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NFL, CBS Extend Broadcast Deal Through 2013-14

The NFL and CBS have made an agreement to extend their American Football Conference broadcast deal for two years, through the 2013-14 season. The deal gives CBS broadcast rights to Super Bowl XLVII in the first year of the agreement. The NFL also announced...

Published Tue, May 19 2009 4:53 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, NFL, NFL Network, CBS, Comcast, Super Bowl, American Football Conference

Comcast, NFL Bury Hatchet; Cable Co. to Carry NFL Network

Comcast Corp., the biggest U.S. cable company, and the National Football League ended a dispute over carriage of the NFL Network, meaning the channel will be carried on the operator's system. The deal settles all legal disputes over the matter and...

Published Tue, May 19 2009 9:45 AM by News

Filed under: Cable, NFL, NFL Network, Comcast, Sports TV

DirecTV, Comcast Pay $3.21 Mil in Do Not Call Fines

DirecTV and Comcast Corp. will pay a total of $3.21 million for violating Do Not Call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule. DirecTV and Comcast will pay $2.31 million and $900,000, respectively, to settle separate Federal Trade Commission charges...

Published Thu, Apr 16 2009 2:59 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Comcast, DirecTV, Federal Trade Commission

Dish Network, NFL Network End Carriage Dispute

Dish Network and NFL Network have reached a settlement in their carriage dispute. The settlement calls for a new multiyear carriage agreement. NFL Network will be carried in Dish Network’s Classic Silver 200 programming package. “We are very pleased that...

Published Fri, Apr 10 2009 2:17 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, NFL Network, Dish Network, Comcast

Cable Show ’09: Industry Plots New TV Distribution Strategy

Even with the economy in recession, even with television distribution models in upheaval, even with the advertising business suffering, business was surprisingly good at the Cable Show ’09. Beating predictions of a serious attendance drop, the National...

Published Sun, Apr 5 2009 10:53 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Print Edition, David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, Comcast, Disney, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, NCTA, Cable Show, Bob Iger, Steve Burke

Cable Show ’09: Floating Over Economic Tsunamis

Executives at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show ’09 last week were relatively upbeat about their prospects. “We’re an industry that is still growing customers,” said Pat Esser, CEO of Cox Communications. Consumers see...

Published Sun, Apr 5 2009 10:47 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, David Levy, Print Edition, David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, Turner Broadcasting, NCTA, Brian Roberts, Rupert Murdoch, Economy, Cable Show, Pat Esser

Comast’s Burke Says TV Everywhere Tests on Tap

Steve Burke, chief operating officer of Comcast, said the top cable operator plans a national test of system to authenticate that consumers are cable subscribers before allowing them to view cable programming online or on mobile devices. Authentication...

Published Fri, Apr 3 2009 1:05 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Comcast, the Platform, Cable Show, Steve Burke

Comcast’s Roberts: Web Video Comes in Peace

Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, says that Web video can be a friend of the cable industry. Taking part in the opening session at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show in Washington, D.C....

Published Wed, Apr 1 2009 3:49 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Digital, Web Video, Comcast, Cox Communications, NCTA, Brian Roberts, Cable Show, Pat Esser

Comcast's E! Extends Chelsea Handler Deal

Comcast Entertainment Group reached a new deal with comedienne Chelsea Handler that will keep her as host and executive producer of E! Entertainment’s late night “Chelsea Lately” show through 2012. The new agreement also calls for Ms. Handler to develop...

Published Tue, Mar 24 2009 11:52 AM by News

Filed under: Cable, Comcast, Chelsea Lately, E! Chelsea Handler

Comcast Tops Cable MSOs in Subscribers, Report Says

Comcast has the most cable MSO subscribers in the U.S.' top 40 markets, according to SNL Kagan’s “Cable MSO Ownership: A Geographic Analysis” report. Comcast’s MSO has more than 20 million subscribers, representing 49.7% of the market share in the...

Published Thu, Mar 19 2009 2:45 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, SNL Kagan, Subscribers, Market Share

‘Twilight’ Goes VOD on Comcast

Comcast On Demand will offer “Twilight” at 12:01 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, the same day the DVD lands in stores, the cable company announced today. "Attention Twilighters: at 12:01 a.m. you can watch Twilight in HD the moment it's available...

Published Mon, Mar 16 2009 3:58 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, VOD, Comcast, Twilight

Online Access to Cable Programming Is Next Test for Multichannel Providers

The ability of multichannel providers to launch companion online services for viewing cable programming will divide them into the haves and the have-nots over the next decade, according to a report from the Diffusion Group scheduled to be released today...

Published Sun, Mar 15 2009 10:36 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Digital, Print Edition, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Fancast.com, Cox, MSOs

Column: Where Are Cord-Cutters? Signing Up for Cable, Satellite

Evidently, the revolution hasn’t started yet. My army of cord-cutters has yet to march up and stand by my side. According to industry analyst Craig Moffett, they’re actually going the other way, back to the multichannel mothership. In a recent report...

Published Sun, Mar 1 2009 9:30 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Digital, Print Edition, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, DirecTV, AT&T, Charter, Satellite, Cord Cutting

Satellite TV vs. TV Stations, Round Two

For the second time in two days, Congress is hearing calls for a major revamping of the laws governing compensation of TV stations and programmers by satellite-television providers and cable companies. The discussion comes as Congress starts considering...

Published Wed, Feb 25 2009 4:36 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, Comcast, Congress, NCTA, Satellite, TV Stations

Comcast Internet, Phone Growth Offsets Video Customer Decline

Comcast, the largest U.S. cable television company, said today that video subscribers declined slightly from a year ago, hinting that satellite companies such as DirecTV and fiber-optic services may be continuing to pull customers from cable providers...

Published Wed, Feb 18 2009 12:36 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Dish Network, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, DirecTV, AT&T, Verizon Communications

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