directv, it's simple. we're offered a price for all of the channels with a particular program including retrans. any offers that would break that down into individual pieces are just economic. i think that's intended. that usually doesn't go anywhere. and you end up with situations where even if we could create a package for consumers that was affordable that only had in that package enough programming to support a price point that they would want, we'll run afoul of penetration obligations in those agreements. so you can do it, but you end up either having to stop selling that package or you have to pay through the nose to the programmers for violating those terms. it's not just the tying of all of the channels. there penetration obligations on the most popular channels that accrue to the rest of the suite of services. it's a tough situation today to deal with. >> thank you, ms. tyseson. what that means, if we wanted to have a channel down in a lower level -- usually we don't, but say for example with bas

and i thoy those are largely on the directv side. so it's in that range. it's a small piece of the million and a half. but if we were to lose that right through this process, you would basically be taking broadcast programming not only away from the million and a half customers but there would absolutely be no substitute for it. if there was a substitute they wouldn't be paying us to get the distant signals. they would be getting it in a different way. >> ok. if we could work with you a little bit going forward just so we get an understanding of what that pool looks like in terms of grandfathering in that would be terrific. ms. burdick, i'm interested in getting constituents programming they say are truly local. how do they not get out-of-state programming because they fall into a d.m.e. out of the state? >> i'm a living example of hat, mr. chairman. i live in liles, michigan. my front yard is in michigan. my back yard is in indiana. i vote in chairman upton's district. >> you are in five time zones, too. >> we changed that a couple years ago. although my

directv is interested. tell us who is going to get a? >> this is one of the most complicated options in the landscape. it keeps growing. you think about the potential sticking points and you have to think about what has happened after the exclusive content deals. constant spending with amazon and netflix. the parent company has also face some potential decisions. as you know, they are a one-stop shop. coming back to your question. i do believe that time warner cable, at&t, each one has he senate comes down to a strategic opportunity for these companies. >> who's going to buy? give meaning. >> well, dennis, i think i would not rule any of that out. this includes directv and the trick pony that you could see with this mobile video opportunities that hulu has. and launching its own streaming service. we also have this and this could provide another effort to this online space getting more crowded. a. dennis: at&t's interests, surprisingly randall stephenson told me a couple of years ago that we are a massive carrier and we don't need to own

analysts expect directv revenue growth outpaced the s&p 500 to 2014 and might wipe this ceo of directv in conference, they are doing gangbuster business and let america as well. the growth this setting. so far it is up about 23%. coming up a bit, coming off of flies just a bit, but at the moment still moving higher. priced as $61.707. next up, activist investors with huge buyers of the korean maker last quarter. this was part of the craft spinoff. investors are betting on the company's potential speculation about further split off and acquisitions. the stock that warren buffett's -- you know, he has been getting rid of kraft. so up 17% this year. it is a winner there. finally, chesapeake energy. there home capital management of 13 million shares. the company is looking to cut its debt and free up cash flow and the the new ceo. to speak, up 33%. not bad. a nice winner. in december, the $2 billion money manager picked wells fargo. who is that? she is with us today. shares have soared more than 20% since the south texas money management ceo and chief investment officer bought it and told

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. >> our next category, best campaign so a series of ads and directv took the honors.shows, you feel unhappy. when you feel unhappy, you go to happy hour. when you go to happy hour, you're up for anything. when you're up for anything, you head to a turkish bathhouse. when you head to a turkish bathhouse -- >> we get the idea. what's funny is what will happen if you don't get directv, cleverness for sure. >> these campaigns are going on and on, almost like it's become so much part of our culture now as a formula that you're almost waiting to see what happens next, what horrible things will happen to you if you don't have directv. >> volkswagen has had great success, they win one for a teaser ad for the super bowl. let's look. >> i love cats. i just want to hug all of them but i can't. there's a sparkle on my nails. ♪ come on get happy >> this requires drastic measures! >> here they have some anger issues but once they get involved with the volkswagen family, all is peaceful and happy. why does this win? >> this one for a lot of reasons, it's a feel good piece, the partr

