Cox Deal Is A &#39;Bullish Signal&#39; For Cable
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Banc of America Securities lowered its rating on Cox Communications (nyse: COX - news - people ) to &quot;neutral&quot; from &quot;buy,&quot; citing the announcement of a deal between the cable and broadband communications company and its closely held parent company, Cox
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Time Warner Inc. TWX.N and Comcast  Corp. CMCSA.OQ said on Monday they had agreed to a pact  giving Comcast an option to cut its interest in Time Warner  Cable Inc. in exchange for stock in a Time Warner subsidiary  that will hold cable systems and cash.
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Rupert Murdoch sees his lofty $5  billion offer to buy Dow Jones & Co. Inc. &quot;worth paying&quot; to  empower a global network of cable, print and digital  operations, including an upcoming business news cable channel,  according to a Time magazine interview on Thursday.
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The deal could be a sign that the satellite radio provider's legal woes surrounding the recording functionality of some of its receivers may be waning.
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Cox Communications Inc., the No. 4 U.S. cable television provider, said late on Tuesday  it formed a committee of independent directors to consider a &#36;7.9 billion offer from its controlling family to take the company private.
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Cox Enterprises Inc. on Tuesday said it will purchase Cox Communications Inc.'s  minority public stake for &#36;8.3 billion, in a move to privatize the publicly traded cable company and insulate it from the short term demands of Wall Street.
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NEW YORK Now that the broadcast TV upfront market is nearly complete, buyers are setting their sights on cable. Many are wondering whether that market will be as strong, in terms of total dollars and price hikes, as its network counterpart. The answer, sellers say, will depend on whether buyers want to use the new commercial ratings as currency, as they did with the broadcast market. There are indications, and good reasons, that they might not.
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Cable giant, which has been acquisition-friendly in the past, is allegedly in the process of purchasing television fan community BuddyTV, according to reports.
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Cox Communications has begun rolling out faster versions of its cable Internet service to compete with increased speeds from Comcast and Verizon's FiOS, as well as a cheaper plan to fend off low-cost DSL. Cox customers will now see up to 15Mbps download speeds.
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Comcast trials will provide a big clue about the software giant's prospects for cable success.
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Rumors of an Apple-TiVo deal may be overdone.
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By Mason Stockstill, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.  Sep. 13--ONTARIO -- For the first time in a long time -- perhaps ever --  residents will soon have a choice for their cable TV service.
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HBO, the cable network owned by media  conglomerate Time Warner Inc., is considering a new broadband  Internet channel that would be available to customers who also  subscribe to its cable television service, the Financial Times  reported on its Web site.
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By CAROLYN SHAPIRO  BY carolyn shapiro  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  Hey, all you local Redskins fans: You can now watch your NFL team in high-definition on cable TV.   After at least two years of talks, cable television provider Cox Communications Inc.
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The cable company trims losses amid strong subscriber growth.
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The credit markets had doubts about Cox Communications Inc.'s decision to go private, but now the verdict is that the buyout will not be as damaging as first feared.
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Comcast Corp. , the largest  U.S. cable operator, could see its stock soar nearly 57 percent  in the next year due to available cash flows that it can spend  on operations, according to the August 27 edition of Baron&#39;s.