The commission votes Wednesday to end the "terrestrial loophole" that allowed cable operators to refuse local sports programming access to competitors. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...

The cable company and the broadcaster fail to reach a pact on fees, but subscribers in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas aren't losing the television channel for now. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior ...

In a letter to FCC Chairman Wheeler filed 2/25, executives from 53 companies — including former FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, now with Frontier Communications — called on the FCC to update its ...

Mad Men comes back for its sixth season Sunday at an opportune moment for basic cable. Last weekend, 25 million viewers combined watched The Bible and The Walking Dead on basic cable channels. That's ...

Summertime has, at least temporarily, eclipsed fall as the season during which to debut the most buzzed-over original shows. By Ray Richmond, The Associated Press If there is a sea change in store for ...

Several state legislatures are being asked to consider adopting legislation proposed by the NFL Network that would compel vertically integrated cable operators to submit carriage disputes with ...

For a long time, TV was a fairly sleepy business. You had three major networks in the US—less elsewhere—acting as gatekeepers. They chose their programming lineup each year, which attracted a certain ...

Basic cable networks have been facing the same audience fragmentation that broadcast networks have been facing since the 1980s. In 2009, ten basic cable networks reported percent double-digit audience ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON—The FCC is eliminating the requirement that cable operators maintain records in their ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Cable Subscribers should no longer be receiving WFTV and WRDQ through their cable service. If you are receiving ABC programming, we would like to hear from you! Click here to ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Talk about good timing. The Federal Communications Commission is pushing ...