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Cable Stock Pounding
Not Over Yet

Broadcasting & Cable cites industry's growing list of problems

Nov 19, 07 3:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Cable stocks are getting beaten up badly thanks to a combination of factors—subscribers fleeing to satellite and other services, a general market gloom that is compounded for often-complicated cable stocks, and news that the FCC plans to beef up its oversight. Led by industry giant Comcast, the group's stocks... More »

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Comcast • FCC • cable TV • cable operators

Sirius, XM Union May Have Listeners Singing the Blues

Deal would lower options, raise prices, Post writer says

Nov 10, 07 1:32 PM CST
(Newser) - For anyone doubting that a merger between Sirius and XM would harm the satellite radio industry by forcing listeners to go through a single provider, the Washington Post’s Marc Fisher has two words: cable TV. Fisher argues that for all of the advantages any union may produce,... More »

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Mel Karmazin • Department of Justice • satellite radio • Sirius • FCC • cable TV • merger • XM Satellite Radio • Howard Stern

FCC Hatches Plan to Re-regulate Cable TV

Finds cable giants too dominant in market

Nov 10, 07 8:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The FCC is taking aim at cable television giants, finding that they have become too dominant, and is preparing to impose new regulations that would open the market to competition, the New York Times reports. Among proposals on the table is a cap that would block continued growth by the... More »

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Time Warner • Comcast • FCC • cable TV

Sliding Comcast Refocuses as Phone Companies Dial In

Competition, technology require refocusing

Nov 8, 07 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The face of cable television is changing as phone companies move in, offering high-speed Internet, high-def TV, and on-demand video, the Wall Street Journal reports. But cable giant Comcast, with the nation’s largest subscriber base, is fighting back, gaining 10 phone users for every video subscriber it loses and... More »

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Comcast • cable TV

FCC to Strike Down Exclusive Cable Deals

Likely to cut prices; Verizon, AT&T set to offer multi-services

Oct 29, 07 4:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Communications Commission is set to strike down thousands of exclusive contracts between cable companies and apartment buildings this week, a move officials say will drive down prices as it increases competition. Consumer groups have lobbied hard for the change as have companies such as Verizon and AT&T... More »

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television • FCC • cable TV • Verizon • AT and T • regulation

Dolans Lose Buyout Bid for
Cablevision

Investors nix plan to take company private; offer too low

Oct 24, 07 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cablevision shareholders today rejected a bid by the Dolans, the company's founding family, to take the Long Island-based cable provider private. The family offered $10.6 billion, or $36.26 a share, below what major investors felt was the firm's value, the AP reports. Analysts valued the company, which also... More »

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cable TV • Cablevision • James Dolan

Cable, Telcos Killing US
Web Success
Says Pundit

Sees broadband providers' Luddite attitudes stifling growth, innovation

Oct 22, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast’s recent disabling of big file uploads could lay waste to Silicon Valley’s media complex, says SiliconValleyWatcher’s Tom Foremski, injuring or killing Web 2.0 companies like YouTube or Facebook. Comcast's insistence that it isn’t contractually obligated to provide those companies’ services, he argues, is the... More »

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Google • YouTube • Comcast • cable TV • broadband Internet • Facebook • digital downloads • telecom • net neutrality • BitTorrent • telecommunications • web services

Teams Fail to Build Elevator to Heaven

Contestants still struggling to realize Willy Wonka fantasy

Oct 22, 07 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The race was on and the wind was up, which was something of a problem because contestants in the second annual Space Elevator Games in Utah yesterday were vying to send a vehicle 400 feet up a vertical cable attached to a crane. The prize of $500,000 in NASA... More »

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NASA • cable TV • space • Roald Dahl • elevator • vehicle

(Newser) - DirecTV is turning up the heat on the HDTV competition, claiming it will offer 100 hi-def channels by the end of the year, while current technology limits many cable companies to no more than 20-30. With 55 HD channels already available on the satellite provider, some competitors are trying to... More »

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television • DirecTV • cable TV • HDTV

'High School Musical 2' Sets TV Record

17M fans make Disney original most-watched basic cable show ever

Aug 20, 07 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - An estimated 17.2 million viewers tuned into "High School Musical 2" Friday night, making the Disney Channel original the most watched basic cable program in history. Backed by an 18-month promotional blitz, the sequel nearly doubled the debut audience of last year's "High School Musical" and is... More »

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television • Disney Channel • cable TV • Disney • High School Musical • movies • movie theaters

