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 ...

DOT-COM. BOB HALLORAN. >> THIS IS NOT A WORD CABLE CUSTOMERS HEAR OFTEN, REFUND BUT SOME ARE FINDING A REFUND ON THIS BILL. >> THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY EMAIL TOPICS WE'VE RECEIVED ...

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 ...

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 ...

The little cable lobby has asked the FCC to retain its restrictions on exclusive program contracts while the big cable lobby says boot the ban. The American Cable Association, which represents smaller ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTONWASHINGTON — Cable TV companies will no longer be able to use a federal loophole to withhold sports networks and other popular programming that they own from satellite providers and other ...

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 ...

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 ...

The channel will start out with a reach of 40 million subscribers and also aim towards aggressive digital distribution of shows featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Meghan McCain and William Shakespeare.