NAB: 73M TV Sets Need DTV Boxes
About 73 million TV sets would likely need $300 converter boxes to continue working if the federal government ordered the shutdown of analog
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Laybourne Rallying Women’s Groups on a la Carte
Oxygen Media chairman and CEO Geraldine Laybourne is rallying women’s groups to help deflect the a la carte sale of cable networks, a progr
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FCC Regulatory Fees Lag Behind Sub Losses
Cable operators have never been thrilled by the design of the user-fee program that helps to fund the Federal Communications Commission’s $
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FCC: Buffy Can Straddle Spike
A nearly three-year-old episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in which Buffy kisses and then straddles a character name
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Kerry Slams Networks, Notes Cable DNC Coverage
Washington -- One day after being endorsed by News Corp. president Peter Chernin, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry scolded the broa
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Cable Broadband, VoIP Covered by CALEA
Cable companies that provide high-speed Internet access and offer managed Internet-protocol-based phone services must comply with a law that
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AT&T Pushing Cable-Modem a la Carte
AT&T Corp., once a cable operator with a decidedly deregulatory agenda, has opened a new a la carte controversy for the cable industry.
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Verizon Opposed to Cable Franchises
Taking the video war to cable should not require Verizon Communications to travel from town to town seeking local franchises, the company’s
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ACA Frets Retransmission-Consent Talks
Orlando, Fla. -- The American Cable Association warned its members Monday that broadcasters will press for “cash for carriage” during the
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Ex-NCTA Chairman Harris Dies at 81
Broadcasting and cable pioneer Burt Harris, founder of Harriscope Broadcasting, succumbed to cancer July 29 in Los Angeles. He was 81.
