Hands-On With the DISH Sling TV: My Weeklong Journey as a Cord-Cutter
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 1 hr 11 mins ago
For people looking to cut the cord and rescue themselves from the likes of Comcast , Time Warner Cable , Cablevision , or any of the other traditional pay-television providers, the alternatives have never been more plentiful. In addition to ...
NFLX: 558.40 (-0.66), AMZN: 445.10 (+55.11), SNE: 31.34 (+0.62), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), MSFT: 47.87 (+4.53), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41), AAPL: 130.28 (+0.61), CVC: 20.15 (+0.74), DISH: 69.91 (+0.30)
2 Industries That Benefit From the Demise of the Comcast-Time Warner Deal
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 45 mins ago
To say the Internet has altered the media landscape would be an understatement on a grand scale. Today, consumers have more ways than ever to enjoy their content where and how they want, and that is generally a very good thing. Set against, and in...
NFLX: 558.40 (-0.66), T: 34.01 (-0.22), VIA: 71.00 (+0.15), DTV: 89.85 (-0.27), DIS: 109.53 (+0.53), TMUS: 34.31 (-0.13), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), NWS: 15.43 (-0.03), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41), DISH: 69.91 (+0.30), CBS: 62.72 (+1.09)
Will Verizon's a la Carte Cable Plan Steal Subscribers Away From the Competition?
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Apr 26, 8:00AM CDT
Verizon Communications recently launched a new pricing option for FiOS TV subscribers. It resembles more of a pick-and-pay system than the typical tiered bundle plans most U.S. consumers are used to. Under the new pricing, subscribers receive a...
DIS: 109.53 (+0.53), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41), VZ: 50.03 (-0.02)
What Happens Now That Comcast Corporation Has Dropped Its Time Warner Cable Bid?
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Apr 25, 8:10AM CDT
Comcast is throwing in the towel and will drop its $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable . The official announcement follows rumors and reports that the proposed deal faced increasing scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission. Though...
T: 34.01 (-0.22), CHTR: 185.75 (+2.17), DTV: 89.85 (-0.27), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41), SIRI: 3.96 (+0.03)
'Fast Money' Recap: What's Hot -- and Not -- in Tech Stocks
at The Street - Sat Apr 25, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel is concerned about chipmakers, can't wait for Apple earnings and wondered what went wrong between Comcast and Time Warner Cable.
MU: 29.20 (-0.31), AMZN: 445.10 (+55.11), AWAY: 27.18 (-4.99), AKAM: 75.74 (-0.53), BRCM: 44.46 (-0.98), CHTR: 185.75 (+2.17), FCX: 20.82 (+0.75), DIS: 109.53 (+0.53), INTC: 32.08 (-0.27), VALE: 7.92 (+0.80), QCOM: 68.24 (-0.10), GOOGL: 573.66 (+16.20), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), MSFT: 47.87 (+4.53), AAPL: 130.28 (+0.61), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41), CRM: 67.83 (-0.64)
Charter Reportedly Mulling Time Warner Cable Bid
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Apr 24, 4:39PM CDT
Charter Communications (CHTR) reportedly is exploring a bid for Time Warner Cable (TWC) after Comcast (CMCSA) scrapped its $45 billion takeover deal for Time Warner Cable. Charter soon may approach the No. 2 U.S. cable provider with a bid, the Wall...
CHTR: 185.75 (+2.17), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41)
Watch for Time Warner Cable to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 4.37% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Apr 24, 3:46PM CDT
Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $151.00 to a high of $157.82. Yesterday, the shares gained 4.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $153.21 on volume of 19.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
TWC: 155.26 (+6.50)
Look for Shares of Time Warner Cable to Potentially Pullback after Yesterday's 4.37% Rise
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Apr 24, 3:46PM CDT
Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $151.00 to a high of $157.82. Yesterday, the shares gained 4.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $153.21 on volume of 19.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
TWC: 155.26 (+6.50)
Xerox and Amazon are big market movers
AP - Fri Apr 24, 3:35PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:
AMZN: 445.10 (+55.11), DDD: 27.23 (-2.92), XRX: 11.99 (-1.15), CMCSK: 59.19 (+0.50), UAL: 63.51 (+0.71), SBUX: 51.84 (+2.41), SCHL: 40.75 (-1.60), ARRS: 35.76 (-1.54), AZN: 71.79 (-1.34), PHM: 20.12 (+0.15), GM: 35.59 (-0.33), DPZ: 113.96 (+4.73), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), HMHC: 24.21 (-0.13), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41), UNP: 107.51 (-0.61)
Will the Comcast, Time Warner Cable Merger Fall Apart? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Apr 24, 3:08PM CDT
The big ticket merger between Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) is on the verge of termination.
