--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - November 02, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY - Cablevision said its board of directors authorized management to take steps to implement a $3 billion special dividend for shareholders. Cablevision's controlling family, the Dolans, suggested the dividend late last month after it failed to take the cable operator private.
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Digital video subscribers jumped by 149,000 over the previous quarter for a total of 5.2 million, the company said --- Playboy reported third quarter net income of $3.2 million, compared to net income in the prior year quarter of $1.9 million --- Univision, ABC and ESPN agreed to pay $425 million to air World Cup soccer and other FIFA events from 2007 to 2014, reports said. --------------------------------------------------------------------- What's New --------------------------------------------------------------------- Battle lines for the broadband home have been drawn. Cable and telco giants alike are going after consumers at a frantic pace, but the battle's far from over. Who's winning today and where? Get the answers you need with Internet Wars: Broadband vs. Dial-up, a new report from C+MBC: http://www.mbc-thebridge.com/research/cablevsdsl/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyze This --------------------------------------------------------------------- Doug Shapiro of Banc of America Securities on Viacom's third quarter results, in which the company reported a 10 percent increase in revenues, to $5.9 billion: "The 'new Viacom' segments, which consist of cable and entertainment, drove the upside. Cable and entertainment segments both exceeded our top line and EBITDA estimates (adjusted for the reclassification of segments). Cable was fueled by an impressive 17 percent growth in advertising, while entertainment benefited from both a strong box office and DVD sales." --------------------------------------------------------------------- PrimeTime Players --------------------------------------------------------------------- Close Pts. + % Chg 52-Week BLS 25.96 0.20 0.78 % 24.32 - 28.96 CVC 25.76 0.35 1.38 % 19.93 - 33.90 CHTR 1.26 - 0.01 - 0.79 % 0.88 - 2.75 CMCSA 28.80 0.70 2.49 % 26.79 - 34.50 CSGS 23.92 0.56 2.40 % 15.74 - 24.09 DTV 14.56 0.31 2.18 % 13.81 - 17.57 DISCA 14.38 0.16 1.13 % 13.51 - 16.30 DISH 26.48 - 0.26 - 0.97 % 26.50 - 34.38 GMSTE 2.60 0.01 0.39 % 2.38 - 6.15 GE 33.81 0.21 0.63 % 32.67 - 37.75 ICCI 11.50 0.03 0.26 % 7.95 - 12.15 IACI 26.85 0.73 2.79 % 23.49 - 57.82 L 8.12 0.14 1.75 % 7.59 - 11.21 LBTYA 24.70 0.27 1.11 % 23.93 - 52.32 MCCC 5.80 0.00 0.00 % 5.06 - 7.59 MSFT 26.46 0.50 1.93 % 23.82 - 30.20 MOT 23.04 0.84 3.78 % 14.48 - 23.99 MBND 1.25 - 0.08 - 6.02 % 0.95 - 1.78 MWAV 0.55 - 0.05 - 8.33 % 0.54 - 2.78 NNDS 38.80 1.46 3.91 % 24.78 - 40.00 NWS 15.25 0.16 1.06 % 14.76 - 19.41 NXTLM.PK 540.00 0.00 0.00 % 5.00 - 617.24 OPTV 2.33 - 0.02 - 0.85 % 2.07 - 4.14 OUTD 16.40 0.20 1.23 % 12.50 - 17.49 PAX 0.43 0.00 0.00 % 0.37 - 2.15 Q 4.54 0.19 4.37 % 3.27 - 4.86 SBC 23.91 0.13 0.55 % 21.79 - 26.70 SFA 36.40 1.33 3.79 % 26.73 - 39.89 SIRI 6.89 0.37 5.60 % 3.72 - 9.43 STM 16.64 0.46 2.84 % 13.96 - 21.16 TWX 17.90 0.33 1.88 % 16.10 - 19.90 TIVO 4.89 0.08 1.66 % 3.45 - 7.75 VZ 31.47 0.13 0.41 % 29.13 - 42.27 VIA 31.89 0.28 0.89 % 30.02 - 39.26 DIS 24.82 0.16 0.65 % 22.89 - 29.99 XMSR 28.13 0.28 1.01 % 26.16 - 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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