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• NewsClips - July 23, 2008
  A unit of cable giant Comcast Corp., an emerging player in Internet video, has cut a series of deals to handle online video for three other major cable operators. The Seattle-based subsidiary of Comcast, thePlatform, has reached deals to deliver video to Web sites aimed at subscribers to the high-speed Internet services of Time Warner Cable Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp. and Cox Communications Inc.
  Posted: Jul 23, 2008
• NewsClips - July 22, 2008
  As Verizon Communications Inc. gears up to offer pay-TV service in New York City, Time Warner Cable Inc. is making a series of moves to compete more aggressively with the phone titan for one of its most prized markets. Verizon received final approval from local authorities last week to launch its FiOS TV service in New York.
  Posted: Jul 22, 2008
• NewsClips - July 21, 2008
  AT&T Inc. is expected to show an accelerated drop-off in landlines and weakness in its wireless business when it reports second-quarter earnings Wednesday, offering Wall Street an idea of how much the economic slump has affected the telephone business. Many analysts and investors also expect the largest U.S. phone company to take a cautious tone and lower earnings guidance for 2008 as a whole.
  Posted: Jul 21, 2008
• NewsClips - July 18, 2008
  The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote Friday to bar Verizon Communications Inc from marketing to customers to talk them out of a decision to switch their phone service to cable, a source at the agency said on Thursday.
  Posted: Jul 18, 2008
• NewsClips - July 17, 2008
  New York state regulators said on Wednesday that Verizon Communications could begin selling cable television programming in New York City, a decision likely to give consumers more choices and potentially lower prices.
  Posted: Jul 17, 2008
• NewsClips - July 16, 2008
  Time Warner Cable on Tuesday launched a new service in San Antonio called PowerBoost that lets some customers temporarily boost the speed of their Internet connections when downloading files. Time Warner, the city’s dominant cable provider, is offering the free service automatically to all customers who subscribe to the 10 Mbps or 15 Mbps tier of its Road Runner broadband service.
  Posted: Jul 16, 2008
• NewsClips - July 15, 2008
  Dish Network Corp. is hoping the second time's a charm when it launches its satellite Tuesday. The Englewood, Calif., company wants to avoid a repeat of its last launch, when the satellite failed to reach an orbit and was declared a loss. Dish has since dealt with anemic subscriber growth, competitive pressures, customer-service hiccups and the potential loss of AT&T Inc. as a partner.
  Posted: Jul 15, 2008
• NewsClips - July 14, 2008
  Palm Inc., which has been struggling to maintain its position in the hot market for "smart" phones, introduced a new Treo model Monday with Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities. The Treo 800w is the first major new model from Palm since last year's introduction of the Centro, a smaller version of its flagship Treo. As with the Centro, Sprint Nextel Corp. is the first carrier to sell the Treo 800w.
  Posted: Jul 14, 2008
• NewsClips - July 11, 2008
  Philadelphia lawyer Alan Kessler is a political fundraiser and longtime supporter of Gov. Rendell. He also has ties to Al Gore that go back 20 years. In Nashville last month for a Gore staff reunion, he was surprised at how often Rendell's name came up - as a potential running mate for Barack Obama.
  Posted: Jul 11, 2008
• NewsClips - July 10, 2008
  George W. Bush is smiling upon Kevin J. Martin. So are George H.W., Jeb and Barbara, with big toothy grins in a blown-up picture hanging behind his desk at the Federal Communications Commission. Martin was appointed by President Bush to head the FCC in 2005, five years after he worked as a legal counsel for Bush's presidential campaign.
  Posted: Jul 10, 2008