NBC Angles to Keep Leno
After Tonight

Execs brainstorm projects for 2009,
when Conan takes chair

Jul 23, 07 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Jay Leno nears his final Tonight Show in 2009, NBC is scrambling to keep the late night king at the network and away from rivals ABC and Fox. Peacock execs have pitched a prime time variety show, miscellaneous work on NBC's cable channels, and a showcase of Jay-on-demand through... More »

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television • NBC • cable TV • Jay Leno • peacock • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • Johnny Carson • online • on demand

Cubans Ignore Static on Illegal TV

Even committed commies crave US satellite shows despite Castro ban

Jul 12, 07 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cubans are turning to black-market satellite TV to watch soap operas, US news and music videos, and even the Chicago White Sox—in defiance of a national ban on the programs, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "If there is censorship, there is business," said one  provider who faces... More »

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television • DirecTV • cable TV • Fidel Castro • Cuba • censorship • black market • satellite TV • Committee for the Defense of the Revolution • soap operas • VH1 • boob tube

Carlyle Bids on Faltering
Virgin Media

Debt-riddled UK cable provider, 35 ($ a share), seeks rich buyout firm

Jul 2, 07 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The friendly corporate raiders at the Carlyle Group have floated an offer to buy out Virgin Media, the British cable provider, with total equity in the range of $8B and $10B, the Journal reports. The besieged media company has been losing customers to rivals in the UK, and has stacked... More »

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Richard Branson • media • Internet • cell phones • cable TV • Carlyle Group • Goldman Sachs • Virgin • acquisition • buyout

Scrapped TVs Spell Disaster for Environment

Analog sets will contaminate dumps after digital conversion

May 24, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - In 2009 a federal law will convert all TV stations to digital, sending most of the US's 268 million analog TVs into the trash. As consumers snatch up plasmas and HDTVs, the old sets—made of lead, cadmium, and mercury will be thrown into garbage dumps, where they may contaminate... More »

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television • environment • recycling • cable TV • electronics • HDTV

HBO Axes CEO After Arrest

Albrecht fired after earlier attack on a girlfriend, hushed by HBO, was revealed

May 10, 07 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Albrecht, who turned HBO into a titan with mega-hits "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos," was fired yesterday in the aftermath of an arrest for choking his girlfriend outside the MGM Grand in Vegas. A temporary leave was announced after Sunday's altercation, but Albrecht was... More »

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television • cable TV • Chris Albrecht • HBO • CEO • alcoholism

Drama Builds
At HBO As
CEO Departs

Albrecht takes indefinite leave after drunken arrest Sunday

May 8, 07 8:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - HBO's capo is making like Tony Soprano and taking an indefinite leave of absence from the cable network. Chris Albrecht, who has led the network since 2002, was arrested by Las Vegas police on Sunday, after officers said they witnessed Albrecht in a violent altercation with his girlfriend. More »

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entertainment • television • alcohol • cable TV • Chris Albrecht • HBO • resignation

Dolans Make Third Run At  Buying Back Cablevision

Offer shows confidence in cable future

May 2, 07 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cablevision's founding family is close to taking the entertainment giant private, the Journal reports. The Dolans have tried and failed twice since 2005 to strike a deal with the board, but the third time may be the charm. The magic number is $36 a share, up from $30 in an... More »

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television • Time Warner • cable TV • Verizon • Cablevision • Charles Dolan • James Dolan

Advertisers Won't Get
It on eBay

Stations opt out of TV-ad auction site

Apr 6, 07 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cable networks are boycotting eBay's experiment in auctioning television airtime to ad houses, in a decision that could ground its nascent spin-off site. The networks protest that Online Media Exchange, which eBay claimed would reduce inefficiency, doesn't account for today's complex targeting and multimedia promotional packages. More »

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television • Google • eBay • cable TV • business • auction • Online Media Exchange • Dish Network • advertisements

Stop Crying About Anna Nicole Coverage

It's not the crime they're telling you it is

Apr 5, 07 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The all-Anna-all-the-time formula cable news networks embraced after the heiress' death was not the sin against the intellect commentators are bemoaning, argues Slate columnist Jack Schafer. In fact, he says, viewers may have actually learned something from the in-depth coverage of the complex legal issues surrounding Smith. More »

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entertainment • television • Anna Nicole Smith • media • media criticism • cable TV • celebrity

Kerry Woos Baseball Vote With Cable Coup

Senator pushes MLB to reach agreement for out-of-market games

Apr 5, 07 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Whatever their politics, baseball fans nationwide can thank John Kerry for encouraging MLB to keep out-of-market games on cable.  Baseball was planning a $700 million exclusive deal with DirecTV that would have forced most fans to switch cable providers, a daunting prospect, before the Massachusetts senator intervened. More »

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sports • In Demand • DirecTV • MLB • John Kerry • cable TV • baseball

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