Time Warner Cable, which is in the process of being spun off from Time Warner, posted an $8.1 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2008, and took a whopping $14.8 billion writedown on the value of its cable TV operation. The writedown, which figured into a larger writedown taken by its parent firm, had been expected, and without it, the company would have shown an increase in quarterly profit. Revenue was up about 8 percent for the quarter to about $4.4 billion.
Meanwhile, TWC reported growth in several areas outside of basic cable, including its voice operations, for which revenue jumped about 29 percent to $435 million. The company also saw sign-ups for triple-play bundles grow slightly during the quarter to 3.1 million.
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- Forbes has the Associated Press story [1]
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[1] http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/02/04/ap6005793.html
[2] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/cable-companies-paint-their-future-down-economy/2008-12-08
[3] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/twc-reports-telephony-broadband-boosts/2008-11-05
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