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Like at all the other Wall Street firms, analysts at J.P. Morgan have made their recommendations for 2014. In a research report out this past week, they singled out American Tower (NYSE: AMT), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) as three of their top picks. Below we take a...

Recent industry chatter about the possibility of streaming only cable may have been more than idle chatter. Sources told Bloomberg Friday that Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) was close to a deal with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to buy its OnCue Internet based pay-tv service. According to Bloomberg’s...

While many S&P 500 components have already shared their third-quarter results, there will be plenty more earnings reports for investors to mull over this week. The week's highlights include quarterly reports from media giants CBS, Disney and Time Warner, which all are expect to post earnings...

The face of broadcast television, at least the part that makes money from cable and satellite providers, may be about to change. Bloomberg reported that DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV), Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), are looking into capturing broadcast-TV signals...

Reversing an August decision to drop the Qatar-owned network when it took over Current, Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) agreed Thursday to carry Al Jazeera America according to The New York Times. This deal provides the broadcaster exposure to millions of additional households, first in New York...

Another day, another threat to the cable companies. Tuesday’s Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rumor mill produced an interesting idea where Apple could move forward with its TV plans by essentially forming its own cable company. The fact that Apple is interested in the TV space is nothing new. Steve...

If you haven’t heard, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and the NFL are in some form of communication regarding the NFL Sunday Ticket rights that will be up for grabs beginning with the 2015 NFL season. At this point, the story isn’t so much about Google or the NFL. It’s about something much bigger that...

After a wave of consolidation in the U.S. cellular market, one major acquisition target remains – T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS). According to AllThingsD, although the gains made by the company in its customer base in the second quarter were significant, the company remains on takeover radar as far...

Nothing ramps up merger speculation faster than a poor quarter. Dish Network (NYSE: DISH) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) both reported second-quarter losses Tuesday which Bloomberg said resulted in renewed Wall Street chatter about possible mergers in both companies’ futures. In both...

Do you live in New York, Los Angeles or Dallas? Do you subscribe to Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and enjoy watching programming on CBS (NYSE: CBS)? Don’t look now - well actually, you can’t. And, maybe not for several weeks. Reuters reported Sunday that thanks to the fact that the two...

If you are someone who enjoys watching an entire season of your favorite television shows “all at once,” you can’t help but be giddy over Hulu’s decision to offer complete seasons of as many as 20 series this year. This assumes, of course, that your favorite shows consist of original...

According to the New York Times, Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has ended talks with owners of Hulu to take a 25 percent stake in the content delivery service. Joint owners, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), 21st Century Fox, and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), have been trying to unload Hulu for years. The...

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is getting ready to put its considerable financial weight behind an Over The Top (OTT) television programing service. OTT refers to broadcast on-demand television content delivered on “top” of existing broadband...

At least two firms have lost their bid to acquire the Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) of television. According to the New York Post, Guggenheim Digital Media and KKR (NYSE: KKR) are no longer in the running to purchase Hulu. While several companies have been added to the prospective buyer's list this year...

It seems that the only firms that don't want Hulu are its current owners. Six years ago, News Corp.'s (NASDAQ: NWS) Fox network joined forces with NBC (which had not yet been acquired by Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA)) to build the ultimate online video site for television. Thus far, they seemed to have...