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The Motley Fool December 2, 2005 Rich Smith	Cable Coalition Cracks Cablevision breaks ranks to support a la carte channel pricing. If giving the customer what it wants won't really bankrupt the cable providers, well, that's good news for cable companies and their investors alike.
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The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Rich Smith	Changing the Channel on Cable The U.S. Senate wants cable to offer channels a la carte.
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Home Theater July 6, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Cable Rivals Press for Sports Channels Under new regulations from the Federal Communications Commission, cable operators can no longer maintain exclusives on sports networks they own. Satellite and telco TV providers have not been slow to demand access to these desirable channels.
Home Theater March 18, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Court Broadens Cable Program Access A federal appeals court has forbidden cable operators to maintain exclusive access to programming from networks they own.
Home Toys August 2005 James Russo	Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable
Home Theater September 18, 2007 Mark Fleischmann	Satellite Problems Loom in DTV Transition Until now concerns over the transition to digital television, scheduled for 2009, have centered on broadcast-dependent viewers. But satellite viewers may be in for trouble too.
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Home Theater January 25, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Cable Sports Loophole Closed FCC votes to prevent video providers from withholding local sports.
Home Theater September 25, 2007	Suit Demands Cable Unbundling A lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles federal court demands that the cable and satellite industries offer channels individually, not in tiers.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	Comcast's Got 'Em Spoiled With a string of terrific quarters, Comcast may have raised expectations too high. In spite of excellent numbers, shares dropped 4.7% after releasing results.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 David Lee Smith	Can Cable Still Reward Shareholders? The sector's done well lately, but what new issues might cable operators be facing? Time Warner Cable... Comcast... etc.
Home Theater March 24, 2008	Satellite Providers Can Ax Local HD Local stations suffered a setback in the transition to digital television last week when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that satellite providers needn't carry local signals in HD till 2013.
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The Motley Fool October 29, 2007 Anders Bylund	Comcast Shows No Fear The cable industry is under attack, but Comcast can and will fight back. If you're looking for hypergrowth, this isn't it. But you might want to take a closer look in case your portfolio craves some dependable large-cap love.
InternetNews April 14, 2008	FCC to Look Into Firms' Use of Customer Data Staff at the Federal Communications Commission are expected to recommend that it review rules on how phone and cable companies can use customer information as they try to take business from each other.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 David Lee Smith	Comcast May Face FCC Skirmish FCC Chairman Kevin Martin may have proposed a ceiling on the number of cable subscribers that can be served by any one company. Nevertheless, investors with an appetite for solid, well-managed media companies should keep a close eye on Comcast.
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The Motley Fool February 9, 2007 Brendan Mathews	DirecTV Dishes Out High-Def The satellite-TV provider has a leg up in a tough industry, thanks to its aggressive focus on HDTV. Investors, take note.
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BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 Catherine Yang	Keeping Little Voices In Big Media The FCC should at least install minimum guarantees for independent opinions. Has deregulation gone to far?
InternetNews February 10, 2006 Roy Mark	Video Competition Boosting Broadband Penetration High-speed Internet service is riding on the battle between Bells and cable companies.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2008 David Lee Smith	Is Dish Starting to Leak? Earnings are up, but sub growth is down, and Dish Network is having trouble keeping up with its competitors.
Reason July 2007 Nick Gillespie	Rant: The FCC's Not Our Mommy or Daddy Let parents be parents when it comes to TV violence.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2007 David Lee Smith	Let's Get Going With VOD As to Warner's apparent efforts to feed VOD without starving DVD sales or undernourishing the Blockbusters of this world, it seems that there are too many masters being served here.
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The Motley Fool December 10, 2010 David Lee Smith	A Great Stock to Stuff Your Stocking With a bevy of changes in the offing, we would be silly to ignore Comcast.
Home Theater June 19, 2008 Mark Fleischmann	Compromises Advance Sirius/XM Merger The merger of the Sirius and XM satellite radio networks will move forward thanks to compromises that have attracted approval from Kevin Martin, chair of the Federal Communications Commission.
InternetNews March 28, 2008	U.S. States Urge FCC Constraints on XM-Sirius Deal States weigh in on Sirius Satellite Radio's purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio.
Home Theater November 14, 2008	Times Are Hard? Raise Cable Rates! Home prices are plummeting, people are maxing out their credit cards, the stock market is in convulsions, health care costs are out of control, and the economy is rocketing into recession. America needs a morale booster. What better time to raise cable television rates?
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