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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 13
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 3:39pm | 1114Read More...Analysts expect to see double-digit per-share earnings growth from Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), Apache (NYSE: APA), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Marriot International (NYSE: MAR) when they report quarterly results this week. Other prominent reports on the...
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TiVo Earnings Preview: Higher Revenues Expected
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 7:34am | 653Read More...TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2012 results today, November 22, after the closing bell. The DVR pioneer continues to try and stem the tide of subscriber losses in this era of the cloud and streaming video. Investors will no doubt be hoping that analysts have...
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Apple to Partner with Cable Companies, Offer TV at Subsidized Rate?
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 7:59am | 1473Read More...If you like two-year cell phone contracts, get ready for a two-year commitment to Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA). According to IHS iSuppli Home & Consumer Electronics research, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has the (obvious) opportunity to develop a “lucrative new business model” despite the “weak market...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 31
Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:31am | 1163Read More...Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...
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Netflix Sucks…Our Bandwidth Dry
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 9:32am | 577Read More...The streaming video giant may have lost 800K subscribers, but that hasn't stopped its remaining users from devouring a ridiculous amount of bandwidth. At roughly two gigs for an HD movie stream, it's no surprise that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) consumes 32.69% of U.S. bandwidth at peak times. The news...
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Thanks, Comcast - Now Piracy Can Reign Supreme
Friday, October 7, 2011 - 12:26pm | 874Read More...If pirates ever need an excuse to steal movies, Comcast is here to help. Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), the brilliant baffling cable company that acquired NBC, is slated to experiment with an idea that absolutely no one will care about: $60 movie rentals. Instead of spending $60 on a new video game (...
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What Could Amazon, Yahoo! or DirecTV do With Hulu?
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 1:11pm | 1588Read More...Charge more for content, that's for sure. If the Wall Street Journal's sources are correct, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and DirecTV (NASDQ: DTV) are about to engage in a bidding war to win control of Hulu. Hulu, which more than doubled its revenue last year...
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Google Still Wants Hulu, Willing to Pay $2 Billion; Amazon, Yahoo! and DirecTV on Board as Well?
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 7:46am | 280Read More...But isn't that chump change compared to what Hulu is or will be worth? The Wall Street Journal (via Business Insider) reports that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is still aggressively seeking ownership of Hulu. With a price tag ranging from a paltry $500 million to a questionably low $2 billion, Google...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 1
Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 10:02am | 1197Read More...Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...
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DirecTV and DISH Network Still Racing Higher
Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 8:03am | 501Read More...In the wake of news of Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) price increase, satellite TV providers DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) reached new 52-week highs of $53.40 and $32.56 per share, respectively, in Wednesday's trading session. DirecTV has an active share buyback program, and...
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DirecTV and DISH Network to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 8:39am | 296Read More...DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) reached new 52-week highs of $51.23 and $30.84 per share, respectively, in Thursday's trading session. DirecTV has an active share buyback program, and Kaufman Bros and Deutsche Bank expect the share price to rise about 20% this year, due in...
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Deutsche Bank Comments On HBO Go Launch (TWX, DTV)
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 8:56am | 166Read More...Deutsche Bank is commenting on the launch of HBO Go, the company's TV Everywhere effort. “First, this should clearly increase the perceived value of HBO's service, adding both anytime and anywhere access, but also making its entire original content library available, all for free,” Deutsche Bank...
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What's So Special About Facebook Movies? (NFLX, AMZN)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 3:57pm | 681Read More...Movies are now on Facebook. Do you care? In the world of me-too strategies, this announcement does not seem to be worth the buzz that it has received this morning. What are the odds that Facebook's avid users – the people who come to the service for more than status updates – haven't seen The Dark...
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DirecTV To Offer Personalized Ads (DTV, BBY, PG, KO)
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 10:31am | 132Read More...DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) is set to launch a new feature to advertisers: customized ads. Bloomberg Television reports that starting next year, the satellite provider will give advertisers the ability to program each commercial to each individual household. In 2011, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), Best...
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Collins Stewart Raises DirecTV PT To $59
Monday, November 15, 2010 - 11:10am | 25Read More...Collins Stewart is raising its DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) price target to $59, up from $46. DirecTV currently trades at $42.60.


