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Cablevision to buy out Bresnen Communications for $1.3 bn
MUMBAI: Cablevision Systems Corp, the fifth-largest US cable operator, is in plans to buy Bresnan Communications Co. for $1.3 billion.
Cablevision will buy out the company from private equity firm Providence. In 2003, Providence had bought Bresnan and began exploring a potential sale of the company in March.
The company‘s auction follows last year‘s death of founder William Bresnan.
Cablevision elbowed out competitors including six other bidders like TPG Capital, BC Partners Ltd., Suddenlink Communications and Ascent Media Corp in the final round last Friday.
Founded in 1984, Bresnan Communications provides communications services like high-speed internet access, high-definition television, video-on-demand and digital telephone service to residential and business customers. It has over 320,000 customers in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Utah.
Acquiring Bresnan would give Cablevision a bigger slice of the mushrooming high-speed internet services market where revenue is expected to rise to $210 billion globally in 2014 from $164 billion in 2009.
The purchase expands the customer base of Cablevision from the New York City region into the western US market which is attractive because it has lower pay-TV penetration rates than Cablevision’s home market.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
