Posts Loss After Restructuring Charge Viacom reported a loss in the second quarter as the media company took a restructuring charge of $784 million dollars, but said it expects to save $350 million annually because of the restructuring.more