one of those cable companies, time warner cable saw its expenses go up in the fourth quarter. while it lost 129,000 cable t.v. subscribers, something the company called "disappointing." still, earnings were stronger than anticipated thanks to broadband internet customers. porter bibb is the managing parter at media-tech capital partners. porter a lot going on in this industry. what do these two companies tell you about what is happening first of all with media content like the vie comes of the world? >> well, viacom really has a lock on content, and the big loss that you referred to that they suffered in the fourth quarter was a breakdown in nickelodeon versus the disney channel. they also don't have jersey shore any more but today they announced that they are setting up cc studios, a production unit to create new content like catfish, the on-line dataing show that they hope will be another jersey shore. content remains the king and as time warner found out they report time warner cable had to report depressed revenues and depressed profits because of some purchases and content

one of those cable companies, time warner cable saw its expenses go up in the fourth quarter. while it lost 129,000 cable t.v. subscribers, something the company called "disappointing." still, earnings were stronger than anticipated thanks to broadband internet customers. porter bibb is the managing parter at media-tech capital partners. porter a lot going on in this industry. what do these two companies tell you about what is happening first of all with media content like the vie comes of the world? >> well viacom really has a lock on content and the big loss that you referred to that they suffered in the fourth quarter was a breakdown in nickelodeon versus the disney channel. they also don't have jersey shore any more but today they announced that they are setting up cc studios a production unit to create new content like catfish the on-line dataing show that they hope will be another jersey shore. content remains the king and as time warner found out they report time warner cable had to report depressed revenues and depressed profits because of some purchases and content nam

we have the ceo after small auts channel dropped by time warner cable last month. for joining us. let's start with you. do you think the lawsuit from cablevision which is going after a practice of bundling that has been in the cable industry for a couple of decades, could it have an impact? could it help break up the dial? >> i think so. chip dolan, who is the rodney dangerfield of cablevision ceos is on the side of the angels here because a lot of content owners are getting in between the way consumers want to consume media and the way artists make a living. capturing economic for themselves. innovation is different story. they're a different type of network. when you have a situation where in minneapolis viacom has very low ratings for black entertainment television and in new york it is very low ratings for country music television, hey, why does the cable company have to --. dennis: buy at all? >> maybe, there is 12 or 13, according to run track, 12 or 13 people watching this stuff in prime time? dennis: exactly. viacom is forcing cablevision which wanted eight

and content companies, but it is also good for those internet service providers, comcast, time warner cable of money from selling that monthly tv access, so they will benefit if people don't pirate content, because that, of course, could lead to cord-cutting. mandy, we do have to remember that this copyrighted learn system does not tackle all kinds of piracy, really going after the more casual music and movie pirates. >> at least it got six goes before you're out. >>> on a happy note. global music sales rose last year for the first time since nancy 99. what is behind the turnaround? is it for real? joining us is rich chuolo. have you got answers to that, rich? >> the music industry for a year has been a bushman's hanky for a decade, so it shouldn't surprise anybody that they are up off the bottom. >> will they keep moving up? is this a fluke, or is s this the long sought out recovery that is real? >> well, the industry itself is right for disruption so you have three music producing companies, control roughly 75% of the content, and until that gets disrupted it's going to be a challenge for

time warner cable. comcast and cable vision. the president obama created by the film and recording industry. >> speeding suv made a crash landing in most unexpected place. take a look at this suv went airborne and crashed upside down lodging in the roof of this home in houston. police say the7o driver was traveling close to 90 miles an hour lost control up embankment and any borne landing on top the neighboring home. driver had barely a scratch and nobody inside the home was hurt. >> seeing it it's hard to. >> hard toy manual. >> flying up that high 90 way bizarre. >> weather forecast absolutely picture perfect spring lake weather. >> sandy here. >> go figure. it's only going to get warm interthe coming days. can't detect any moisture because there isn't any at this hour. few cloud around but well off the coast line. you look at the lovely view of the lights on the bay bridge you can see visibility is just fine from our high definition south beach camera. temperatures in most areas 49 in san francisco but has fallen to 37 degree

