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Rasvar

Rasvar

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ChrisFL said:
Interesting
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I should say as far as carriage deals go. It is a weird setup. I'm not sure how the TWC negotiated carriage deals will translate to when Bright House has to negotiate its own deals. They lose a lot of power. Bright House won't become Comcast but maybe it will fall under Comcast carriage rights.
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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ChrisFL said:
I don't have Comcast or TWC in my area of Tampa (TWC became "Bright House" several years ago)....but I've only heard bad things about Comcast's service....but they're putting tons of money into quality Universal attractions, so it's a love/hate relationship.
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Comcast also grew by acquisition.. so a lot of people with 'comcast' are actually running on rebranded services until they do technology migrations in their area. Their regular product isn't bad.. it's just typical incumbent pricing/policy type of stuff. In our area it took them years to flush out all the previously crappy gear that was adelphia.. etc.
 
the.dreamfinder

the.dreamfinder

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coolbeans14 said:
25%?! I'm no expert, but that seems like a lot of money they save. Is that higher than most places which offer incentives, or on par?
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British Colombia (Vancouver)
http://www.tnrdfilm.com/Film-Media-Incentives

Ontario
http://www.omdc.on.ca/film_and_tv/tax_credits/OFTTC.htm

New Zealand
http://www.filmnz.com/production-guide/taxation.html

New York State
http://esd.ny.gov/BusinessPrograms/filmCredit.html

They're not getting the best deal per say, but London has a very large VFX talent base and 25% isn't terrible either. Of course, these tax breaks are destroying VFX jobs in California, but that's another story.
 
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PhotoDave219

PhotoDave219

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Fe Maiden said:
I'm not so sure. I think now more than ever, content is king considering they just spent $45 billion to try and kill the king.

http://www.philly.com/philly/busine...re_Time_Warner_Cable.html#eFG73JTsEWkF1LIJ.99

"Charter has made three offers for Time Warner Cable in the last year, the most recent for $132.50 a share. On Tuesday, Charter turned up the heat by proposing an alternate slate of directors for Time Warner Cable's board in a hostile proxy fight.

Cable maverick John Malone controls 27 percent of Charter. He has said the cable-TV industry must consolidate and enlarge to gain leverage in negotiations with content companies such as the Walt Disney Co. and CBS Corp., and to compete with Netflix."


Here's a "comcastic" quote from Brian Roberts in the same article:

Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts said on Thursday morning in a conference call with analysts that a merger with Comcast and Time Warner Cable will create a "near national platform" for its cable-TV and broadband businesses with exposure in 43 of the nations top 50 TV markets.

The deal will eliminate no competitors in the market, Roberts said, adding that it would be "pro-consumer," "pro-competitive," and "in the public's interest."

That's a lot of pro's. Not quite buying it.

In Philly, we've been dealing with this for close to 20 years now. With Comcast owning the Flyers and up until 2 years ago owning the Sixers (still maintaining broadcasting rights), and just recently giving the Phillies a 25% stake in Comcast Sportsnet, if you live in the Philly market and are a sports fan there really is no other option but to bow down to Comcast.

This is a great article about the Phillies deal and with various links to how the tv landscape is changing.

http://www.crossingbroad.com/2014/0...e-agreed-to-a-presumably-massive-tv-deal.html
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You had me down until the end when you had the link to a story from Slappy.
 
GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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For the rest of FLE they had a media preview on December 5th, the day before the ribbon cutting and official opening. The rides soft opened about a month earlier. If this follows that formula soft opening by the end of March. Makes sense based on the walls coming down and CMs transferring to the ride.

Edit: it was actually almost 2 months earlier. The soft openings started 10/12.
 
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alphac2005

alphac2005

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Rasvar said:
Bright House is TWC operating under a different name. It's an odd setup. For the most part, anything that happens to TWC also happens to Bright House.
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Sortof. Bright House Networks, which was originally a partnership in Central Florida of Newell/Advance & Time-Warner, and was branded under the Time-Warner name. Back in the 00's, Advance bought out the Time-Warner owned stake in the system and then licensed the Road Runner branding for their high-speed Internet. Time-Warner has no stake in Bright House any longer, but they are subject to the carriage deals that Time-Warner has. It's a real mess of an agreement. TWC owns nothing, but through an agreement do the programming agreements for Bright House as a way to pressure costs on the programming side with the networks.
 
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Darth Sidious

Darth Sidious

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alphac2005 said:
Sortof. Bright House Networks, which was originally a partnership in Central Florida of Newell/Advance & Time-Warner, and was branded under the Time-Warner name. Back in the 00's, Advance bought out the Time-Warner owned stake in the system and then licensed the Road Runner branding for their high-speed Internet. Time-Warner has no stake in Bright House any longer, but they are subject to the carriage deals that Time-Warner has. It's a real mess of an agreement. TWC owns nothing, but through an agreement do the programming agreements for Bright House as a way to pressure costs on the programming side with the networks.
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It's interesting to see such one company divest themselves of the cable industry while their competitor doubles down. I honestly don't know if I like the move long term for Comcast and I actually like them as a company (business perspective).
 
ford91exploder

ford91exploder

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jmcl07 said:
It's interesting to see such one company divest themselves of the cable industry while their competitor doubles down. I honestly don't know if I like the move long term for Comcast and I actually like them as a company (business perspective).
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Internet access baby... Own the pipes own the future conventional video is a declining business
 
ford91exploder

ford91exploder

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WDW1974 said:
Huge deal, no doubt. Not sure whether they paid too much, but it does give them considerable power in the transmission game.

At the same point, it is about content. Having an oil pipeline with no oil makes it worthless.
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True but the same can be said of selfsame oil without a pipeline to deliver it is likewise worthless
 

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