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It's Christians vs. Tea Party on TV's Must-Carry Rule 4 weeks ago

It's the Christians versus the Tea Party. The National Religious Broadcasters is urging Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Rep. Steve...

By Doug Halonen

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

April 11, 2012 By Brent Lang 6 weeks 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 7 weeks 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 7 weeks 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 8 weeks 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 10 weeks 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 12 weeks 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 15 weeks 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 22 weeks 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 24 weeks ago

Smit, already president of Cable, adds another title

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

October 21, 2011 By Kimberly Potts 31 weeks 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 35 weeks 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 41 weeks 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

Disney Rejiggers 'Sonny With a Chance' While Demi Lovato Rehabs

November 14, 2010 By Josh Dickey 1 year ago

'Sonny with a Chance' will restructure while the 18-year-old singing star deals with 'emotional and physical issues'

Comedy Central Promotes Val Boreland to SVP

November 8, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Role for head of programming expanded

Deal Struck: Food Network, HGTV Back on AT&T Air

November 8, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Latest spat over cable carriage fees comes to relatively quick, happy ending

Report: Olbermann Could've Avoided Suspension With 'Sorry'

November 7, 2010 By Politico 1 year ago

Was that all it really took? Sounds like a game of stubborn

This Just In: Fox News Beat ABC, NBC, CBS on Election Night

November 4, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

As Republicans took control of the House, FNC took control of the ratings

Hurd Talks Zombies, Cameron and How Arnold Became the Terminator

October 30, 2010 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

Arnold really has a great sense of who has talent as well as who is bull----ting and who isn’t, and he doesn’t suffer fools at all.

Cablevision Hit With $450M Class Action Lawsuit Over Fox Fight

October 28, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Three New York customers file suit in federal court demanding company refund its 3 million customers one month of fees

Comcast Earnings Drop 8.2% Thanks to NBCU-Deal Costs

October 27, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Cable company also hit by 50 percent drop in subscriber growth

Fox Warns Cablevision: Stop Telling Customers to Steal Our Content

October 26, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

In cease-and-desist letter, the cable company is accused of directing subscribers to "illegal" websites for games