time warner cable. comcast and cable vision. the president obama created by the film and recording industry.>> n >> speeding suv made a crash landing in most unexpected place. take a look at this suv went airborne and crashed upside down lodging in the roof of this home in houston. police say the7o driver was traveling close to 90 miles an hour lost controlp embankment and any borne landing on top the neighboring home. driver had barely a scratch and nobody inside the home was hurt. >> seeing it it's hard to. >> hard toy manual. >> flying up that high 90 way bizarre. >> weather forecast absolutely picture perfect spring lake weather. >> sandy here. >> go figure. it's only going to get warm interthe coming days. can't detect any moisture because there isn't any at this hour. few cloud around but well off the coast line. you look at the lovely view of the lights on the bay bridge you can see visibility is just fine from our high definition south beach camera. temperatures in most areas 49 in san francisco but has fallen to 37 degr

time warner cable. comcast and cable vision.nt obama created by the film and recording industry. >> speeding suv made a crash landing in most unexpected place. take a look at this suv went airborne and crashed upside down lodging in the roof of this home in houston. police say the7o driver was traveling close to 90 miles an hour lost control up embankment and any borne landing on top the neighboring home. driver had barely a scratch and nobody inside the home was hurt. >> seeing it it's hard to. >> hard toy manual. >> flying up that high 90 way bizarre. >> weather forecast absolutely picture perfect spring lake weather. >> sandy here. >> go figure. it's only going to get warm interthe coming days. can't detect any moisture because there isn't any at this hour. few cloud around but well off the coast line. you look at the lovely view of the lights on the bay bridge you can see visibility is just fine from our high definition south beach camera. temperatures in most areas 49 in san francisco but has fallen to 37 degrees in pet luc

time warner cable ceo glenn britt stepping down according to "the wall street journal.".ll right. we have automakers turning some heads with their january sales. ashley: yeah. tracy: even auto expert rebecca lindland says she is amazed by some of them. she is our guest next. ashley: everyone wants a new car. let's look at the winners and losers with the dow the big winner. here are other companies that are moving higher. we'll be right back. ♪ ashley: here it is. half past the hour. tequila to the dow 30, a sea of green with one lone red stock. the drug sector, the only one. the dow, well above 14,000. as to take a look at the new york stock exchange where nicole petallides is standing by on this friday. >> reporter: serious green on the screen when you see 29 of the 30 components in the green. we have noted the fact that we are above the 14,000 mark now. is this sustainable at these troubles? to we pull back or do we continue higher and try to take our all-time high. >> we are not that close yet. we are in the we have to be broken through 14,000, broken through 1505. now

supposedly wants smaller government, and then he comes up with a list of programs longer than time warner cablelk about education his solution was mandatory preschool for everybody. apparently we are going to regain world superiority by finger painting an itsy-bitsy spider. is that the focus on what we need to do to get back on top? been there, done that. >> don't allow the schools to fire bad teachers. just make preschool mandatory. >> this is the way you write the state of the union address. you get people in a room and they are like, clean energy. sure. raise the minimum wage. women making as much as men. put it all in because in two days nobody will remember anyway. >> exactly. nobody goes to a state of the iewn yep speech -- state of the union speech expecting to be wowed or inspired. it has become one of the road exercises you do every year. it is essentially a wish list. the scary thing about it is he has an open playing field right now for the next few years. the wish list could start to materialize. as far as i was concerned he lost me -- i was watching in a hotel room by myself. >> wi

among those participating cable vision, verizon time warner cable and comcast.arner and emi record label also involved in this. as is the white house. >> next story one you see only on 7 news. follow-up to the report that we broke last night on 7 news at 11:00. key tip to our reporter that could end a nip-year-old murder mystery. 58-year-old priscilla killed in san mateo county home in 2004. today 7 news reporter vick lee reached out to her daughter. >> i'm happy. i'm happy that there's a new revived interest in the case. i was extremely disappointed at the fact that it went cold. as were my clients. >> lawyer bill rappaport represents door is inc. the murder victim daughter the one who offered one million dollar reward when the mother pre-sill a murdered nine years ago. >> i pray that the people responsible for this will be found. >> priscilla was strangled in the hillsboro home. police say 2 asian men broke that the house and tied up she and her house guest who survived a brutal beating. investigators say it was not random murder. her ex-husband had just lost

cable bill, it's almost doubled. >> well, that's because time warner controls manhattan. there's no competition. cable guys, long ago, something they call "the summer of love," divided up -- >> the summer of love? >> yeah. they clustered their operations. it makes sense from their standpoint. "you take san francisco, i'll take sacramento. you take chicago, i'll take boston." and so comcast and time warner are these giants that never enter each other's territories. >> you talk to certain people and they say, "look, i don't know what this is about. i have all the gizmos i want. i have a smartphone, i have a tablet," and they say, "what's the crisis? because i have more access than i can use." >> there are a lot of bright shiny objects that are confusing people about the underlying market dynamics here. what people don't realize is that for this wireless access you're paying too much and the coverage is too spotty. on the wired side, that's where we're really being left behind. and here's the important tie to understand. a wireless connection is just the last 50 feet of a wire. so fiber policy is re

