International Business News - CHTR http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Investors would have been better off investing in the flailing Standard & Poor's 500 Index in the third quarter than most pay television and radio stocks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/pay-tv-radio-stocks-fall-in-third-quarter.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:34:13 EDT Charter Communications Inc., a debt-burdened cable operator controlled by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen, on Tuesday disclosed that it has agreed to an amended employment agreement which boosts the pay and benefits of its chief executive. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/charter-communications-raises-ceos-pay-25-percent.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:53:52 EDT Cable stocks traded lower on Monday, as an analyst's downgrade of Comcast Corp. and the general market decline weighed on the industry. Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. dropped $2.23, or 10.7 percent, to $18.48 in afternoon trading after Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan downgraded the stock to "Underperform" from "Perform." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/shares-of-cable-companies-fall.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:59:52 EDT Cable television channel operator Crown Media Holdings Inc. said Thursday Charter Communications Inc. will continue to carry its Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel through a renewed distribution deal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/crown-media-charter-communications-renew-deal.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:22:30 EDT _ Charter Communications Inc. spent $150,000 in the second quarter to lobby on network management, set-top boxes, taxes and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/charter-communications-spent-150k-lobbying-in-2q.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:15:28 EDT If the nation's largest cable TV operators have their way, the home digital video recorder could soon become a relic. Leading the way is Cablevision Systems Corp., which plans to roll out a system in early 2009 that will let viewers record any show without a DVR, only a digital set-top box. Shows will be stored on Cablevision's servers instead of a home DVR--a shift the company said could save it upward of $700 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/134231-cable-network-dvr.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/cable-led-by-cablevision-mulls-network-dvr.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/cable-led-by-cablevision-mulls-network-dvr.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:38:24 EDT NEW CABLE SERVICE: Major cable providers may offer network digital video recording, which lets customers save shows on the cable operators' servers instead of recording them on the hard drive of a home DVR. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/cable-operators-consider-offering-network-dvr.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:34:46 EDT If the nation's largest cable TV operators have their way, the home digital video recorder could soon become a relic. Leading the way is Cablevision Systems Corp., which plans to roll out a system in early 2009 that will let viewers record any show without a DVR, only a digital set-top box. Shows will be stored on Cablevision's servers instead of a home DVR--a shift the company said could save it upward of $700 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/133681-cable-network-dvr.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/cable-led-by-cablevision-mulls-network-dvr.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/cable-led-by-cablevision-mulls-network-dvr.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:53:16 EDT Power outages caused by Hurricane Gustav brought down cellular and Internet service in parts of Louisiana, but its impact was much milder than that of Katrina. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/121045-gustav-telecoms.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/gustav-brings-down-cell-internet-service.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/gustav-brings-down-cell-internet-service.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:15:21 EDT It sounded like a winning proposition--free money--for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies. But those efforts to sniff out consumers' interests are running into the ditch. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/120935-ad-targeting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/targeting-based-isp-tracking-now-doubt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/targeting-based-isp-tracking-now-doubt.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:07:48 EDT It sounded like a winning proposition--free money--for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/ad-targeting-based-on-isp-tracking-now-in-doubt.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:16:19 EDT Charter Communications Inc. has reached a multiyear distribution agreement with the Big Ten Network. The St. Louis-based cable operator said Wednesday it will carry the network and related programming in Big Ten regions, including Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Northern Illinois. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/charter-strikes-deal-to-carry-big-ten-network.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:08:09 EDT Twelve laptops containing detailed personal information on 9,000 current and former Charter Communications Inc. workers nationwide have been stolen from a South Carolina office, the company said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/personal-info-of-thousands-taken-in-laptop-theft.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:05:23 EDT Embarq Corp. has revealed more details about its exploration of a program that tracked Internet subscribers' Web-surfing habits for advertising purposes, telling Congress that it performed the test on 26,000 customers in a Kansas town. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/embarq-provides-more-details-on-web-tracking-test.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:03:41 EDT Congress has asked Embarq Corp. about its work with a company that tracks online subscribers' Web traffic for advertising purposes, part of growing concern about Internet privacy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/congress-asks-embarq-about-selling-customer-info.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:38:26 EDT Down in the dumps with customers, the nation's fourth-largest cable operator, Charter Communications Inc., is trying freebies to boost its image and differentiate its services. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/charter-rolls-out-national-cable-reward-program.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:31:34 EDT Executives from major Internet players--Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc.--are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/congress-studies-how-people-track-your-online-use.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:45:20 EDT Executives from major Internet players--Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc.--are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/nebuad-to-come-under-spotlight-at-senate-hearing.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:13:34 EDT A JPMorgan analyst said he is "bullish" on the cable TV industry, particularly companies that provide high-speed data and voice service like Comcast Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/ahead-of-the-bell-jpmorgan-is-cautious-on-tv.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:46:23 EDT Although a large Internet service provider has backed away from technology that tracks subscribers' Web use in order to deliver personalized advertising, two other broadband companies said Wednesday they are still considering whether to deploy it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/isps-still-considering-tracking-web-use.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:34:34 EDT