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Article #360Re: Thoughts on Cablevision Service?
From: semick
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:00
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In article <7h91it$oll$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, parallax2@my-dejanews.com says... > Does anyone here have any thoughts on Cablevision? I'm > surfing the new Deja.com site and noticed that it's encouraging > a "consumer reports" type of community and this is one > company I'm wondering about. They are well-positioned > to become a dominant player in the new broadband programming, > content, and distribution age. Thay have been well-positioned, but unable to make any type of commitment to broadband here in Cleveland. That is why I am using Primestar instead of Cablevision. Cleveland needs a savior too pull ous out of the slow modem nightmare, like where are the other local cable comptetitors? > I believe that they own Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks, > the New York Rangers, MSG network, SportsChannel, FoxSports New York, > Nobody Beats the Wiz Electronics, etc. > And their recent bid for the New York Yankees failed as a deal was > coming close. > And they (or their owner) have made either made bids for or own part of > the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Browns, and New York Mets. > > Its stock, CVC, has skyrocketed. Part of this is the fact that its part > of > the @Home Broadband provider consortium and rumors of a buyout. It's a > family-owned operation (4 of the top 12 executives are from the Dolan > family). These guys are going to the moon. Any thoughts? > > > --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- > ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.--- >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108bc6,580b4b255cd3e6ec X-Google-Attributes: gid108bc6,public X-Google-Thread: 106a7c,a53041015b8e90e7 X-Google-Attributes: gid106a7c,public From: semick@nospam.com (semick) Subject: Re: Thoughts on Cablevision Service? Date: 1999/05/17 Message-ID: <MPG.11aa9993ccc371459896cd@netnews.worldnet.att.net> X-Deja-AN: 479264855 References: <2109-370DB41E-198@newsd-111.bryant.webtv.net> <37361B3A.25A93935@raex.com> <7h91it$oll$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net 926994515 6314 12.76.117.51 (18 May 1999 02:28:35 GMT) Organization: semick NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 May 1999 02:28:35 GMT Newsgroups: cle.general,oh.general