Broadcasting & Cable TV

Wunderlich Securities has lowered the price target on DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) from $31 to $27 and maintains its Hold rating.

With the recent equity market volatility, shares across every sector have fallen sharply. That does not mean that fundamentals have changed that much, especially for the media companies. In fact, CBS (NYSE: CBS) appears to be getting stronger, not weaker, and the recent pullback in shares could...

Barrington Research reaffirmed its Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) Outperform rating and $85 price target in a research report published today. In the report, Barrington Research states, "We continue to expect that by 2013 the corporate gross margin dollar mix will begin to tip toward high-speed...

Multiband Corporation, (NASDAQ: MBND) today announced that it has entered into a new, four-year contract with DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) to provide operator support services to system operators across the country. Multiband is currently the largest support services provider for DIRECTV and this...

Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS) has entered a partnership with LA-based MediaLeaders to enhance the use of social media to grow revenue and audience share in both our terrestrial and digital platforms. "Emmis' partnership with MediaLeaders allows us to arm our employees with a...

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...

Shares of Cablevision Systems (NYSE: CVC) are lower on the session by 0.76%, currently trading at $17.04. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below at the 50-day average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning, after the global equity markets plunged over growth fears. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 191 points to 10,826.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 22.50 points to 1,121.00. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 42.25 points to 2,...

Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) is rumored to be in talks with cable companies including Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) about a possible investment that may lead to an acquisition of Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR), according to sources. Sprint would use the investment to buy the...

Shares of Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) are lower on the session by 4.46%, currently trading at $24.20. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while ago the...

Citi has published a research report on Liberty Global Inc (NASDAQ: LBTYA) lowering the price target. In the report, Citi wrote, "Back in '08, Western Europe (WE) generated just 29% of LGI's revenues. With acquisition of Unitymedia, KBW and Aster and the disposition of J-COM, Austar and Slovenia,...

Citigroup has lowered the price target on Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA) from $55 to $50 and maintains its Buy rating.

DirectTV (NASDAQ: DTV) announced both current DirectTV NFL Sunday Ticket customers and fans who can't get DirectTV will have the option of watching NFL games through Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.

The cable industry is closely watching Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings (NYSE: MMI), the largest supplier of set-top cable boxes. Concerns over privacy and net-neutrality issues are foremost on cable operators minds as the purchase will mean Google will now have...

LIN Media (NYSE: TVL) today announced that Brett Jenkins has been appointed to Vice President Chief Technology Officer, a new management position that was established to advance the company's information technology strategies and opportunities for business development.