a special thank you for preparing the students this morning and time warner cable for sponsoring today's event. tom is in new york. hi, tom. good morning. caller: good morning. i feel the youth are getting more involved. the liberals and democrats have them bamboozled that they are for the middle class. they tax the middle class and give to the poor. host: what do you think republicans can do? caller: they have to get more involved. i think the youth feel they are more out of touch. they have to try something. host: is that true? guest: that is an important point. there was more of an effort by the republican party to reach out to young people compared to 2008. i think there's a lot of messages out there that say all young people are liberal. there are young people that are conservative. in terms of ideology, people are more diverse than we often hear . i agree the republican party has shown evidence that they are looking for a strategy to reach out for young people. they are looking to what they can do to mobilize. host: patrick is our first student. caller: thank you for having us on t

. >> and we have time warner cable as well. pushing a stock the highest since when? march 2002?11 years ago. stock is up another 4%. raising their dividends. full year guidance is in line and they bought 84 million shares for $3.5 billion. that stock is up 41%. >> yesterday we gave our viewers the look ahead for earnings. today we give you the look back. >> bullish call we talk about. >> yeah. >> looking pretty good today. zynga up 9.5%. >> wall street expecting loss. sales higher than analysts expected. however, do note they do see a wider loss for the current quarter, so clearly, at least some part of this move is short covering in zynga today. >> what is on with take two? apparently video games aren't dead. soarings ending expectations and also the surprise of 7.5 million share buy back authorization and raising the target from 17 to 15. and your company, sony, may finally launch their play station four on february 20th. >> okay. then a stock that is small and making big gains. its name is conceptus. >> that's why we like this stock. folks, we do this ourselves. never heard o

the largest interpret providers in the nation are taking part in this including at&t, time warner, vie long, cable, comcast and cable vision. this was created by the film and recording industry. >> this morning, an oscar is safe at studios in emeryville. director mark andrews carried the oscar into the headquarters yesterday, the first academy award. it won for "brave" which is the first animated feature with a female lead and won more than a dozen film critics and flick awards. congratulations for another oscar. mike, you complained the bay lights are not on? >> appreciate that. thank you. good morning, everyone. we are looking at radar. it is quiet across the entire state. we will talk about our forecast today. we will have mid-to-upper 60's through the central valley. monterey at 60 with sunshine. you can see a few clouds near the coast but they will stay to the north and 45 at tahoe and 54 in yosemite with sun, and check out los angeles and palm springs, mid-70's and not bad in san diego at 66 degrees. we will talk about a lack of snow and a lack of rain and i will have the details on what the

you've got to get companies like time warner cable and comcast to carry you and they have not succeededdoing a good job with that. the purchase of current tv helps a the lot and see if they get carries as al-jazeera america. their bosses say look, they'll be editorially separate from the controversial sister network, al-jazeera arabic. >> and first of all, it's worth pointing out again the acquisition of current tv was a deal just flush with ironies and i think that we've had a few chuckles over that, but you're absolutely right. the practical implication is, megyn, for the first time ever, tens of millions of americans will have access to this new network essentially and will be perhaps judging its product afresh or anew. look, i'm generally a fan of free speech, the free press, and pre markets. so, i'm not willing to jump down al-jazeera america's throat yet and i'm willing to reserve judgment and take a look at programming and i think they have a pretty high bar to clear with the american public if they're ever going to attain anything other than third tier relevance status. >> megyn

the large of the internet providers in the nation are taking part and at&t, verizon, and time warner and cable vision. the program was created by the policemen and recording industry. this morning, the 7th oscar for pixar is at their emeryville hope and was carried into the headquarters yesterday afternoon, the first academy award and i am hearing the theme music was appropriate because it was for the disney movie "brave," the first animation with female lead and won a dozen form critics awards. >> you have to imagine, mike, that shelf with the oscars was to be a huge shelf. >> pretty good job, don't they? parents, we know they put out good movies. from mount tamalpais, seas latte is -- sausalito is here and clear down to the san mateo bridge. four degrees warmer than livermore and 67 in napa. oakland will hit 64 and san francisco will be at 62, a degree warmer-than-average and san jose at 66, where you should be. the high prior is broad with no radar runs in california, nevada, arizona, hardly any in oregon, that is how dry the west is going to be today. mid-to-upper 60's through the central

