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When Buy-rated DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) reports its earnings this Thursday, Wunderlich Securities said that it expects total sales to be up 10.9% to $6,060 mm, with concomitant OPBDA up 19.0% to $1,604 mm. “EPS should be $0.56 v. $0.37 a year ago with consensus at $0.55,” Wunderlich Securities writes...

In a 3Q preview of communication services, Goldman Sachs reports that exposure to higher end, and content-centric subscribers should benefit Buy-rated DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV), while the lower end of the market remains under pressure -- DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) being at risk. Speaking...

JP Morgan had previewed 2Q results for the U.S. Telecom and Cable Services sector, and has assessed each one as follows listed with upside/downside risks and price target: American Tower (NYSE: AMT) Overweight Credit environment could delay share repurchase, delays in carrier builds, wireless...

A federal appeals court upheld a Federal Communications Commission rule that forces cable companies to make the programming from properties that they own available to rivals on equal terms. The FCC banned cable companies like Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) from entering into exclusive deals...