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  2. Adelphia Communications Corporation - Wikipedia

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    In July 2006, Adelphia sold its cable operations to Comcast (which now uses the Xfinity brand) and Time Warner Cable (then part of Time Warner, later known as WarnerMedia) for $17.6 billion. In 2007, Time Warner Cable officially succeeded Adelphia as a publicly traded corporation but the cable assets were spun out in 2009 and was acquired by ...

  3. John Rigas - Wikipedia

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    The Rigas cable television enterprise first started in Coudersport when the family purchased the town's TV cable franchise. Always looking to grow his company, John had teamed with his brother Gus to start Adelphia after buying out his partners. They borrowed heavily to buy more and more suburban cable companies and avoided city franchises.

  4. Telcove - Wikipedia

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    TelCove was a medium-sized telecommunications founded in 1991 [1] and based in Coudersport, Pennsylvania.TelCove was originally known as Hyperion. It later changed its name to Adelphia Business Solutions, [2] but it changed its name again after internal corruption forced the parent company, Adelphia, to file for bankruptcy.

  5. John J. Rigas Dies: Former Adelphia Cable TV Company ... - AOL

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    John J. Rigas, whose high-flying success as the founder of Adelphia Cable ended in disgrace and prison over shareholder fraud, died today in Coudersport, Pa. He was 96 and his death was confirmed ...

  6. Comcast - Wikipedia

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    In April 2005, Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced plans to buy the assets of bankrupted Adelphia Cable. [120] The two companies paid a total of $17.6 billion in the deal that was finalized in the second quarter of 2006—after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) completed a seven-month investigation without raising an ...

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  8. List of corporate collapses and scandals - Wikipedia

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    After difficult competition, the store was put into Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, but soon re-emerged. Adelphia Communications: United States: 13 Feb 2002: Cable television: Internal corruption. The Directors were sentenced to prison. [8] [10] Arthur Andersen: United States: 15 June 2002: Accounting

  9. Purdue Pharma, Sacklers reach $7.4 billion national opioid ...

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    Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the pain medication OxyContin caused a widespread opioid ...