Dish Network, like DirecTV, is now targeting Mediacom Communications customers who lost Sinclair Broadcast Group TV stations as the result of an ongoing retransmission-consent dispute...


»www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···ing+News

The agency's chairman says Mediacom subs should be able to watch standard and high-def channels during the dispute...

»www.tvpredictions.com/martin011807.htm

»mypc.press-citizen.com/blogs/blo···blogs=9

ESPNU will be added to Mediacom's sports package.

»desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.···0030392

Nice to see the Register has done their homework as Mediacom already has a sports package.

There are some good comments in this article about Mediacom's health in general, besides the financial ratings.

»biz.yahoo.com/bw/060516/20060516···tml?.v=1

Mediacom CEO Takes Aim at Net Neutrality

»www.freepress.net/news/15384

»www.mediacomcc.com/corporate_pre···eId=180

The deployment is to reach 65% of Iowa by the end of the year and the rest of the state by the end of Q2 2006.
The bundled rate is $29.95/month ($10 off for cable subscribers, $10 off for HSI subscribers, $20 off for both from $49.95).

Consumers Have New Phone Service Option

»www.kcci.com/newsarchive/5068187/detail.html

»www.jdpa.com/studies_jdpower/pre···2005117
Mediacom comes in last place, trailing even the likes of Charter and Adelphia, in the annual J. D. Powers and Associates rankings of customer satisfaction in the Residential Cable/Satellite TV industry.

Mediacom also ranked in the bottom group in all six subareas of the survey (as did Adelphia and Charter while Comcast only did so in five subareas).

»www.multichannel.com/article/CA6···al=SUPP
The article includes a lot of statistical analysis, but also finishes with coverage of future service upgrades planned by Mediacom.

"Cable television and Internet service provider Mediacom and a group in favor of creating city-owned fiber-optic utilities are at odds over bills in the Legislature that would make it harder for municipal utilities to form and would make city-owned cable systems pay property taxes."


Read more HERE.

The Des Moines Register reports that a Des Moines man who made thousands of illegal connections gets a prison sentence of up to 15 years. »www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/p···001/NEWS

»www.theiowachannel.com/sports/42···ail.html

By: Jeff Robinson

The Algona City Council approved a new 10-year franchise agreement with MediaCom cable television during public hearing held in conjunction with its regularly scheduled Monday, Feb. 21 meeting.

The new franchise agreement was based upon the previous 10-year deal and will provide the city with a franchise fee of 5 percent of MediaCom's cable TV revenue in the city. Algona will also receive 30 cents per subscriber per month from the cable company to be used as a grant to help support the city's strong public access TV program which is run by the Algona Community School District. Story Continues @ zwire.com

Mediacom has completed a deal with Showtime similar to last week's HBO deal. Subscribers will now get access to Showtime, TMC, Flix, Showtime HD, and TMC HD on the Two Star Pak or higher. Digital Cable subscribers will have access to Showtime On Demand and TMC On Demand.

»www.multichannel.com/article/CA5···ral=SUPP

Here is the confirmation that Cinemax VOD and HD is on the way :)
A new Showtime deal is apparently in the works as well.

»www.multichannel.com/article/CA4···al=SUPP

Wow check this out!!!!!!!!!!!

»www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20···12.html

Reported and Story Continued at fool.com

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By Chris Cather
November 23, 2004

Hurricane Ivan and satellite providers DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) and EchoStar (Nasdaq: DISH) wreaked havoc for Mediacom (Nasdaq: MCCC), the nation's eighth-largest cable company and small city niche player, during the company's third quarter.

Mediacom announced earnings Nov. 8, posting a loss of $0.11 per share compared with a $0.02-per-share gain in the year-earlier period. Consensus analyst estimates were for $0.01 per share.

Hurricane Ivan disrupted operations for the company during September in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi, and according to its 8-K, the company "experienced damage to cable plant, and other property and equipment, business interruption and loss of customers."

Imagine an average day in the life of a typical P2P customer. You wake up, hop onto Azureus, your favorite BitTorrent client, and start trading information.

WATERLOO --- Mediacom Communications recently added Video On Demand to its array of broadband products and services for residential customers in and around the metro area.

Available to digital subscribers, Video On Demand allows customers to instantly order movies, sports, concerts, special interest programs and cable network packages whenever they want. While viewing, customers can fast forward, rewind, pause and replay the program as often as they want throughout the 24-hour rental period ...

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