| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
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?   |
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. |
Home Theater
April 24, 2007 |
Broadcasters Rip Cable on DTV Dilution Cable operators may discriminate against broadcasters by reducing both the quality and quantity of DTV channels. |
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. |
Home Theater
February 26, 2009 |
Cable Shows to Go Online Cable operators are leading the effort to put cable programming on the internet. |
Home Theater
February 23, 2009 |
Satellite Local Coverage Urged A member of Congress is pushing for satellite video services to carry all local channels in all markets. |
Home Theater
November 7, 2008 |
Cable Must Carry Broadcast Channels Following the DTV transition next February, cable systems will be required to carry broadcast channels. |
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. |
Home Theater
April 30, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
TiVo Pleads for Cable Parity TiVo asks Congress to make retail devices as functional as leased ones. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2004
Rich Smith |
FCC: Friend to Cable Companies Commissioner Powell and friends side against "a la carte" cable service. |
Home Theater
December 7, 2009 |
Comcast Captures NBC Universal It's official: Comcast is buying NBC Universal. And already predictions are surfacing as to how this will change the media landscape in online video and other areas. |
Home Theater
November 24, 2003 |
NBC - Digital Expansion? The television network is considering its options in the digital broadcasting game, including five new digital channels and video-on-demand. |
PHONE+
September 17, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Business Cable TV Now Available to TWC Agents Now, agents in the Time Warner Cable Business Class Partner Program can offer small and medium businesses Internet, phone and TV on a single bill. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2005
Rich Smith |
FCC: Friend to Cable Consumers Recently, new FCC Chairman Kevin Martin went on the record in favor of a la carte pricing, taking a tack that even industry-friendly administration officials will feel hard-pressed to ignore: We need to protect the children. |
Home Theater
May 3, 2007 |
Motorola to Show Dual Cable Box Looking for a smoother way to switch between cable and broadcast channels? Next week Motorola will demo a dual-function cable box that also receives off-the-air channels. |
InternetNews
January 11, 2007
Roy Mark |
FCC Pushes for Competitive Set-Top Market The Federal Communications Commission denies Comcast request for delay in separating security features from set-top digital receivers. |
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 Theater
February 10, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
FCC Likes A La Carte A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report concludes that many consumers could be better off if cable and satellite companies provide all of their current networks on an a la carte basis, letting consumers pick the channels they want. |
Home Theater
March 25, 2008 |
Cable Ops Harass CableCARD Users Major cable operators are now cutting off program options to viewers who opted to dump their cable boxes for CableCARDS. |
InternetNews
June 25, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Comcast, Time Warner 'TV Everywhere' Under Fire Nationwide technical trials are set to begin next month, but Public Knowledge, a prominent Washington digital-rights group, is already crying foul. |
Home Theater
September 14, 2007 |
FCC Adopts Cable Transition Rules This week the Federal Communications Commission finally decided on "must carry" rules. All channels on your local airwaves must be available to all cable subscribers, whether their TVs are digital or analog. |
Home Theater
October 27, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Fee Fights Starve Online TV Efforts by broadcast TV networks to get higher fees for cable transmission may reduce TV-show content online. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2010
Jesse Emspak |
Internet Challenges Cable Companies, but They Aren't Done Yet The need for revenue keeps many stations from going online-only. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
From The Internet To Your TV Akimbo Systems is offering an alternative role for Internet Protocol television with a subscription service that delivers TV over broadband, to your TV set, not your computer. |
Home Theater
December 17, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Comcast Streaming Makes Debut Subscribers can see shows previously unavailable online. |
Home Theater
August 27, 2007 |
Free Analog Cable Service Urged A coalition of small cable operators is urging Congress to let them provide free analog cable service following the switchover to digital television broadcasting. |
BusinessWeek
October 31, 2005 |
The FCC's Front Man Talks Kevin J. Martin discusses family-friendly programming, the importance of deploying new tech fast, and how Hurricane Katrina has changed his job. |
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. |
CIO
November 15, 2005
Grant Gross |
Help for Emergency Responders The push for digital TV would hasten better communications. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Television Isn't Dead Comcast makes your cable subscription even stickier. |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2007
Cliff Edwards |
An End Run Around The Set-Top Box CableCARDs bypass a rental box, but the old providers won't give up without a fight. |
InternetNews
November 8, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Comcast, DirecTV Take VOD Primetime Deals to offer popular TV shows at 99 cents per episode could boost digital cable and on-demand. |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2013
Joe DeLessio |
Breaking Down The Cost Of Watching Live Sports On Cable In a DVR world, sports is about the only stuff regularly watched live -- which allows sports networks to demand increasingly higher fees from cable providers. |
Home Theater
October 19, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
NY Viewers Bruised in Carriage Smash In cable rebroadcast dispute, two major local channels go dark. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Comcast's Solid Numbers Merit Your Attention Comcast shares are slowly heading north. Why not take a close look at the company? |
Home Theater
September 28, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Cablevision Wants to Lock Up QAM Cablevision is lobbying the Federal Communications Commission for permission to lock up QAM tuners. |
Home Theater
August 14, 2007 |
Mock-DVR Shoves Ads Down Your Throat Time Warner Cable subscribers will be able to view already-aired programming at the touch of a button, but the fast-forward function is disabled. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Rising Tide of Losses at SeaChange The video-on-demand services provider reports widening losses despite higher revenues. Not surprisingly, the company's stock took a hit after the earnings release, falling almost 10% in after-hours trading. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Are They Ganging Up on Comcast? Comcast is currently doing battle with the FCC chairman, the NFL, and at least one of its subscribers. |
Home Theater
February 7, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Cable Nets Hit FCC on Dual Channels Will dual digital and analog versions of local broadcast TV stations push small cable networks out of cable systems? That's what some cable networks fear. And they're voicing their fear by suing the Federal Communications Commission. |
InternetNews
October 25, 2005
Tim Gray |
Time Warner, NBC Renew VoD Pact Video on demand continues to play an important role in cable services. |
Home Theater
September 1, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Court Knocks FCC Cable Limit Until recently, no single cable operator was allowed to dominate more than 30 percent of the U.S. market. But a court has thrown out the Federal Communications Commission's market cap, eliminating a rule that's been the law of the land since 1992. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2007
David Lee Smith |
CBS' Ship Comes In CBS announced last week it had completed a series of agreements with cable systems companies. Investors, stay tuned. |
Home Toys
August 2005
James Russo |
Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable |
Home Theater
June 21, 2007 |
CableCARD Cost to Hit Comcast Customers Comcast has become the first cable operator to announce that it will pass on one particular cost of CableCARD-capable boxes to its subscribers. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2010
David Lee Smith |
The Cable Guys Are Better Than You Think With all of cable now having reported earnings, Comcast still leads the pack. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Unchained From The Cable Box The FCC is breaking the cable hold on set-top boxes and letting rivals step in. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000 |
Cable Industry Increases Deployment of Free Internet Service to Schools |
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. |
