• Time Warner HD Upgrade Coming To New York City
• Comcast Debuts ‘Wideband’ in Twin Cities
• Roberts Takes 20% Pay Cut
• Cable Shows Net Peabodys
• News Corp. Wants Out of DirecTV Conditions
• AT&T Drops DirecTV for Dish
• Sundance Chief Says Program Plans Proceed Despite Possible Sale

• Elton and Elvis Highlight Sundance Channel’s Program Slate
• Cable Part of NBC’s Year-Round Schedule
• Fox Business Lines Up MobiTV
• Hsia Heads Higher at Bravo Digital Media

• HBO’s Got Game With Obama
• DirecTV, NBC Turn On 'Fridays Nights Lights'

Time Warner HD Upgrade Coming To New York City
Time Warner Cable’s New York City area systems are getting a major upgrade in high-definition programming, starting April 30 and continuing throughout the year, adding more than 20 channels to the HD lineup it has on digital cable today in Manhattan, including versions of CNN, Food Network, Travel Channel and Weather Channel, the company said. click to read more...
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Comcast Debuts ‘Wideband’ in Twin Cities
Comcast this week will launch DOCSIS 3.0 service in Minneapolis/St. Paul — the first “wideband” cable modem offering in the United States — promising download speeds up to 50 Mbps and uploads at 5 Mbps. click to read more...
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Roberts Takes 20% Pay Cut
Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts made $20.8 million in 2007, a 20% pay cut from the $26 million the executive hauled in during 2006, reflecting the poor performance of the company’s stock last year. click to read more...
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Cable Shows Net Peabodys
Cable programs as diverse as Sundance Channel’s documentary series Nimrod Nation, Showtime’s serial-killer drama Dexter and Bravo’s reality show Project Runway have won Peabody Awards. click to read more...
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News Corp. Wants Out of DirecTV Conditions
News Corp. is looking to shed key regulatory conditions imposed by the federal government when the company gained approval to take effective controls of satellite TV provider DirecTV in late 2003, the Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday. click to read more...
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AT&T Drops DirecTV for Dish
AT&T has officially shown DirecTV the door — at least for now. The telco announced Wednesday that it will resell Dish Network service to customers in the nine Southeast states that comprise the former BellSouth territory. click to read more...
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Sundance Chief Says Program Plans Proceed Despite Possible Sale
In a day-late April Fool’s joke, Sundance Channel president Larry Aidem Wednesday offered a fake list of potential buyers for his network — a roster that included Wal-Mart and Denny's — before getting serious and telling reporters it's business as usual for the oft-sold network. click to read more...
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Elton and Elvis Highlight Sundance Channel’s Program Slate
Sundance Channel Wednesday unveiled a development and acquisition slate that includes a new series from Elton John and Elvis Costello. click to read more...
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Cable Part of NBC’s Year-Round Schedule
NBC’s new year-round programming format will include a couple of shows with USA Network roots. click to read more...
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Fox Business Lines Up MobiTV
Fox Business Network has struck a content licensing deal under which the financial news service will gain a dedicated, live channel on MobiTV. click to read more...
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Hsia Heads Higher at Bravo Digital Media
Bravo Media has elevated Lisa Hsia to the newly created position of senior vice president, new media and digital strategy. click to read more...
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