Time Warner Cable Inc.

Time Warner To Record $25B In Write-Downs; $15B At Cable
Wall Street Journal, The | 10 hours 44 minutes ago
Time Warner Inc. (TWX) announced Wednesday it will record some $25 billion in write-downs for the fourth quarter, with nearly $15 billion of it coming from Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC). The news, coupled with Time Warner saying 2008 results won't meet November expectations amid worsening ad weakness, sent its shares down 6.2% premarket to $10.30. Time Warner Cable was inactive.

Time Warner Cable to book $15B charge in 4Q
Boston Globe, The | 7 hours 6 minutes ago
NEW YORK—Time Warner Cable Inc. said Wednesday it expects to record a $15 billion noncash impairment charge on its cable franchise rights in the fourth quarter, resulting in a loss for 2008.

Time Warner Cable to record $15B impairment charge in 4th quarter, leading to 2008 loss
Sun (Baltimore), The | 10 hours 38 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Time Warner Cable says it expects to record a $15 billion noncash impairment charge on its cable franchise rights in the fourth quarter, resulting in a loss for 2008.

Time Warner expects $25B charge, loss for year
Yahoo! | 3 hours 52 minutes ago
Media company Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that it expects a fourth-quarter charge of $25 billion to write down the value of its cable, publishing and AOL assets, leading to a loss for the year. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News

Blackout looms in Time Warner Cable-Viacom fight
International Herald Tribune | 6 days 23 hours 4 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES: A spat between Time Warner Cable Inc. and Viacom Inc. over how much the cable company pays to carry channels such as MTV and Comedy Central headed down to the wire on New Year's Eve with little sign of movement as a blackout looked likely at a minute past the stroke of midnight.

Time Warner Cable and Viacom reach deal
International Herald Tribune | 6 days 18 hours 23 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES: Time Warner Cable Inc. said it reached a deal Thursday with Viacom Inc. on carriage fees, avoiding a blackout of 19 cable channels including MTV and Comedy Central.

Time Warner Cable and Viacom Reach Deal - NYTimes.com
New York Times, The | 6 days 18 hours 7 minutes ago
Filed at 1:00 a.m. ET LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Time Warner Cable Inc. said Wednesday it reached a deal with Viacom Inc. on carriage fees, avoiding a blackout of 19 cable channels including MTV and Comedy Central.

Time Warner, Viacom Reach Deal on Fees
Wall Street Journal, The | 6 days 17 hours 49 minutes ago
NEW YORK -- Time Warner Cable Inc. Thursday said it reached an agreement with Viacom Inc. on carriage fees shortly after midnight, averting the prospect of having its subscribers deprived of popular networks such as Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon.Viacom had publicly threatened to pull its networks off Time Warner Cable's system on New Year's Eve in a bid to win higher payments from the cable giant in its negotiation over carriage fees.

Time Warner Cable and Viacom reach deal (AP) by AP: Yahoo! Tech <meta http
Yahoo! | 6 days 10 hours 51 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Millions of Time Warner Cable customers won't lose their access to MTV and 18 other channels after the cable giant reached an agreement early Thursday with media conglomerate Viacom Inc.The two sides, citing disagreement over fee hikes, had threatened a damaging blackout at a minute past midnight Thursday that would have cut off shows such as "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "The Colbert Report" to about 15.7 million subscribers.

Time Warner Cable and Viacom agree on fees
Yahoo! | 5 days 5 hours 15 minutes ago
There's no need to cry, Dora. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News

Time Warner Cable and Viacom Agree on Fees - NYTimes.com
New York Times, The | 5 days 11 hours 12 minutes ago
Filed at 7:22 a.m. ET LOS ANGELES (AP) -- There's no need to cry, Dora.

"Colbert," "SpongeBob" may be dropped from Time Warner Cable in fee dispute with Viacom
Sun (Baltimore), The | 7 days 20 hours 14 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) &amp;#8212; &quot;SpongeBob SquarePants&quot; may be getting squeezed off of Time Warner Cable.

Viacom threatens to pull MTV, Comedy Central off Time Warner Cable in carriage fee dispute -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 7 days 20 hours 41 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) &amp;#8212; Media giant Viacom Inc. is threatening to pull MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon and 16 other channels from Time Warner Cable Inc. if a new carriage fee deal is not agreed upon by midnight Wednesday.

'Colbert,' 'SpongeBob' May Go Dark on Time Warner - NYTimes.com
New York Times, The | 7 days 18 hours 2 minutes ago
Filed at 12:47 a.m. ET LOS ANGELES (AP) -- ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' may be getting squeezed off of Time Warner Cable.