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The BRIDGE Index BRIDGE Movers
* updated every 5 minutes
 
By Percent
( 13.04 ) % MBND
( 12.34 ) % SSP
( 7.02 ) % SIRI
 
By Amount
$ 16.36 GOOG
$ 3.09 AAPL
$ 1.12 NFLX
 
SkyFILES: July 24, 2008
SkyFILES: Three Items
A Battering 2Q - Could DISH Network report a loss of subscribers for the second quarter? That's what some folks on Wall Street are suggesting, pointing to the satellite TV company's recent struggles and the typical seasonality that plagues pay-TV services of all shapes and sizes during the three-month period. Also, the fact that AT&T's DISH sales and marketing efforts in the quarter netted only 3,000 customers doesn't help matters for the DBS company. If a subscriber loss is reported by DISH, it would be unprecedented for the company and the satellite TV business. »
 
Kable Kid: July 24, 2008
Kable Kid Hopes Hurricane Dolly Doesn't Hit Houston
Well, one thing is for sure, I don't want a hurricane to hit Houston.  Last night there was a killer thunderstorm that woke me up at about 4 a.m.  It didn't slow for a few hours.  I'm not used to that kind of lightning! The sky would light up and all at once it was dark and BANG it felt like the building was going to start shaking. »
 
RetailREPORT: July 23, 2008
Web TV Gets Real
According to a report released Tuesday by research firm Strategy Analytics, there will be about 186 million web-enabled TV devices (including everything from connected TVs to game consoles to Blu-ray players) in use worldwide by the end of 2008. And by 2014 two thirds of all CE products sold will include built-in internet access. »
 
MultiMAX: July 22, 2008
Maybe Regulation …
    … wouldn’t be so bad after all.
    After all, it worked for Theodore Vail.
    He really did it right … guaranteed return on investment and, in practice, expenses.
    He opted to be a “common carrier” – that is, an “essential” service.  He got paid nicely for it. »
 
SkyBOX: July 21, 2008
Gunning for Godot
The Sirius/XM saga continues ... and Samuel Beckett would have been proud.  How else could one possibly explain the multilayered, seemingly endless, government-by-the-absurd tragicomedy that is the attempted satellite radio merger? »
 
 
The BRIDGE Data Group
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Headends With 'Mostly' HD
(Defined as 50 Percent or Greater)
 
Top Reports:
Video Subscribers
Internet Subscribers
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