will say and rightfully, they've renewed deals with distributors such as comcast, such as time-warner cableractive term. so their affiliate fee growth was about 9% in the quarter. and they've got new details, new affiliate revenue growth that's kicking in next quarter. so -- >> anthony -- >> go ahead. >> i don't know if you read, there was a piece in "the new york times," maybe the "journal" about the idea of going a la carte. the idea that actually sports because the costs were going -- getting so out of control, they -- there might be a government mandate at some point. it could be considered -- no, it could be considered a -- some people think this could be considered the ultimate tax refund. >> must have stand alone espn. >> you could always get a representative in congress that makes a lot of noise about that. >> thank you. >> but i just don't -- i don't see it happening because the disneys of the world, wholesalers, they're always going to bundle. media has made a lot of profit and profit margin on this inefficiency and being able to bundle the really great content with the -- >> you

obviously there's a lot of about what might happen, the quilt to come past or time-warner cable.ou can see on the london quote. we're at the height of the earn ings season too with europe. the main movers on a very busy corporate day in europe. the biggest telecom operator in the netherlands, that stock down. arm holdings makes some of the chips that go into ipod and iphones. what we're really watching is the politics. today we rebounded. as you can see on the bond markets have rebounded, so the yields have come low which is exactly what you want to see. the italian election which is 2 1/2 years away is that everything will continue as we thought, but there is that tail risk, that berlusconi from the right comes in and upsets the apple cart. the problem that we have is that the opinion polls won't be published after saturday. you might see follvolatility wi the -- a rebound on the bonds there, still watching the corruption scandal there. we have actually come now a full half a percent higher. just want to mention that the french president was at the european parliament today and

time warner cable, direct tv, not great yesterday, so some at least some mixed stories in media as werap on most of the media earnings. >> what a week for news in that space. unbelievable. it's been a ton of it. >> and new buys. >> and last week, with liberty global overseas. >> when we come back, some food for thought, an exclusive with the co-ceo of whole foods. what's he sawing about the company and the narrower growth? take a look at some early movers on this friday. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle..

cable service wi-fi. we have comcast, time warner, etc.. any those networks together. if you are a cable subscriber and you have access to that wi- fi network, it is part of your service. you have the ability to use that wi-fi even if you are outside of that home. they wanted great broadband when you are outside of the home. we can offer that value at that component when you're out and about. not just in your neighborhood, but nationwide. >> back to beyond the obvious. you have talked about the importance of the sequester. >> if i ask you a question, you cannot stop yourself from answering a question. you have calculated the answer by listening to me. the challenge with a question of how you asked them is that you built and natural assumptions. if i ask you what is happened 13, you would ask me, what do you mean by half and what do you mean by 13. if i wrote 13 out as roman numeral's, it would be 11 and 2. if it was 13 and a deck of cards, the number is five. us questions in such a way -- you ask questions and look at them in such a way you have never considered. it is

those deals are -- time warner cable doesn't do the deals like they used to. >> $5 movies, i would probably>> talking about movies, the big news of the day, comcast securing full control of nbc universal, $16.7 billion acquisition of the 49% it didn't already own. the nation's largest cable operator buying out that stake that was owned by general electric last night. or i should say after the close. cnbc, of course, is a unit of nbc universal, now soon to be fully controlled and owned by comcast. only one parent will we have. you know, unexpected in some ways, in terms of the timing was the deal. sounded like yoda. but -- >> wow. >> i said that backwards. unexpected in timing was the deal. i'll start talking like that all the time. a new comcast way. no. the deal itself, though, of course, was part of the original transaction that was closed a couple of years back. however, comcast had seven years from that date to acquire the rest. put option involved. they chose to move ahead more quickly than some might have anticipated. in part because they had a lot of cash on the balance sheet sitting

time warner chose to go down a different path and separate their cable operations from the content ate warner, and it's not paying off. the cable is weakening. they don't have the strength in the cloud. paying more for contempt. comcast is sitting pretty right now along all of the msos. >> let me ask you this, porter, because the stock is trading up in the extended hours on this breaking news from comcast and ge. would you put new money to work in california cast stock right here at 4158? >> i think comcast is one of the best managed media companies in the world, and i definitely think they are undervalued right now. there's a lot of growth in the content that they bought, and you have to remember they are also the world's largest internet service provider, so whatever happens, cable makes very little difference. they are going to win on the swings what they lose on the round-abouts. >> maria? >> a great point. >> let not forget, of course, a ge side to all of this. 16.7 billion is not a small sum of money. >> that's right. >> that's going to be going to ge. don't want to forget that

