TITLE

Bundle Plan Panned

AUTHOR(S)

Farrell, Mike

PUB. DATE

June 2004

SOURCE

Multichannel News;6/28/2004, Vol. 25 Issue 26, p34

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Deals with the plan of Cablevision Systems Corp. to offer discounts for its triple-play bundle of voice video and data to customers in the U.S. Impact of the company's plan on its digital subscriber line base; Threat of the company's plan on the cable industry; Decline in MSO stocks of cable companies, including Comcast Corp., due to the service discounts to be offered by Cablevision.

ACCESSION #

13618513

 

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