Cable and Satellite Broadcasting

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

AP News yesterday

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 ...

Cable group wants U.S. FCC to end fee disputes

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 2 days ago

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 over local TV coming

AP News 3 days ago

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 ...

Google, Dish testing new TV search service: report

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 3 days ago

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 ...

Cablevision gets ABC back in time for Oscars

Reuters US Online Report Top News 3 days ago

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 anti-Chavez TV

AP News 5 days ago

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, Dish Network

AP News 6 days ago

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 ...

TiVo wins ruling in EchoStar case, shares soar

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 7 days ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court affirmed on Thursday a contempt finding against Dish Network Corp and EchoStar Corp in their long-running patent case against digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc, sending TiVo shares soaring 52 percent. The U.S. District ...

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

AP News 8 days ago

TiVo unveils new DVR that aims to blend Internet, TV seamlessly in bid to regain cachet 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 ...

Disney plays bully in dispute, says Cablevision CEO

Reuters US Online Report Business News 9 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems chief executive Jim Dolan on Tuesday blasted Walt Disney's "bullying" threat to pull ABC from its cable systems over a contract dispute, calling the move senseless and one that invites questions from U.S. regulators. In his ...

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