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• Every Team Has a Chance to Make Money: Red Sox CEO Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | 11:40 AM ET

  

  Revenue-sharing and lucrative local cable TV rights have helped level the playing field in Major League Baseball, Larry Lucchino, president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, told CNBC on Opening Day.

• Feds: Give Us More Say, We'll Approve Sprint's Deal Thursday, 28 Mar 2013 | 8:34 AM ET

  

  The U.S. government wants more say in network equipment purchases as a condition to approve the $20 billion takeover of Sprint Nextel by Japanese mobile carrier Softbank , the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

• Who Wins? 'Game of Thrones' vs. 'Walking Dead' Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 | 8:29 AM ET

  

  On Sunday, millions of real-time TV viewers will be faced with a difficult decision: watch the season finale of AMC's "The Walking Dead" or the season premiere of HBO's "Game of Thrones."

• Liberty Media Acquires Rare Stake in Charter  Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 11:36 AM ET

  

  Greg Maffei, Liberty Media CEO, reveals the details of his company's 27 percent acquisition of Charter Communications for $2.6 billion.

• Cablevision: Viacom Made $1 Billion Threat Over Bundling Friday, 8 Mar 2013 | 6:58 AM ET

  

  Cablevision Systems is claiming that Viacom sought to extract a nearly $1 billion penalty if it refused to pay for low-rated channels it did not want in order to access more popular channels.

• Cable Can Capitalize on Internet Age: Expert  Wednesday, 6 Mar 2013 | 3:30 AM ET

  

  Guy Bisson, Senior Analyst at Screen Digest, tells CNBC why cable providers are extremely well-positioned to capitalize as the industry moves towards content provided over the internet.

• U.S. federal workers plan belt tightening as furloughs loom Friday, 1 Mar 2013 | 5:12 PM ET

  The automatic budget cuts- termed "sequestration" in Washington parlance- are slated to trim $85 billion from the federal budget between March 1 and September 31, 2013, the end of the federal fiscal year. At USAA, Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Navy Federal Credit Union and others, special arrangements are being announced for furloughed workers.

• UPDATE 2-Cablevision loses customers after Superstorm Sandy; stock falls Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 | 10:37 AM ET

  Feb 28- Cablevision Systems Corp took a $100 million hit on costs related to Superstorm Sandy and posted deeper video customer losses than expected, shedding 50,000 net subscribers in the fourth quarter.

• UPDATE 1-Cablevision loses customers after Superstorm Sandy Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 | 9:17 AM ET

  Feb 28- Cablevision Systems Corp took a $100 million hit on costs related to Superstorm Sandy and posted deeper video customer losses than expected, shedding 50,000 net subscribers in the fourth quarter.

• Cablevision posts higher results on Dish court settlement Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 | 8:47 AM ET

  Feb 28- Cablevision Systems Corp took a $100 million hit on costs related to Superstorm Sandy but still posted higher quarterly net income, thanks to a $200 million payment from Dish Network Corp it received as part of a legal settlement.

• UPDATE 3-Cablevision loses customers, warns of rising costs Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 | 12:31 AM ET

  Feb 28- Cablevision Systems Corp on Thursday put costs related to Superstorm Sandy at $100 million and hinted its cash flow may decrease this year as programming costs rise, news that sent its shares down 10 percent.

• Clearwire's Financing Plan Muddles Dish Network Deal Wednesday, 27 Feb 2013 | 8:50 AM ET

  

  Clearwire said it will take $80 million in financing from Sprint Nextel in the form of exchangeable notes.

• Cablevision vs. Viacom: The Battle Over Bundling Heads to Court Wednesday, 27 Feb 2013 | 6:04 AM ET

  

  Cablevision sued Viacom for forcing it to pay for more than a dozen low-rated cable networks in order to get access to Viacom's more popular channels such as Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central.

• UPDATE 2-Dish Network quarterly profit misses estimates Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013 | 9:00 AM ET

  Feb 20- Dish Network Corp, the second-largest U.S. satellite TV company, reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit and added fewer pay-TV subscribers than analysts had hoped.

• Comcast CEO: 'Bullish and Optimistic' About NBCU Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013 | 9:51 AM ET

  

  Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts told CNBC on Wednesday that he's "bullish and optimistic" about the prospects for NBCUniversal.

• Comcast CEO Goes All in For NBCUniversal  Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013 | 7:15 AM ET

  

  Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO of Comcast, discusses why he is "bullish" on recent business transactions, including buying GE's remaining 49% stake in NBCUniversal for $16.7 billion. "We've seen some early signs of turnaround and payoff for some of the investments we're making," he added. Both Comcast and GE stock were up on the announcement.

• UPDATE 3-Bain Capital-backed Bright Horizons shares surge in debut Friday, 25 Jan 2013 | 4:11 PM ET

  *Bain Capital had taken company private for $1.3 bln in 2008. Jan 25- Shares of Bain Capital-backed Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc rose as much as 32 percent in their market debut on the New York Stock Exchange as investors focused on the largest U.S. child-care provider's leadership in a growing niche market.

• Notre Dame vs. Alabama, Likely Most Wagered BCS Game Monday, 7 Jan 2013 | 9:56 AM ET

  

  The game is expected to be the most wagered game in the Bowl Championship Series.

• Clouds Lifting Over Murdoch, He’s Out to Buy Again Tuesday, 20 Nov 2012 | 1:06 AM ET

  

  The media conglomerate, which had been on its heels for more than a year because of the phone hacking scandal in Britain, is looking to make acquisitions again. The NYT reports.

• 'Discovering' Susan Lucci  Monday, 12 Nov 2012 | 8:15 AM ET

  

  Susan Lucci, "Deadly Affairs" host, provides a look at her new series on the Discovery Channel.