Later this month, cable and satellite TV companies will begin releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. It will generally cover the July-September period, though some companies have fiscal quarters that depart from that.

Here's a schedule for selected companies offering video services. Dates for many companies, including Time Warner Cable Inc., Dish Network Corp. and DirecTV Group Inc., are not yet known.

— Oct. 18: Verizon Communications Inc.

— Oct. 24: AT&T Inc.

— Oct. 26: Comcast Corp.

— Nov. 6: Charter Communications Inc.