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Craig Moffett 
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Cord-Keeping: Pay TV Shrinks for the Quarter, Stays Steady for the Year
Time for another installment of “Cord-Cutting: Fact or Fantasy”?
Why the Feds’ Cable Probe Means More Expensive Web Video for You
If you’re hoping that the DOJ investigation blows up the cable business, we’ve got bad news.
Stalking the Elusive Cord-Cutter: Pay TV Grew Last Quarter (Again)
It’s easier than ever to get what you want to watch without paying for TV. But you’re still doing it.
LTE iPhone Could Bring Sprint “To Its Knees”
Sprint has made a big bet on the iPhone. And if it doesn’t pull it off, things could get ugly.
Google’s Cable TV Lineup: A Wishlist
Don’t expect Google to break the bundle when it experiments with cable TV. But you could see some cool features, like a cloud-based DVR, and a programming guide that doesn’t make you want to scream.
Like Sports on Cable? Pay Up. Don’t Like Sports on Cable? Pay Up, Anyway.
Here’s how your monthly cable bill gets split up. Spoiler: Disney and ESPN get a really big chunk.
Wait a Minute. Does Google Really Want to Be a Cable Guy?
Running a cable TV operation is an expensive, messy, un-Googley business. Which is why there’s no way Larry Page is going to do that, says Sanford Bernstein.
QOTD: To Predict Google-Motorola, Review Microsoft-Comcast
Fifteen years after their initial Comcast investment, Microsoft’s vision of a Windows-based gateway to the television still hasn’t materialized. Now it is Google’s turn to storm the fortress. And, like Microsoft before them, they have decided to do it from the inside.
Bernstein Research’s Craig Moffett, in a note (reg. required) savaging the notion that buying Motorola will allow Google to disrupt the TV business. Moffett does see a role for Google in helping cable operators measure and target TV advertising, though. For a less pithy take, read AllThingsD.
Big Cable Braces for a Lousy Quarter
Time to get the cord-cutting headlines out again.
Sprint Now Gaining Subscribers Instead of Losing Them
Good news for long-suffering Sprint Nextel investors: Customer retention has finally improved to the point where the carrier is able to report actual gains in postpaid subscribers, rather than losses.