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do you do the incredibly beneficial deal with directv that would have enormous sin r jerer jis that would commercialization and build out of the spectrum, because the synergys would be so enormous that you would have a lot of cash to do that and the anti-trust is the key one, would they allow it under the obama administration? >> something has to happen. you don't go through the big thing raising the money, and making all of the offers and then say, well, that is fun. now i'm going to go ski iing. >> well, he has the spectrum there not being use and the time line and he has time. and the other question of course is that we have watched the shares of tmus, t mobile, and does he try to do something with the germans and get ahead of what is still may be the play in the next play on banks off of sprint which is to do something with the germans and tmus which is t-mobile. >> that would have been a dog. and you are calling them tmus is what it is, but t-mobile. >> they have come alive just on the take of the talk. that would have to be substantial. >> well, people may be getting ahead of themse

they're picking a bigger rate -- position in directv.resee that it will spin off the lead american bar? >> we have heard that rumored within certain circles. we have not done any heavy lifting on that. we are waiting for actual announcements. i can see where they might pursue that. ashley: interesting. principal founder, spin-off adviser. thank you so much for joining is. >> you bet. thanks. liz: sulfone attack. just how vulnerable are smart phones connect your smart phones what can you do to prevent them? ashley: plus, as per dead. one top strategist says the massive money printing is creating a growing list of destructive side effects. it looks pretty ominous. it will break down what they are and how to avoid them. watch out for the iceberg. we will be right back. ad ahead. ♪ change makes people nervous. but i see a world bursting with opportunity, with ideas, with ambition. i'm thinking about china, brazil, india. the world's a big place. i want to be a part of it. ishares international etfs. emerging markets and single countries. fin

now, the nfl also collects $1 billion a year from directv for exclusive satellite tv access to its sunday, a deal which expires after the 2014 season. and just two weeks ago, the nfl inked another five-year deal, this one with microsoft to include nfl content on its new xbox one console, paying the nfl $400 million. now, despite the fact that there are more alternatives than ever in the entertainment space, thanks to the about of sports to drive realtime viewing, that sports content continues to grow in value. bill, over to you. >> julia, thank you. verizon has been a strong stock this year. you saw that on that jet year-to-date chart, but it was lower last month. does this deal change the game for investors? that's what we're talking about in talking numbers on the technical side with rich ross, on the fundamental side, it's mark lichtenfeld. good to see you both. rich, what do you think of that chart on verizon? >> bill, this is an outstanding chart. i love verizon right here. as you alluded to, the stock was a strong performer, climbing 25% year-to-date, but then we established that si

media companies, comcast, directv, dish, these companies are trading higher and dish, of course, continuingp after it withdrew its 440 bid for clearwater ceding to sprint. back to you. >> thanks very much, jackie. >>> now to the bond market. rick selly is tracking the action at the cme and everybody down here, rick, is obsessed with the 2.5% level on the ten-year note. that seems to be what all the talk is about today. >> yes, a huge psychological level. might not be as important and may be a moot point, but pretty much this whole session has been above the yeeflields of yesterd 2.40 close. we're hovering around 2.52 but what's really weighing on trarsd is the 2.61 23-month high and how snug we've maintained to that close and foreign exchange, hard to separate the two. i haven't seen traders so enamored with the positive core las vegas yields in the dollar in a while, and the dollar index behaving in a much more similar fashion to the strengthened rates than it has to any other variable over the run of rising rates the last month and a half. >> yeah. and it used to be that they were obsesse

