Cox, Cable One Face Retrans Fight
In what could be a harbinger of retransmission-consent battles to come -- over cash for carriage -- a broadcaster was set to pull signals for
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Calif. Appeals FCC VoIP Order
California regulators are challenging a federal ruling in November that barred states from regulating voice-over-Internet-protocol providers,
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SEC Reverses Itself on Disney
The Securities and Exchange Commission did an about-face on a ruling regarding The Walt Disney Co.
The agency said Wed
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Bright House Still Pushing Naked DSL
Accusing the Baby Bells of unfair marketing practices, Bright House Networks continues to press federal regulators to consider requiring phon
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Charter Seeking Basic Dereg in Northwest
Charter Communications Inc. is seeking total rate deregulation for 21 cable franchises serving communities scattered across the Pacific North
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Porn for Christmas in Ohio
A Time Warner Cable public-access station in northeast Ohio aired some interesting Christmas programming.
A church pr
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MSO Fined $8K for Signal Leakage
Cable signals that escape from home wiring and equipment do not absolve cable companies from complying with federal signal-leakage rules, the
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CEA Keeping Up Pressure on Set-Tops
Cable operators are exaggerating the costs and complications associated with opening the digital set-top-box market in a way that would allow
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Bush Signs Lifetime-Backed Act
President George W. Bush signed the “Video Voyeurism Protection Act of 2004” into law Dec. 23.
Lifetime Original M
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NCTA Bids Farewell to 2004, Sachs
This past year was a big year for the rollout of advanced cable services, National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Rober
