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WOW! CEO speaks about, cable industry, Knology purchase

...it and choose. Where it's difficult to us, as cable operators, is we pay per subscriber for that content. If you...Internet than it's free. Why is it free? Because your cable operator is paying for it. That's what's making the whole...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2013-02-22/wow-ceo-spe
Comcast to buy GE's stake in NBCUniversal for $16.7 billion, years early

...government imposed conditions intended to prevent Comcast from keeping NBC programming to itself at the detriment of other cable operators and video Web sites. One condition was that it would no longer have a say in the video Web site Hulu, which it jointly...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-02-12/comcast-buy-ges-stake-nbcu
Personal income higher in all metro's counties

...acquisition, which was originally announced in July, was final on Nov. 30. Atlantic Broadband was the 12th largest cable operator in the U.S. Its 650 employees will be absorbed into the new owner.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/content/blog-post/tim-rausch/2012-12-12/personal-in
Knology acquired by WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone

The sale of regional cable operator Knology Inc. is complete.WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone...immediately."Between the two of us, we are now the ninth-largest cable operator in the country. We have 800,000 customers in 13 states...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2012-07-18/knology-acq
Atlantic Broadband offers faster Internet speeds in Aiken

...99 per month and $69.99 per month for 40 megabits.The speed of its basic Internet was increased from 6 megabits to 8 megabits per second.Massachusetts-based Atlantic Broadband is the 15th-largest cable operator in the U.S.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/aiken/2011-10-05/atlantic-broadband-offers-fas
Verizon to pay $3.6 billion to cable providers for wireless airwaves

...strategic about-face by the cable operators, which compete with Verizon...Some analysts had expected the cable operators to keep the assets longer in...sold to Verizon Wireless.The cable operators already resell wireless services...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-12-02/verizon-pay-36-billion-cab
Business news

...increased from 6 megabits to 8 megabits per second.Massachusetts-based Atlantic Broadband is the 15th-largest cable operator in the U.S.Costco will increase cost of membershipCostco Wholesale Corp. is raising its membership fees 10 percent...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-10-05/business-news
AT&T, T-Mobile merger off

...acquire airwave space through a possible spectrum auction through the FCC. It could also buy spectrum from satellite cable operator Dish Network Corp., which could require an FCC waiver.The decision to end the bid could be a bigger problem for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-12-19/atampt-t-mobil-merger
Knology sold for more than $750 million

Regional cable operator Knology Inc. will be bought by a unit of Avista Capital Partners for about $750 million plus debt, as the private equity firm...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-04-18/knology-sold-more-750-mill
Comcast to add NBC to diversify

...turning point for Comcast, catapulting the Philadelphia-based company to a media conglomerate and above the pack of cable operators that remain content to run their regional cable systems. "Does the world ever stand still?" Mr. Roberts said...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/12/04/bus_558016.shtml
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