--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - April 14, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY: Marking a major milestone, Cingular Wireless recently signed its 50 millionth customer. To celebrate, Cingular named Donna Hennig (a Nashville resident) honorary 50 millionth customer in Tennessee. This year, Cingular plans to spend more than $175 million dollars to add hundreds of new cell sites and network enhancements across Tennessee and Kentucky.
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Under the agreement, Verizon will be able to carry East and West Coast feeds of all 13 Starz movie channels on Verizon FiOS TV when it launches later this year --- Cablevision is rolling out SeaChange International's on-demand systems and software to deliver an array of services that will span movies, subscription packages, local and network television shows and high-definition programming --- DISH Network unveiled a plan allowing frustrated New York-area cable customers to save money while watching Mets baseball games --- According to wire sources, Comcast Cable's residential cable modem service continued to suffer from outages and other problems. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIDGE Bonus --------------------------------------------------------------------- >From "The Virtues of VOD," out this week from the BRIDGE: "Comcast's digital cable markets with on-demand programming have seen 20 percent to 30 percent lower churn among digital cable customers when compared to other markets without VOD. That's significant for the nation's biggest cable operator, given that 85 percent of Comcast's footprint has access to on-demand programming. Also, Leichtman Research Group has data on VOD usage that suggests at least some digital cable subscribers may stay with their service thanks to on- demand programming. A recent survey conducted by the firm found that 15 percent of digital cable subscribers who have not used VOD report they are likely to switch from their current cable provider in the next six months, while just 9 percent of digital cable subscribers who have utilized VOD say they are likely to switch." For more on The BRIDGE, and to subscribe, visit: http://www.mbc- thebridge.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- PrimeTime Players --------------------------------------------------------------------- Close Pts. + % Chg 52-Week BLS 26.26 0.00 0.00 % 24.46 - 28.96 CVC 26.69 - 0.42 - 1.55 % 16.13 - 31.64 CHTR 1.27 - 0.04 - 3.05 % 1.23 - 4.95 CMCSA 33.05 - 0.42 - 1.25 % 26.25 - 34.50 CSGS 16.39 - 0.16 - 0.97 % 14.02 - 21.22 DTV 14.46 - 0.29 - 1.97 % 14.21 - 18.81 DISH 28.73 - 0.53 - 1.81 % 26.95 - 34.91 GMSTE 4.20 - 0.11 - 2.55 % 3.97 - 6.85 GE 35.50 - 0.14 - 0.39 % 29.55 - 37.75 ICCI 11.85 - 0.07 - 0.59 % 7.83 - 12.15 IACI 22.14 0.25 1.14 % 19.16 - 34.62 L 10.40 0.02 0.19 % 8.33 - 11.45 LBTYA 42.80 - 0.13 - 0.30 % 28.60 - 47.70 MCCC 6.10 - 0.12 - 1.93 % 5.06 - 8.55 MSFT 24.84 - 0.20 - 0.80 % 23.82 - 30.20 MOT 15.07 - 0.21 - 1.37 % 13.83 - 20.89 MBND 1.30 0.02 1.56 % 0.96 - 2.70 NNDS 33.98 - 0.35 - 1.02 % 19.60 - 40.00 NWS 16.85 - 0.39 - 2.26 % 15.31 - 19.41 NXTL 28.70 - 0.58 - 1.98 % 21.18 - 30.50 OUTD 14.00 - 0.35 - 2.44 % 12.50 - 19.30 PAX 1.01 - 0.10 - 9.01 % 0.48 - 4.00 PIO 18.04 - 0.09 - 0.50 % 17.11 - 30.85 Q 3.71 - 0.06 - 1.59 % 2.56 - 4.86 SBC 23.65 - 0.18 - 0.76 % 22.98 - 27.29 SFA 27.82 - 0.25 - 0.89 % 24.61 - 36.50 SIRI 5.30 0.01 0.19 % 2.01 - 9.43 FON 23.02 - 0.27 - 1.16 % 16.83 - 25.80 TWX 17.61 - 0.17 - 0.96 % 15.41 - 19.90 TIVO 5.94 - 0.03 - 0.50 % 3.45 - 10.00 UCOMA 9.28 - 0.02 - 0.22 % 5.80 - 10.23 VZ 34.89 - 0.01 - 0.03 % 34.13 - 42.27 VIA 34.83 0.10 0.29 % 32.56 - 42.32 DIS 27.63 - 0.07 - 0.25 % 20.88 - 29.99 XMSR 28.34 - 1.13 - 3.83 % 20.35 - 40.89 ===================================================================== For all the industry critical news - see: The BRIDGE War Room - http://www.mbc-thebridge.com/research.cfm SkyREPORT - http://www.skyreport.com SkyRETAILER - http://www.skyretailer.com The BRIDGE - http://www.mbc-thebridge.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- -To modify your subscription to The Evening Bridge, visit http://www.mbc-thebridge.com/register.cfm We welcome your comments and suggestions. 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