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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

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

Fanning the Flame

Overshadowed by the more popular Hulu, Comcast-owned online video portal Fancast is tapping its parent’s connections to make a bigger name for itself online. Fancast, an online video destination for television shows, draws nearly 3 million unique visitors...

Published Sun, Mar 1 2009 9:33 PM by News

Filed under: Digital, Fancast, Hulu, Print Edition, Comcast, TV.com, G4TV.com

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

Comcast, Discovery Reach Carriage Deal

Comcast Corp. and Discovery Communications have quietly agreed to a new long-term carriage agreement—proving that not all negotiations between cable operators and programmers have to result in the kind of fireworks that Time Warner Cable and Viacom produced...

Published Sun, Jan 18 2009 10:14 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Viacom, HD, Print Edition, VOD, Discovery Communications, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Economy, CPI

College Sports Net in Deal With FiOS

CBS College Sports Network has picked up an additional 4 million subscribers through a new carriage deal with Verizon’s FiOS TV and upgraded distribution deals with other cable operators that now put it in a total of 29 million homes. The network will...

Published Sun, Nov 16 2008 10:36 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Print Edition, Comcast, CBS College Sports Network, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS

Editorial: FCC’s Martin Correct on Web Traffic Ruling

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin crossed party lines recently, siding with Democrats at the agency in finding that Comcast Corp. had improperly managed Web traffic on its high-speed Internet lines. That decision may or may not...

Published Sun, Aug 10 2008 11:49 PM by News

Filed under: Digital, Print Edition, Editorial, FCC, Kevin Martin, Comcast, BitTorrent, P2P

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