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NRA Takes Gun Advocacy to Cable TV Airwaves

January 21, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 21 weeks ago

Shows on Outdoor and Sportsman ramp up their rhetoric as Obama pushes for gun control

  

News Corp. Bests Expectations for Q1, Posts Profit of $2.23B

November 6, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 31 weeks ago

Fox News, FX and regional sports networks powered News Corp. to a strong start to fiscal 2013

  

FCC Eliminates Law Preventing Cable Operators from Scrambling Basic Tier Digital Service

October 12, 2012 By Doug Halonen 35 weeks ago

The FCC eliminates a rule barring cable TV operators from scrambling digital basic tier programming

  

Senate Panel to Probe Broadcast, Cable Programming Feud

July 16, 2012 By Doug Halonen 48 weeks ago

Senate Commerce Committee chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller says he wants to make sure consumers aren't "caught in the crossfire in programming disputes"

  

Don't Let Cable Broadband Plans Undercut Streaming Services, House Panel Told

June 27, 2012 By Doug Halonen 50 weeks ago

Netflix, Roku and consumer groups say federal regulators must ensure cable companies' broadband plans don't discriminate against video streaming firms

  

Study: Broadcast-Only Viewership Jumps 17.4%

June 18, 2012 By Doug Halonen 52 weeks ago

The economy and new technology can explain the big bump in viewers getting their broadcast signals exclusively over the air, according to a study by GfK Media

  

Why Broadcast Networks Killed the Miniseries

June 11, 2012 By Kimberly Potts 1 year ago

Changing sales priorities, plus a crowded field of viewing options and some serious big-screen competition have all played a role

  

FCC Chairman Proposes Eliminating Viewability Rule

June 7, 2012 By Doug Halonen 1 year ago

Under plan from FCC chief Julius Genachowski, cable TV's obligation to carry many small, independent broadcasters would be phased out  

  

It's Christians vs. Tea Party on TV's Must-Carry Rule

April 24, 2012 By Doug Halonen 1 year ago

Pending legislation would allow cable providers to drop smaller broadcast stations, notably religious and foreign-language

  

Average Monthly Pay-TV Bill Expected to Hit $200 in 2020

April 11, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Household income has stagnated, but the average cost of satellite, telco and cable has climbed 6 percent annually

  

DirecTV, Tribune Reach Agreement to Restore Stations

April 4, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Tribune's stations went dark for DirecTV subscribers over the weekend, but this restores them just in time for baseball season

  

Cord Cutting is Real: 1 Million TV Subscribers Lost to Streaming Services (Update)

April 3, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Netflix and Hulu are convincing users to toss out their cable packages, according to a new study

  

Keith Olbermann Fired by Current TV (Updated)

March 30, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Current TV has fired Keith Olbermann and replaced him with Eliot Spitzer; Olbermann is threatening legal action

  

CNN Takes Social Media Crown in Cable ... But Where Are the Ratings?

March 15, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

CNN accounted for almost 13 percent of all social media mentions for the month, thanks to primaries and debates

  

Comcast to FCC: We Have Met -- and Often Exceeded -- Merger Conditions

February 28, 2012 By Peter Voskamp 1 year ago

Comcast files one-year-anniversary compliance report on its $13.8B merger with NBC Universal (Updated)

  

Theme Parks, Cable Networks Drive Disney's Q1 Earnings (Updated)

February 7, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Walt Disney World, ESPN and others boost revenues by just one percent, but income rose by 12 percent

  

Saban Invests $30M in Asian Pay-TV Business With Lionsgate

December 21, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Private equity firm continues to expand into pay-TV, multiplatform distribution and content production

  

Comcast Appoints Neil Smit CEO of Cable Communications

December 7, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Smit, already president of Cable, adds another title

  

Kelsey Grammer's 'Boss' Premieres -- and You Should Watch

October 21, 2011 By Kimberly Potts 1 year ago

Yes, Grammer can make the transition from Frasier Crane to ruthless Chicago mayor Tom Kane

  

Cable Companies Tell FCC: Overhaul Retransmission Regulations

September 23, 2011 By Peter Voskamp 1 year ago

DirecTV and Time Warner want the commission to force media companies to unbundle products and to allow them to import a signal during blackouts

  

Exclusive: E! Staffer Held in Stabbing Death of Estranged Wife, a Former E! Editor

August 9, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Longtime facilities manager Sherman Dion Dorsey is being held on $2.7M bail in the attack, which also injured another E! employee

  

Catherine Dunleavy Tapped to Be NBCU Cable Studios CFO

May 11, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Cheryl Rosenbloom has also been named SVP of Human Resources for NBCU Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios

  

Anderson Cooper Gets Interview With Captured NYT Journalists

March 31, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Stephen Farrell, Anthony Shadid, Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario to appear on "AC 360"

  

Report: Profits for Media and Entertainment Sector Remain High Despite Downturn

March 16, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Ernst & Young study finds cable operators have highest margins and interactive media is growing at fastest rate

  

Cable's 2 Biggest Recent Hits Are 'The Game' and 'Walking Dead,' Cable Chiefs Say

February 23, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Hollywood Radio Television Society luncheon panel of cable network presidents say BET and AMC series did something other cable shows can't -- draw new viewers to their respective channels

  

Report: Cable in Decline -- Online Viewing to Blame?

November 17, 2010 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

SNL Kagan reports 119,000-subscriber drop in third quarter