Bright House Networks
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Communications |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Syracuse, New York, United States |
| Key people | Robert Miron, Chairman and CEO - Retired [1] Steve Miron, CEO[1] Nomi Bergman, President[1] Bill Futera, EVP and CFO |
| Products | Digital Cable Home Phone Service Business Phone Service High Speed Internet Business Data Solutions Home Security & Automation |
| Parent | Advance Newhouse |
| Website | http://www.brighthouse.com |
Bright House Networks is the sixth largest owner and operator of cable systems in the U.S. and the second largest in Florida with systems located in five states including Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Michigan and California. Bright House Networks serves approximately 2.5 million customers who subscribe to one or more of its video, high-speed data, home security and automation and voice services. The company also offers stuff spanning Internet, MEF-certified Metro Ethernet, WiFi, security, telephony, and video. Bright House Media Strategies, the advertising arm of Bright House Networks, offers businesses "advanced targeted advertising solutions"[clarification needed]. Bright House Networks also owns and operates exclusive local news and sports channels in its Florida markets.
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History [edit]
Prior to 1994, some of the systems were fully owned by Advance/Newhouse under the names Vision Cable and Cable Vision (no relation to Cablevision Systems), while in other areas, Bright House Networks is the successor to Teleprompter Cable TV, Group W Cable, Strategic Cable, Paragon Cable, Shaw Communications and the Tampa Bay / Orlando Time Warner Cable systems in Florida.
All of the systems now owned by Bright House Networks were owned by the Time Warner Entertainment - Advance/Newhouse Partnership. Under a deal struck in 2003, Advance/Newhouse took direct management and operational responsibility for the portion of the partnership cable systems roughly equal to their equity. Bright House Networks offers video, high-speed data, home security and automation and voice services. In addition, Bright House Networks operates two regional local news channels -- Bay News 9 in the Tampa Bay market, and Central Florida News 13 in the Orlando market. Bright House Networks has an extensive fiber optic network in the Florida area and uses it to provide commercial services including dedicated Internet access, VPN services, and private network transport as well as telecom facilities such as SIP trunking and PRI service.
Naming rights [edit]
Bright House Networks owns the naming rights to UCF's Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando, Florida; Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, the spring training home of the Phillies; and the Bright House Networks Amphitheatre in Bakersfield, California. There is also a sporting event, the Bright House Networks Open golf tournament, held in Lakeland, Florida.[citation needed]
Carriage controversies [edit]
- On July 9, 2012, Hearst Television removed its stations from Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks systems, when all parties failed to reach a deal.[2] In the interim, WESH Orlando was replaced on Bright House systems in Central Florida with WBRE-TV Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a station owned by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group,[3] while other Hearst stations on Bright House were replaced with other cable channels offered by Bright House. Nexstar complained that Bright House has used WBRE's signal outside their markets without permission, while Bright House was within its rights to use that station's signal as a replacement until a deal with Hearst was reached.[4] According to Time Warner Cable, the dispute stems from Hearst's demand of a 300% increase in its retransmission fees.[2] The substitutions lasted until July 19, 2012, when the deal was reached between Hearst and Time Warner.[5]
- In July 2010, ABC's parent company, Disney, announced that it is involved in a carriage dispute with Disney for the first time with Time Warner Cable since 2000 (Time Warner Cable was affected in that carriage dispute back in 2000). In Bright House-served areas, the dispute involves the Disney Channel, Disney XD, ABC Family, and all the networks of ESPN. Despite word of an early agreement on August 30, 2010,[6] it was not until the evening of the September 2 deadline when an agreement was reached between Disney and Time Warner Cable.[7][8][9]
- In December 2009, the Fox Broadcasting Company announced that a dispute with Time Warner Cable could lead to Fox's owned and operated affiliates to be pulled from Bright House systems in the Detroit, Tampa Bay, Orlando and Gainesville markets, along with Fox's cable and sports channels in all markets served by Bright House. The carriage protests were announced shortly before Fox was to carry the Bowl Championship Series, which included the Florida Gators in the Sugar Bowl. The dispute excluded Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network and some regional sports channels, which are on separate contracts.[10][11] Shortly before the 12 Midnight ET deadline on December 31, 2009, Fox granted Time Warner Cable and Bright House a brief extension during New Year's Day as talks continue, so that viewers would not miss the Sugar Bowl, though the other bowl games and the NFL lineup remained at risk.[12] A settlement between the two parties was reached the evening of January 1, 2010, though no terms were disclosed; during the discussions that day, none of Fox's channels or stations were blacked out.[13]
- On September 15, 2008 Bright House temporarily dropped stations owned by the LIN TV Corporation on its Pensacola, DeFuniak Springs and Indiana systems. Affected stations were WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama, WISH-TV/WNDY-TV/WIIH-CA in Indianapolis and WANE-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Even though the controversy was focused on Time Warner Cable systems, Bright House was included in the dispute, in areas where they were formerly owned by Time Warner. With both companies factored in, a total of 15 markets were affected.[14]
- On December 31, 2008, Time Warner Cable and Viacom's MTV Networks had not agreed to renew any Viacom channel beyond the end of year. Therefore, Time Warner and Bright House Networks would have lost all 19 Viacom channels (including Comedy Central and Nickelodeon) starting on January 1, 2009.[15][16] This blackout was narrowly avoided when a zero-hour deal was reached shortly after 12 Midnight ET on January 1, 2009.[17]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c CableFAX: 31. Family Affair: Bob Miron, Steve Miron, Nomi Bergman
- ^ a b Adweek: "Hearst and Time Warner Cable Part Ways Over Retrans", July 10, 2012.
- ^ Adweek: "Imported Signals in Retrans Fight Raise Regulatory Questions", July 10, 2012.
- ^ Tampa Bay Times: "Hearst dispute with Bright House pulls WMOR-Ch. 32 and digital THIS TV off Tampa Bay cable system", July 10, 2012.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable: "Hearst TV, Time Warner Cable End Viewer Blackout", July 19, 2012.
- ^ New York Post: "Time Warner Cable, Disney set TV deal", August 30, 2010.
- ^ "ABC, ESPN stay on air as Disney-Time Warner talks continue". September 2, 2010.
- ^ Riddell, Kelly (September 2, 2010). "Disney Keeps Channels on Time Warner Cable as Talks Extend Past Deadline". Bloomberg.
- ^ "Business News, Personal Finance and Money News - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ^ keepfoxon.com, Fox's official carriage protest site
- ^ Reuters: "Fox says Time Warner Cable may drop Fox TV shows", December 18, 2009.
- ^ AP (via Chicago Tribune): "Fox grants 'brief extension,' keeps signal going as dispute with Time Warner Cable continues", January 1, 2010.
- ^ ABC News: "NFL, 'Idol' After All: Time Warner Cable, Fox Announce Deal on Broadcasts; Football Fans Breathe Easier as Cable Giants Reach an Unspecified Agreement", January 1, 2010.
- ^ LIN TV Corp.: Time Warner Contract Expires October 2
- ^ Viacom May Pull Channels Off Time Warner Cable in Contract Spat
- ^ "Time Warner may cut ‘Colbert,’ ‘Spongebob’". msnbc.com.
- ^ Los Angeles Times: "Viacom, Time Warner Cable settle contract dispute", 1/1/2009.
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