Communications services companies rose as investors bet the sector would benefit from changes in media-consumption habits.
Streaming services may have access to first-run movies much sooner than previously, if other companies follow Comcast Universal's deal with cinema chain AMC Entertainment.
Cable operator Charter Communications saw shares rise after it bucked the cord-cutting trend during the second quarter, adding 102,000 pay-TV customers.
A group of members of Congress asked the Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation into the mobile advertising industry's practice of covertly tracking consumers using digital display ads.
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