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 for affiliated television programing. The prohibition was poised to end in October 2007 unless the FCC ...
Summary Box: Federal court upholds FCC rules for programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposed 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. THE RULING: An ...
Federal court upholds FCC access rules for cable programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposed 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 ...
Cable, satellite TV operators ask for government intervention in fee dispute with broadcasters The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards. About 15 minutes into ...
NEW YORK (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. The group, which includes rival ...
Stay tuned: More fee disputes coming over local TV channels on cable lineups Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups. Broadcasters hurt by declining ad revenue are demanding more fees from cable and other subscription ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc and No. 2 U.S. satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp are jointly testing a television programing search service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The paper said the service ...
NEW YORK (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 fees. Many New Yorkers had ...
Venezuela telecom agency rejects company's bid to launch cable channels critical of Chavez 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. The agency said Empresas 1BC ...
Movers roundup: Apple stock jumps to record high, Dish Network shares climb on analyst upgrade Among the stock activity stories for Friday, March 5, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Apple Inc. jumped to a record high amid ...