directv is a lead contender, and it wans to use hulu to grow the online presence and reduce the hedgeu's parent disney and news corps may not want directv to have more leverage. going head tohead is peter cheranyone group with at&t, and guggenheim digital media is said to be out. and so time warner cable wants to invest rather than buy hoo lieu flatout although yahoo! is looking to invest. who is hulu? well, it is a about 4 million subscribers at the end of qe1. and the company is not wanting to deliver content for e three years and that is not much, and the owners get $8 of the monthly fee. though comcast is a co-owner with disney and it is not part of the negotiations. the longer the uncertainty for hulu, the harder it is for the company to hold on to the executives and the engineers and everyone is hoping that the sale process will happen quickly. carl and kelly, back over to you. >> thank you, julia. we will keep an eye on that today. also, noodles&company debuting as nasdaq. the ceo will injous live fjoin exclusive interview. "squawk on the street" will be right back. [ male anno

directv, comcast -- you can see them. they are on the tv. with more markets now. ♪ ♪ dagen: look at that. his own graphhc. "world war z" hitting the box office. "monsters university" also hitting the box office. charles: it could take a beating. brad pitt is a zombie in "world war z." already open pretty well in australia and korea. "monsters university" could bring in $70 million. more than a decade after "monsters inc." originally appeared. "man of steel" is doing pretty well in its second week. as popular as zombies are, you kind of are going into a smaller and more narrow market. not many parents will take their kids to see "world war iii." will it open in china? they do not know. there has to be something else bothering him about world war z. look at that. it will be kind of disturbing. dagen: you know what i will be watching on vacation all my flight today? "doctor strangelove." connell: i literally thought she said you know what i will. watching next week is dennis kneale connell: i want to make something clear. we are not vacationing

the offers are north of $100 billion mark with interest from yahoo, directv, time warner. tracy: we have been hearing alle about this. our kids, they don't even watch television anymore. all three kids sit on the couch and whatever they are watching. dennis: trying to bring them in with all different kinds of appeal. 53% of people have never done any of the interactive features they are offering. >> he thinks he is onto something, he thinks this is the future. three minute programs. tracy: i think he is. i'm so sick of paying for cable. nobody watches. ashley: time for stocks. senior editor following all day. talking about the dollar yen trade. pretty much as the yen goes, so does the stock market. it is pretty interesting, isn't it? >> they are just about moving in the same direction all the time. that was to be expected somewhat. with the equity side. the yen depreciates so quickly. what us, the dollar is now oversold first-day basket of securities. when the dollar gets oversold and in the basket of securities with the euro inside the basket is overbought, that is genera

i am one of those shareholders very >> the television services wars are heating up with directv.looked at the cosaid as triple play as crazy. we had an internet bill we had a phone bill. now they all merged. comcast is getting into security systems. the phone services are getting it's a security systems. it makes it relatively easy and cheap to set up cameras in your home. we like one bill where you have for five things coming into one bill getting a package creek net flicks is joining a cable company comcast. hotels are now starting to come back like airlines. >> no more room service? >> room service is going away, bellhops and going. consumers are cutting their hotel spinning. the average hotel in the bay area now get this, too much as $65. there are doing away with breakfast and reservists, the average room service bill per hotel room was $3 started present. >> does not make sense to have people on staff deserve that. traveling is getting less lovely. free parking is what people want, wireless of what people want. not so much to the data centers and bellhops. leaving bank robb

. >> 9:00, 8:00 central unless you have directv and you're on the west coast, you have to watch it at. if you don't watch the commercials, they don't care that you watched it. so if you love a show, watch the commercials. isn't that -- i was fascinated. i just learned that last week. >> stephanie: people know that who watch me here on the current tv network. who is our biggest star? the ear vac guy. >> ow! >> stephanie: wax vac guy. >> john fuglesang knows him. >> stephanie: he is revered here as the deity that he is. >> the crinkly hose. we wonder how the auditions went. ow! >> stephanie: too much, too much. >> i will never give up my q-tips. my favorite moment of the day. my single favorite moment of the day is sticking a q-tip in my ear. >> stephanie: you're a weird dude. >> no doubt about it. >> just don't have any pets around that jump on you while you're doing it. i know it's dangerous and it is not good for me. because some people smoke. i like -- >> stephanie: what a sad sad little man you are. [ laughter ] >> there are a lot of nerves in there. >> stephanie: talking about the