time warner cable said they will keep an open mind on reinstating al jazeera. cable company said it would drop current tv right after it acquired by al jazeera. can you answer the questions? >> guest: i am not a financial guy. time warner had intentions to drop current tv because of its low ratings. what they are going to replace it with, i don't know. something they don't know yet that is nothing to see yet but they've watched al jazeera coverage and quite honestly i've lived in channel 92 and you can see so it is on as we speak. ultimately i hope they will carry it. it is an important carrier that presents a wide variety of news and spectrum for its people and we would like to be part of that and we don't think that there is any reason why we shouldn't be. >> host: executive producer for america and is part of the team helping establish the new al jazeera america channel which is expected to launch this summer. thanks for coming in. >>> old north church over half a million people come to this church every year not to because of the incredible clock in oregon b

cable industry. we have cablevision, comcast, time warner, etc. all bringing those networks together. you are a cable subscriber and you have access as part of that. they want access to this in their home, and also outside of their home. we can offer the value-added component when you are out and about. that is not just limited to your neighborhood, but being able to use that nationwide. >> host: back to beyond the obvious, you talk in your book about the importance of the question. >> guest: if i ask a question, you can't stop yourself from answering the question. so if i ask you a question, you have populated the answer and respond me. if it's math question, the challenges with questions, no matter how you ask them, you build in a natural response. that is split vertically. if i had 13 and a deck of of cards come in a mental card is five. part of it is asking questions in such a way that you never consider. it causes you to look at the problem in a unique way. >> host: can you give a concrete example of where that has been tested? >> guest: oh, yeah. what about the customer -- what d

this would pose competition for both cable and satellite tv. comcast, time-warner, directv and dish as well as telecom companies, verizon and at&t who both have web tv offerings. brian, there are a number of questions about intel's service. it hasn't revealed its content partners, it would be licensing a bundle of channels. intel says it's not going after a value play but right now we have no sense of price. there is a lot of talk about how good the user experience would be here and how important it is to access content after the fact. so brian, we will be waiting for more details. sounds like intel is planning to launch this. >> intel that is big news. julia boorstin, thank you very much. >>> meantime apple slide continues today. star of last year, the fifth worst performer in the s&p 500 this year. it's certainly been a rough ride for apple shareholders since ephone 5. why do we say that? look at this time line, august 24th, 2011, tim cook, then iphone 5, then ipad mini. you can see the iphone 5 announcement was nearly the peak of the stock so far. apple shares d

cable wi-fi. so that's in the process of being built out. we've got, you know, cablevision, comcast, time warner, cox, etc. all bringing those networks together. so if you are a cable subscriber, you have access to that wi-fi network as part of your service offering, and you have the ability to use that wi-fi even when you're outside your home. so the concept being is that people want broadband access not just in their home, they want great broadband access when they're outside their home. and the cable industry, we believe we're the best provider for broadband and, therefore, we can offer that value-added component when you're out and about and not just limited to being in your neighborhood, but being able to eventually use that nationwide. >> host: phil mckinney, back to "beyond the obvious." you talk in your book about the importance of questions. >> guest: uh-huh. questions have a very unique power to cause people to stop, think and look at something completely differently. if i ask you a question, you can't stop yourself from answering the question. so if i ask you what's half of 13, you've

class action lawsuit in 2009, cable vision was a defendant and defended the practices it now denounces, but it struck a nerve. enstandpointly, won public support from time warner and even magic johnson saying his apyred channel is crowded out by bundling deals. more meths revealed as the lawsuit filed under seal is unwrapped this weekend. some say it's a ruse, and some want to renegotiate the deal signed in december or fire a warning shot to the next big channel owner that they have to negotiate with in the next round. tracy? tracy: dennis, thank you. ashley: interesting stuff. dennis, thank you. the man who became the first space tourist 12 years ago looking to expand even further by going to markings. multimillionaire is leading a grouped called inspiration mars foundation. he does not have a spacecraft yet or financing for the billion dollar plan. other than that, it's going great, but he's ready to invest $100 million of his own money, and the proposed trip in 2018 lasts 501 days and requires new technology to protect humans from strong radiation. if it happens, astronauts go to mars in 2035. tracy: missing variables there. >> put on your radiation suits a