T: 34.01 (-0.22), S: 5.27 (+0.03), CHTR: 185.75 (+2.17), TMUS: 34.31 (-0.13), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41)
S&P 500, Nasdaq Notch New Records as Amazon, Microsoft Jump
at The Street - Fri Apr 24, 3:08PM CDT
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq close the week at all-time highs thanks to an earnings-driven rally.
BIIB: 401.71 (-28.57), F: 15.77 (+0.01), PRGO: 192.89 (-8.74), CHTR: 185.75 (+2.17), XOM: 86.97 (-0.57), JBLU: 19.89 (+0.14), JNPR: 26.14 (+2.14), SBUX: 51.84 (+2.41), GOOGL: 573.66 (+16.20), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), MSFT: 47.87 (+4.53), TWTR: 50.82 (-0.59), AAPL: 130.28 (+0.61), GPRO: 44.73 (-1.35), AMZN: 445.10 (+55.11), VFC: 73.70 (-0.21), MYL: 76.06 (+2.37), XRX: 11.99 (-1.15), DWA: 26.00 (+0.25), EXPE: 98.89 (-0.03), YELP: 50.61 (+0.29), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41)
S&P 500 Hits Intraday Record as Time Warner Cable Spikes
at The Street - Fri Apr 24, 2:30PM CDT
Stocks are higher late Friday, boosted by a rally in shares of Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
AMZN: 445.10 (+55.11), BIIB: 401.71 (-28.57), PRGO: 192.89 (-8.74), CHTR: 185.75 (+2.17), XOM: 86.97 (-0.57), COP: 67.51 (-0.75), MYL: 76.06 (+2.37), XRX: 11.99 (-1.15), JNPR: 26.14 (+2.14), SBUX: 51.84 (+2.41), RDS.A: 62.76 (-0.20), TOT: 51.87 (-0.45), AAL: 52.71 (+1.26), GOOGL: 573.66 (+16.20), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), MSFT: 47.87 (+4.53), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41), XLE: 81.98 (-0.47)
Comcast abandons Time Warner Cable bid after gov't pushback
By TALI ARBEL and MICHELLE CHAPMAN - AP - Fri Apr 24, 1:59PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — What killed Comcast's $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable? Regulators' desire to protect the Internet video industry that is reshaping TV.
NFLX: 558.40 (-0.66), T: 34.01 (-0.22), CHTR: 185.75 (+2.17), CMCSK: 59.19 (+0.50), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41)
Time Warner Cable up to +5.9% as Charter reportedly in touch
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Apr 24, 1:48PM CDT
CHTR: 185.75 (+2.17), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50)
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts--'Time to Move On' Without Time Warner Cable
at The Street - Fri Apr 24, 1:46PM CDT
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says he's disappointed the government didn't approve its $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable, but "there's no looking back."
TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41)
Nasdaq Soars to Record High Thanks to Strong Tech Earnings
at The Street - Fri Apr 24, 1:27PM CDT
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ traders look at Microsoft and Amazon and discuss what to expect from Apple when it reports on Monday.
AMZN: 445.10 (+55.11), TLT: 129.07 (+0.80), GOOG: 565.06 (+18.06), SBUX: 51.84 (+2.41), SPY: 211.65 (+0.49), QQQ: 110.54 (+1.48), IBM: 169.78 (-0.46), QCOM: 68.24 (-0.10), DIA: 180.54 (+0.17), XLK: 43.13 (+0.37), GOOGL: 573.66 (+16.20), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), IWM: 125.86 (-0.42), MSFT: 47.87 (+4.53), AAPL: 130.28 (+0.61), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41)
3 Big Stocks Spiking on Big Volume
at The Street - Fri Apr 24, 1:00PM CDT
Keep these stocks rising on unusual volume on your trading radar.
WFM: 49.63 (+1.38), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), GOOG: 565.06 (+18.06)
Gray Television Gets The Scoop On Local News Winners
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Apr 24, 12:39PM CDT
While lifestyle and technology changes have ended some U.S. household rituals, there's one ritual that many Americans still cling to: watching the local TV news after they get home from work or before they go to bed at night. That's the case even as...
FOX: 33.96 (+0.31), DTV: 89.85 (-0.27), DIS: 109.53 (+0.53), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), GTN: 13.76 (-0.16), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41), CBS: 62.72 (+1.09)
Comcast May Work With Netflix Now That TWC Deal Is Dead
at The Street - Fri Apr 24, 12:27PM CDT
As Netflix draws more viewers away from traditional TV, Comcast can make a stronger push to sell higher-speed Internet packages.
NFLX: 558.40 (-0.66), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41)
Comcast, Time Warner Cable Stock Still Attractive Even Without Merger
at The Street - Fri Apr 24, 12:18PM CDT
However, the scuttled merger could be a slight negative for each company, according to one analyst.
CHTR: 185.75 (+2.17), TWC: 155.26 (+6.50), CMCSA: 59.64 (+0.41), TWX: 85.36 (+0.48)