News on Cable TV System Operators

FCC seeks comment on rules for TV-cable talks

2010-03-19T14:00:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal Communications Commission seeking comment on rules for cable-broadcaster negotiations</div><div><p>Federal regulators are seeking public comment on a petition by cable, satellite and phone companies for new government rules that would give them more clout in negotiations with TV broadcasters over programming.</p><p>Friday's mov...

U.S. court backs ban on some cable TV program deals

2010-03-12T15:00:42Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld on Friday a Federal Communications Commission ban that prevents cable companies like Comcast Corp from cutting exclusive deals ...

Summary Box: Court OKs cable TV access rules

2010-03-12T14:00:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Federal court upholds FCC rules for programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposed</div><div><p>THE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV.</p><p...

Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision

2010-03-12T13:16:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal court upholds FCC access rules for cable programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposed</div><div><p>A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such as s...

Cable, sat TV firms ask gov't to stop TV blackouts

2010-03-10T14:30:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Cable, satellite TV operators ask for government intervention in fee dispute with broadcasters</div><div><p>The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Reuters) - A coalition of cable and satellite companies will this week call on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to create a new process to resolve increasingly bitter disputes over carriage fees paid to broadcasters.</p><p>The group, which includes rival TV distributors suc...

Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming

2010-03-08T16:45:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Stay tuned: More fee disputes coming over local TV channels on cable lineups</div><div><p>Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.</p><p>Broadcasters hurt by declining ad revenue are demanding more fees from cable and other subscription TV providers to carry the stations. The providers are resisting, and in the latest tussle, Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp customers were able to watch the live broadcast of the Oscars on Sunday after the cable company reached a last-minute deal to return WABC-TV to air in a dispute over ...

Venezuela telecom agency rejects anti-Chavez TV

2010-03-06T00:30:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Venezuela telecom agency rejects company's bid to launch cable channels critical of Chavez</div><div><p>A company's bid to launch two cable channels expected to be critical of President Hugo Chavez was rejected Friday, Venezuela's state-run telecommunications agency announced.</p><p>The agency said Empresas 1BC failed to meet a deadline fo...

TiVo hopes for a lift from DVR blending 'Net, TV

2010-03-03T04:45:13Z

<div id="subtitle">TiVo unveils new DVR that aims to blend Internet, TV seamlessly in bid to regain cachet</div><div><p>TiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs.</p><p>The new TiVo Premiere boasts a thinner, sleeker look with a revamped menu and features that will ...

Disney plays bully in dispute, says Cablevision CEO

2010-03-02T14:00:39Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems chief executive Jim Dolan on Tuesday blasted Walt Disney's "bullying" threat to pull ABC from its cable...

Cablevision posts 4Q profit, revenue rises 5 pct

2010-02-25T13:01:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Cablevision has 4Q profit; customers spend more on digital cable, phone and Internet services</div><div><p>Cablevision Systems Corp., the nation's fifth-largest cable TV operator, posted a profit for the fourth quarter as more customers signed up for digital cable TV, phone and Internet services.</p><p>The only money-losing division was its

Cablevision to roll out network-DVR in April

2010-02-25T11:15:25Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp said it will roll out its controversial remote storage digital video recorder in April, doing away with the need to buy and install DVR boxes in subscribers' homes.</p><p>The RS-DVR technology enables subscribers to store TV programs on the cable operator's comp...

NBC, Comcast CEO'S Testify Before House Judiciary Committee

2010-02-25T09:31:10Z

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 25: Brian Roberts (L) chairman and CEO of the Comcast Corporation testifies while Jeff Zucker (R) president and CEO of NBC Universal, Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of the Comcast Corporation, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Scripps Networks Interactive posts 4Q profit as HGTV, Food Network lift revenue</div><div><p>Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. on Wed...

Spinoff enables direct stake in NY teams, arena

2010-02-22T10:43:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Investors getting a chance to see whether Madison Square Garden stock can score</div><div><p>Investors will get a chance to bet directly on the fortunes of the New York Knicks and Rangers and their home arena, Madison Square ...

Epix to be carried on Charter cable system

2010-02-22T11:51:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Epix pay TV channel to be carried on Charter cable system; service to reach 16M homes by May</div><div><p>Epix, the pay TV channel owned by three Hollywood studios, said Thursday it would be offered to cable customers of Charter Communications Inc. beginning in May.</p><p>Following deals to be carried by

Comcast 4Q profit up on revenue boost, tax gain

2010-02-22T12:17:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Comcast 4Q earnings more than double on higher revenue, tax gain</div><div><p>Comcast Corp. reported sharply higher fourth-quarter earnings, propelled mainly by a boost in broadband and phone revenue, and unveiled a new brand for its core cable TV operations as it transforms into a media conglomerate.</p><p>On the eve of cong...

Comcast profit up on Internet, phone subscribers

2010-02-22T12:21:31Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as it added Internet and phone subscribers, but its margins were hit by marketing costs as the No. 1 U.S. cable operator fends off competition from phone and satellite c...

Comcast, NBC say deal would not hurt competition

2010-02-22T13:45:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Comcast, NBC Universal tell regulators that combination would not hurt competition</div><div><p>Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal said the cable TV operator's plan to take control of the NBC media empire shouldn't raise significant antitrust concerns because the companies operate in separ...