As focus shifts to Internet video as a profit model, Yahoo has its eyes on Hulu. But it needs to get in line. DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, and at least three private equity firms also hope to acquire the subscription-based video service.
DirecTV is reporting its first-ever quarterly loss of customers. And it appears those customers are not flocking to the competition — Time Warner Cable also lost subscribers for the tenth quarter in a row.
Jon Stewart, Spongebob and Jersey Shore are back on for DirectTV subscribers. Viacom had blacked out Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and 16 other channels during a contract dispute. So who lost, and who won?
More than two dozen Viacom Inc. channels — including Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central — were blacked out for DirecTV subscribers after the companies failed to reach an agreement on programming fees.
