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'CNBC for Millennials' furloughs workers days after being sold by cable provider: report
Altice USA, the US arm of European telecom conglomerate, is the parent company which operates Optimum -- the brand name of what was once Cablevision.
Altice employee involved in workplace love triangle sent revenge porn of ex to co-worker: suit
Chrismelle Castillo alleged she was demoted her after she complained her ex "circulat[ed] naked and intimate photos of her" in December 2021.
Optimum/Altice made me pay for cable boxes that were stolen
Dear John: You are my last resort. I am trying to get a refund from Optimum/Altice. I have attached paperwork regarding all of my efforts. My daughter and I are...
Sotheby's could get offers from rival investors despite $2.66B deal
The bidding war for Sotheby’s may not be over, after all. The 275-year-old auction house — which agreed this week to sell itself for $2.66 billion to French telecom tycoon...
Sotheby's to go private in deal valuing auction house at $2.66 billion
The gavel has finally dropped on Sotheby’s. After six years of prodding from hard-charging billionaire Dan Loeb, the famed auction house has agreed to be taken private by French media...
Altice USA buys digital news network Cheddar for $200M
Altice USA is snapping up Cheddar, the millennial-focused live streaming-video news company, for $200 million. Cheddar CEO Jon Steinberg, a former president of BuzzFeed, will now become head of Altice...
Amazon's Long Island City HQ will send Altice USA packing
The Amazon effect on Long Island City’s office scene is immediate and strong — just as in the residential market, where rents and condo prices have soared since Jeff Bezos...
Dolan family sues Altice, claims layoffs violate merger deal
The Dolan family is taking Altice to court over what it alleges is a violation of their merger agreement. Cablevision’s founder and his family are suing the company that bought...
Altice subscriber uptick bumps up quarterly revenue
Queens-based Altice USA reported a 1.3 percent rise in first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, thanks to an increase in advertising sales and an uptick in subscribers. The cable TV provider added...
Starz, Altice reach multiyear carriage agreement
The six-week standoff between Starz and Altice USA ended with a multiyear agreement on Tuesday that will restore Starz’s 17 premium channels on the New York-centric cable system. Neither side...
Altice asks FCC to reject Starz's petition in carriage dispute
Altice USA said on Tuesday that the request by Starz for the FCC to intervene in their carriage dispute is “a transparent attempt by Starz to manipulate a regulatory process...
50 Cent harasses Altice truck over Starz impasse
50 Cent is taking the carriage dispute between Starz and Altice to the streets — literally. The executive producer of Starz hit “Power” recently found himself idling in his Bentley...
Starz enlists FCC to intervene in feud with Altice
Starz on Thursday asked the FCC to intervene in its dispute with Altice USA — and to order the cable company to immediately put Starz’ 16 premium channels back on...
Starz CEO slams Altice for blocking channel
Ten days after having its programming blacked out by Altice, Starz went nuclear on the New York metro area cable company. Altice executives are lying to their customers and “behaving...
Tentative deal reached to avoid Yankees playoff blackout
Yankees fans with Optimum cable service can thank the closers of a big deal on Sunday. Altice and ESPN parent Disney reached a tentative agreement only minutes after a 5...
Potential TV blackout looms over Yankees playoff game
The New York Yankees’ sudden-death playoff against the Minnesota Twins is in danger of being blacked out for 3.1 million metro-area households. Disney, whose ESPN channel will broadcast the game,...
Disney threatens blackout of ESPN, ABC in flap with Altice
Walt Disney has threatened to pull its programming from the fourth largest US cable distributor, Altice USA, if the two parties cannot reach a deal before the end of the...
Charter CEO says cable giant isn't interested in being acquired
It’s just as well that speculation about who might buy Charter Communications has dried up. The country’s second-largest cable company made it clear on Tuesday that prospective acquirers — which...
Altice joins talks to buy Charter Communications
Charter Communications, which just a year ago swallowed Time Warner Cable in a $60 billion deal, is now being chased by a slew of potential bidders. Altice, the European-headquartered cable...
Cablevision owner Altice USA raises $1.9B in IPO
Altice USA, the cable operator that Netherlands-based Altice formed by acquiring Cablevision and Suddenlink Communications, said on Wednesday it had raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering. Taking Altice...