800-Sub Miss. System Shuts Off Signal
A Mississippi county was abruptly left without cable service when the struggling incumbent operator pulled its signal without warning.
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EchoStar Affiliate Gains FCC Licenses
An affiliate of EchoStar Communications Corp. was granted federal licenses Thursday to provide video programming and high-speed data in dozen
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N.J. Reporting Vote on Hold
New Jersey state regulators Wednesday decided not to vote on a proposed rule change that would have required cable operators to record and re
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Plan Would Cost Cable at Least $200M
A telephone-industry plan to overhaul the country’s Byzantine access-charge and intercarrier-compensation regimes would cost cable at least
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Broadcasters Fighting Recording Proposal
Broadcasters are fighting proposed regulations that would require them to retain recordings of their programs for a minimum of 60 days.
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Culture War Invades a la Carte Debate
The culture war has a new home: the cable a la carte debate.
A sex-education group is coming under strong attack from
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NAB: No a la Carte for TV Stations
Local broadcast stations are legally exempt from being offered a la carte, the National Association of Broadcasters said Friday.
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FCC Approves DirecTV’s Bird Move
The Federal Communications Commission Friday approved DirecTV Inc.’s request to move its “DirecTV 5” satellite into an orbital slot con
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N.J. Gov. McGreevey, Cable Critic, Resigns
New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, who resigned Thursday effective Nov. 15 amid a sex scandal, pushed his Trenton administration to impose toug
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Calif. Late-Fee Challenges Linger
California operators thought they’d put an end to late-fee challenges in 1997, when they got a state law passed that specified that compani
