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A Dimmer Future for Cable Operators Will young consumers cancel cable?   |
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June 11, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Found Money for CBS With broadcasters increasingly able to demand rebroadcast fees from cable companies, CBS's bottom line could become significantly chubbier. Investors, take note. |
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
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 Theater
February 26, 2009 |
Cable Shows to Go Online Cable operators are leading the effort to put cable programming on the internet. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Television Giants Are Rumbling A look at the conflict between broadcast companies and cable operators and what investors should pay particular attention to. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2010
Eric Jhonsa |
Is Cable's Business Model Kaput? After the Fox-Time Warner dispute, consumers and service providers alike have reasons to support change. |
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
May 21, 2009
Jon Fine |
Why Broadcast Networks Can't Just Turn Cable Sure, CBS and the others could garner paying audiences. But the broadcast network system is far too complex for a switch to happen easily. |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2009
Ronald Grover |
Hulu's Tough Choices Viewers love the site's free shows, but it's losing a bundle and may soon have to start charging. |
BusinessWeek
March 4, 2009
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Boxee Brings Net-Based TV Just a Little Closer The new software manages to organize far-flung video content on the Web, but business issues and image quality still stand in the way. |
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. |
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
March 12, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
ABC Fight Prompts Cable Plea Cable ops petition for new rules following Oscar-night fracas. |
Home Theater
July 17, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Comcast Online Venture Attracts Networks Subscribers will access cable shows online, with ads, but no extra fee. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Television Isn't Dead Comcast makes your cable subscription even stickier. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Time Warner's Rerun-O-Rama A rumored "hits" channel from Time Warner seems like yesterday's brainchild. |
Fast Company
November 2009
Dan Macsai |
Hulu's Competitors: The Wild World of Web TV Media giants and start-ups - not to mention pirates - are chasing an online-video audience of 158 million. Here's how key players connect to, and compete with, Hulu. |
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. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Comcast, Time Warner, And The Future Of The Cable Box Comcast's acquisition of Time Warner Cable is well underway. The $45 billion deal cements Comcast's position as the country's largest cable provider and the First Among Equals of our national cable cartel. |
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. |
InternetNews
July 14, 2009 |
CBS to Join Comcast's On Demand Trial CBS has joined forces with Comcast, signing on as the first broadcaster to participate in the cable provider's On Demand Online trial, which delivers free TV content on the Web to Comcast's subscribers. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Indecent Proposal New indecency legislation may change the face of broadcasting. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2010
Manikandan Raman |
Cable War Between Disney and Time Warner: Who'll Win? Not only subscribers, but also the investors of Walt Disney and Time Warner Cable are wondering how the heightened clash between the companies over continued carriage of Disney channels will impact the bottom line of each. |
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
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. |
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
January 27, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Can You Say That on TV? Congressional leaders ponder the future of bad words on the air. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Cable Empires Strike Back In an effort to avoid losing subscribers to competing services, Comcast is teaming up with Time Warner to launch the TV Everywhere movement, offering content to cable subscribers online at no additional cost. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2011
Patrick Martin |
Why Starz Made a Big Mistake When your industry moves online, you shouldn't try to fight the shift. |
Home Theater
December 17, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Comcast Streaming Makes Debut Subscribers can see shows previously unavailable online. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010
Nathan Alderman |
Will Your TV Say "Hello, Hulu"? A Reuters report suggests the popular site's jump from small to big screens is nigh. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2007
Steven Mallas |
NBC Takes a Breath of Fresh Air NBC buys the Oxygen Network, which targets 18- to 24-year-old women, and comes with about 74 million subscribers. Was it a smart move for the media giant? |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2006
Steven Mallas |
News Corp.'s New VOD Model News Corp. wants to sell network and cable content before it airs on free TV. A stroke of genius? For now, shareholders of media conglomerates will have to be patient. |
The Motley Fool
February 7, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Time Warner Cable's Steady Turtle Crawl While its growth rate wasn't spectacular, at least there was still growth at Time Warner Cable. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2010
Anders Bylund |
How the Cable Guys Are Killing Themselves Video on demand may boost cable TV results for a while, but will end up killing the entire industry. |
Home Theater
February 24, 2009 |
Cord Cutting Makes Cable Shudder Want to see your local cable operator choke on his martini? Just say two little words: "cord cutting." |
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 11, 2010
Ronald Grover et al. |
Revenge of the Cable Guys If you think online TV will be free forever, think again. The cable companies have a plan to keep control - and stick you with the bill. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
5 Days and Running The spat continues between Cablevision and Fox. Baseball fans bite fingernails. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Avoiding Cable Stocks? You'll Regret It As the economy turns, cable's video subscriber slide will likely halt. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Tom Lowry |
Digital TV: Where Are All Those Eyeballs? Digital TV let local broadcasters create subchannels for niche programs. But a sour ad climate and distribution problems are preventing any revenue boost. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005 |
ABC News Now: "We're Leapfrogging" ABC News president David Westin explains why he sees the digital channel "as the next generation in news." |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2011
Lipman & Esterhuizen |
Cable's Cloudy Future: 5 Cable TV Stocks Bucking the Trend Wall Street analysts think there are more earnings upside to these companies -- do you agree?: DIRECTV... Discovery Communications... Shaw Communications... Virgin Media... AMC Networks... |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
Verizon Has A New Slimmed-Down TV Package, But At $55 A Month, Who Will Subscribe? The package is still a TV plan, not a streaming subscription, but Verizon may be trying to stop the growing numbers of "cord cutters" from dropping monthly TV subscriptions entirely. |
