International Business News - CVC 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 An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news. Disney's family comedy "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," with Drew Barrymore providing the voice of the pooch, was the No. 1 flick for the second-straight weekend with $17.5 million, raising its 10-day total to $52.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/chihuahua-fetches-17-5m-to-win-another-weekend.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:31:40 EDT "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" was barking up the right tree with movie-goers, who put the Disney comedy at No. 1 for the weekend with a $29 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146327-box-office.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/audiences-adopt-chihuahua-with-29m-weekend.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/audiences-adopt-chihuahua-with-29m-weekend.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:42:58 EDT "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" was barking up the right tree with movie-goers, who put the Disney comedy at No. 1 for the weekend with a $29 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/audiences-adopt-chihuahua-with-29m-weekend.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:06:18 EDT 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 Movie-goers put "Eagle Eye" under surveillance, lifting the conspiracy thriller starring Shia LaBeouf to the No. 1 spot with $29.2 million over opening weekend. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/audiences-set-sights-on-eagle-eye-with-29-2m.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:14:54 EDT A leading New York cable television operator and media company is putting its resources behind a campaign to raise public awareness of the fight against pancreatic cancer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/cablevision-supports-cancer-awareness-campaign.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:28:56 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 Shia LaBeouf's conspiracy thriller "Eagle Eye" debuted at the top of the weekend box office with $29.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Paramount-DreamWorks release was the second No. 1 premiere for LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso, who also teamed on 2007's hit "Disturbia." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/141339-people-shia-labeouf.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/eagle-eye-soars-to-no-1-at-box-office-with-29m.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/eagle-eye-soars-to-no-1-at-box-office-with-29m.htm Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:18:51 EDT Just over a month after Harbinger Capital Partners Funds announced a major stake in Cablevision Systems Corp., Gamco Investors Inc. said it may seek to nominate representatives to the diversified cable operator's board. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/filing-gamco-looking-into-cablevision-board-posts.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:05:53 EDT Millions watched "Mad Men" make history on ABC as basic cable's first show to win a best drama award at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Way up the tuner on AMC, a tiny sliver of that audience watched the most recent "Mad Men." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/mad-men-30-rock-take-top-emmy-awards.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:13:33 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 Jim Dolan, chief executive of Cablevision Systems Corp., said Thursday that the worsening of the credit crisis makes the company less able to sell its assets. Cablevision has been seeking a sale or spin off of some of its businesses, including an array of cable networks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/cablevision-ceo-says-assets-harder-to-sell.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:57:41 EDT The credit crunch, which gives struggling newspaper companies more difficulties obtaining any cash they might need, will hit high-debt companies such as Tribune Co. particularly hard, an analyst said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/analyst-credit-crunch-will-hit-newspapers-hard.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:10:08 EDT Shares of cable and satellite TV companies slipped Tuesday as the Federal Reserve held its benchmark federal funds rate steady. Heavy debt structures characterize the two industries because they need capital to roll out set-top boxes, lay down cable lines and launch satellites. A Fed rate cut would have helped loosen access to credit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/cable-satellite-tv-shares-weak-as-fed-rate-steady.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:03:25 EDT The star-studded comedy by the writing-directing team of Joel and Ethan Coen, "Burn After Reading," smoked the competition in its opening weekend with a box-office haul of $19.1 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/burn-after-reading-no-1-with-19-1-million.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:09:06 EDT The star-studded comedy by the writing-directing team of Joel and Ethan Coen, "Burn After Reading," smoked the competition in its opening weekend with a box-office haul of $19.1 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/130972-film-coen-brothers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/burn-after-reading-the-box-office.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/burn-after-reading-the-box-office.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:05:01 EDT Joel and Ethan Coen scored their biggest opener to date by raking in $19.4 million in ticket sales for "Burn After Reading" and helping end a seven-week attendance slide at theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080914/burn-after-reading-is-no-1-at-the-box-office.htm Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:26:49 EDT The action-thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" took in $7.8 million to finish first at the box office in what was the slowest moviegoing weekend in five years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/bangkok-dangerous-reaches-no-1-in-slow-weekend.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:51:55 EDT