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This week on the communicators, we focus on the future of television. This past year, we attended the cable show and spoke with espn Resident John skipper and pat esser, the president of medication. That was followed by our the ofsident of communication cox communications. What is the biggest competition for espn . And five years five years from now, what do you see as the competition for espn . The lease of their own networks. Right now, there is a lot of attention being played because one. Ill...

Scheme where it makes sense to look at and say, are those keeping up with the changes in the marketplace . Having this kind of competition, programming innovation, access by new players to consumers and access by the traditional players to viewers in new ways. What is happening on tablets is amazing. What is starting to happen in the living room is very exciting. We are in an incredible time when it comes to delivery of video programming. There are issues. We heard it at the commission from dist...

And bitcoin goes back above 1,000 as more Companies Sign up to use it. The latest, zynga, they are the phantom pig people. And kidney stones around the world and the market rally, yeah, we cover it. Markets going up in a few minutes and Varney Company rolling along for 2014. [cheers] American Technology drove the market in 2013 and here is the first full week of 14. And theres a chip that would bring pc like graphics to phones. Next, apple buys snappy labs. The company that has snappy apps. Its ...

Plus putin, the russian president response to sanctions with fireworks. His Welcome Home Party for crimea and our response ahead. We will get to that in a minute, but as we had to the close of trading him to go out to julie hyman for the big three stocks we are watching. Apple is in talks with comcast to provide streaming content over a set top boxes, which are expected to be introduced next month. Apples shares are up, but we are seeing a sharp decline in shares of netflix and concern about com...

Was put on bloomberg television. Im Erik Schatzker. It, awill get right into big morning. Excited about our guest host, lets get started. President and ceo of sprint. You were the man responsible last year for getting a deal with softbank come how is it going . It is going well. The week ago we announced results and stock was up 11 on the day and 18 over the last week. We had our best Net Operating Income number in the last seven years. 11 quarters in a row of beating on ebitda. Our subscriber n...

Today for the First Time Since 20 of their friends, six of their educators, slaughtered by a gunman three weeks ago. We have deb feyerick, she is live there for us in monroe, connecticut, where the new Sandy Hook Elementary School is set to open. Deb, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. You know, one of the things the kids that we spoke to yesterday, they are really excited to be getting back to class. Theyre really excited to be joining their friends and their teachers in discovering wh...

Last night, a couple different issues. This puts them as the second largest tv company in the country. 5. 7 million tv customers at at t, 23. 3 million in the u. S. As becky said, its a 10 premium. It is actually a 30 premium when you look at the price relative to when rumors of the deal first came about. And let me tell you a couple thing that is randall told me last evening. He said mike and i have talked about this deal on and off for quite some time. They have been, quote, trying to assess t...

For some economists, but stocks over there are in the green. Our roadmap begins with the coldest arctic blast in at least 20 years affecting more than half the nations population. Wreaking havoc on commutes, travel and businesses. And the s p meanwhile looking to avoid doing something it hasnt done in a very long time, that is, a fourth consecutive time since the start of the year. Morgan stanley downgrading netflix from underweight to equal weight. And scott cohen reports Jpmorgan Chase officia...

There is pollution in the air and the water. And it does open your eyes when it happens in your state. And it was scary. Food and water and donated to people in the southern part of the state because we understand that that is how we respond to things. Said just ar guest few minutes ago and i rewound to listen to it again said, well, if this had happened in northern virginia. West virginia is a state. West virginia faced great state. And we have a great place here. And i know people are scared. ...

The value of spectrum is raising ahead of the incentive auction so for a variety of reasons a number of companies have consolidated and bought stations across the county. Sinclair broadcasting has been aggressive in terms of snatching up the smaller broadcasters. Host how Many Television stations does Sinclair Broadcasting own across the country . Guest i believe something in excess of a hundred stations. They have a number of joint Sales Agreements and they will likely be effected by this. In s...