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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cable operators are considering an issue of “intense importance” that could have long ranging effects on their core business. That issue, according to the Wall Street Journal, is the unbundling of ...

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 ...

Cable customers have seen price increases that are over three times inflation over the past five years. These rate hikes have drawn criticism from customers and watchdog groups alike. Invariably, the ...

Call it a cable squeeze play. Cable television networks may be the most lucrative divisions of many large media companies, but the networks are beginning to feel the pinch of dramatically higher ...

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 ...

Television is a huge part of our world today, providing endless entertainment, information and connection. But are you tired of streaming shows on Netflix and Hulu and craving some good old-fashioned ...