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The Telecom Digest for September 4, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 187 : "text" Format
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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 01:22:07 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: CBS Returns, Triumphant, to Cable Box
Message-ID: <p06240802ce4b22435f83@[10.0.1.8]>
CBS Returns, Triumphant, to Cable Box
By BILL CARTER
September 2, 2013
CBS and Time Warner Cable ended their protracted contract dispute
Monday evening with CBS winning not only a significant financial
increase for its programming, but also its stake in the digital
future.
The agreement between the two sides restored the CBS network and its
related channels, including Showtime, to millions of cable
subscribers largely in three major cities: New York, Los Angeles and
Dallas. The outcome underscored the leverage that the owners of
important television content, especially sports like N.F.L. football,
retain over distributors like cable systems. The looming National
Football League season, which starts this week, includes key games
every week on CBS.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/03/business/media/cbs-and-time-warner-cable-end-contract-dispute.html
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 21:03:47 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: With Clock Ticking, Verizon Adds Billions
Message-ID: <l060tl$3qn$1@dont-email.me>
By RYAN KNUTSON, SPENCER E. ANTE and DANA MATTIOLI CONNECT
Verizon Communications Inc., faced with losing a golden chance to gain
full control of its wireless joint venture while financing is cheap,
agreed to pay billions more than it had hoped to buy out its partner.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324886704579050940585511688.html
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http://goo.gl/TeJ7pl
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Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 20:59:14 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Forget the Microsoft Soap Opera. It's the Verizon deal that matters
Message-ID: <l060l2$1ub$1@dont-email.me>
To be sure, Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's cellphone business makes
for a better story. The $7.17 billion deal spans the big-time patent
wars, a simmering drama over the CEO succession plan at Microsoft, and
the tragic spectacle of two aging tech giants flailing around in
search of relevance -- not to mention all those shiny gadgets.
But as that melodrama unfolded, some real money was being spent
elsewhere in the mobile game. In what's being described as one of the
biggest deals in corporate history, Verizon agreed to pay $130 billion
to British telecom Vodafone in order to buy out the multinational's
stake in Verizon Wireless, the second largest wireless operation in
the U.S.
http://www.wired.com/business/2013/09/microsoft-nokia-verizon/
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