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Time Warner Cable gets less competition (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE:TWC) may be in the running for a Joost boost. TWC, which was spun out of media giant Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) last month, lacks a presence on the Internet video scene and Joost NV..

Posted on April 29, 2009 4:54 PM

How do Clearwire's backers like owning more of it? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The bad news: Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ:CLWR) is attempting a capital-intensive build-out of its WiMax wireless Internet service during a dreadful financial crunch. In January Moody's Investors Service rated the company's debt Caa1, with a negative outlook.  The good news: Clearwire is a joint venture with some big and mostly strong...

Posted on March 3, 2009 12:28 PM

Cox Communications chooses wireless build over buy (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Cox Communications Inc. is breaking from some of its cable operator brethren and building its own wireless network. The nation's third-largest cable provider will build a 3G network to deliver wireless to the 23 million customers in its coverage area beginning in 2009. In addition, it will partner with Sprint...

Posted on October 27, 2008 11:39 AM

MSFT pursues TV ads, still watching Google (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Microsoft Corp. wants an advertising platform that spans all digital media including television and video advertising. So it acquired Navic Networks Inc., an interactive TV ad provider. WashingtonPost.com puts the price between $200 million and $300 million. Waltham, Mass.-based Navic deals with cable companies, such as Time Warner Cable...

Posted on June 18, 2008 3:01 PM

Sprint, Clearwire, Intel, Google and others in $14.5B WiMax deal (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. are combining their WiMax businesses, creating a new mobile broadband company to be named Clearwire. And the new company is getting a $3.2 billion cash infusion from an impressive alliance of technology and cable giants including Intel Corp. (through Intel Capital), Google Inc., Comcast...

Posted on May 7, 2008 9:55 AM

Report: Sprint, Clearwire in $12B deal (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. may announce as soon as Wednesday a deal to roll out WiMax broadband wireless technology for mobile devices, according to the WSJ. They reported investments that valued the joint venture at $12 billion, with $1.05 billion from cable provider Comcast Corp., $1 billion from...

Posted on May 6, 2008 5:23 PM

Yes, Time Warner will spin off cable business (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Time Warner Inc. reported Wednesday that net income for the first quarter dropped to $771 million from $1.2 billion for the same period in 2007. CEO Jeffrey Bewkes has enacted two major plans to simplify the corporate structure at his New York-based entertainment and media conglomerate. At the center of...

Posted on April 30, 2008 9:32 AM

Bewkes weighs AOL combo and Time Warner Cable spinoff (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Wednesday's Roll Call alerted CD to some goings on at AOL LLC. As Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have been sucking up advertising dollars, AOL has been buying companies trying to join the party. Most recently, they acquired Goowy Media Inc., a widget development and analytics tools company;...

Posted on March 12, 2008 2:24 PM