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How To Save Money In Every Room In Your House

MoneyNing | VINCENT KING | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Household Savings, Household Budgets, Saving, Cable, Home Improvement, Household Spending, Spending, Homeownership, Utilities, Homeowners, Smart Shopping, Money News

You work hard every day, doing everything you can to bring more bacon home, and trim the fat from your spending. But it still isn’t enough. If...

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The New Law of the Sea and the Geopolitics of the Internet

Lyric Hughes Hale | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Telecommunications, Cable, Cable Map, Broadband, Internet, Cables Global Data, Telecommunications Data Cables, Data Cables, China Cables Data, World News
Lyric Hughes Hale

Perhaps we have found a new metric by which to measure political power -- the cables that link nations to other nations and regions, the networks which allow their citizens to communicate with each other, and the round trip time for data to travel. It is the new Law of the Sea.

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How to Watch TV Today

Vanity Fair | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Cable, Slidepollajax, Watching Online, Xbox Live Streaming, Roku, Streaming Tv Devices, Streaming Television, Hulu Plus, Xbox LIVE, Netflix, Streaming Tv, TV News
Vanity Fair

It appears that 2012 will be the first year that sales of flat-panel TVs have declined, and last month it was announced that owners of Microsoft's Xbox console now spend more time watching entertainment content than playing games.

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Professional Women Are Working for Change

Angela Perkey | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Volunteering, Community Service, Women in Technology, Mentoring, Wit, Cable, Transitional Housing Barn, Impact News
Angela Perkey

Martinis, makeovers, and massages are not what come to mind when you think about giving back and community service. Yet a group of executive women have found a creative way to network and raise money for a nonprofit.

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Hey America! We're Ranked #16 in Broadband!

Josh Levy | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Competition, Verizon, Broadband, Cable, Comcast, Timewarner-Cable, Time Warner Cable, Internet Access, Internet, Time Warner, Broadband Internet, Cox, Technology News
Josh Levy

Competition in the U.S. broadband market is virtually nonexistent. That means that millions of Americans live without high-speed Internet access, and those who do have it experience slower speeds and higher prices than their European counterparts.

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We Cannot Afford to Deregulate 'VoIP'

Ruben Diaz Jr. | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Regulation, Verizon, Cable, Albany Politics, The Bronx, Voip, Voip Regulation, Voip Deregulation, New York News
Ruben Diaz Jr.

Cable companies and Verizon are now trying to deregulate digital phone service, also known as VoIP, in Albany. If this proposal were to become law, all consumers would lose out.

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Disney, Comcast Reach Deal

AP | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Carriage Disputes, Cable, Walt Disney Company, Cable Television, Cable Tv, Disney, Comcast, Carriage Deals, Cable Carriage Deals, Ap, Comcast NBC, Media News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that it reached a long-term agreement with the nation's largest TV signal provider, Comcast Co...

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Time Warner Subscribers Could Miss Out On 15 Knick Games

AP | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Msg, Cable Television, Time Warner, Cable, Ny News, MSG Network, New York News

NEW YORK -- MSG sports channels are still missing from Time Warner Cable in New York. Both MSG and the cable company say no more talks are planned. T...

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The Future of 'Television'

John Backus | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Google, Television, Cable, Dvr, Hulu, Television Innovation, Youtube, Netflix, Technology, Amazon, Small Business America, TV Canada, Technology News
John Backus

My prediction: You will be able to buy television by the channel. You will be able to watch it live, or watch it from the cloud using live streaming for any channel any program any time slot over the last 30 days.

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Waiting For Cable Guys Costs America BILLIONS

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Internet, Cable, Installation, Cable Guys, Survey, Zogby, Tv, Waiting for Cable, Cable Companies, Toa Technologies, Wait for Cable, Technology News

Waiting for the cable guy isn't just frustrating, it is also extremely expensive: A new survey has found that waiting longer than usual for in-home se...

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Almost 1 In 2 Canadians Watch TV And Movies Online

CP | Michael Oliveira, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Television, Cable, Online Film, Online Movies, Cp, Online, Youtube, Canadians by the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing, Film, Online Television, Free Online Movies, Home News

TORONTO - Almost half of all Canadians are now watching shows or movies online and about one in three are considering cancelling their TV service, sug...

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Thomas Schlamme Takes Flight With Pan Am

Ashley Wren Collins | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Jack Engeman, Reality Television, Abc, Nancy Hult Ganis, Survivor, Airline Stewardesses: A Picture Story, Thomas Schlamme, Juan Trippe, Sports Night, Hbo, Television, Cable, Cheers, Fred W. McDarrah, Beat Generation: Glory Days in Greenwich Village, Network Television, Gloria S. McDarrah, Pan Am, The West Wing, Entertainment News
Ashley Wren Collins

"These women were college educated, spoke multiple languages, were traveling the world... they didn't want to become secretaries, teachers, or wives at that point in their lives. They just wanted some adventure."

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Regulators Seek More Cable Channel Choices

AP | By JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: FCC Cable, Cable Tv, Cable, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Technology News

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are adopting new rules intended to give cable viewers more channel choices. The rules, approved by the Federal Commu...

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Michael Calderone

Al Jazeera English Breaks Into NYC Market

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: The Backstory, John McCain, Verizon Fios, Al Jazeera English, New York Al Jazeera English, Al Anstey, Time Warner Al Jazeera English, New York Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera New York, Time Warner Cable, Cable, Al Jazeera English Time Warner, Al Jazeera English New York, Fios Al Jazeera English, Hillary Clinton, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English Fios, Media News

NEW YORK -- Six months after New York City news junkies flocked to Al Jazeera English’s website for up-to-the-second coverage of the Egyptian uprisi...

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Netflix: We're Not Trying To Kill Cable

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Netflix Comcast, Netflix Earnings, Netflix Earnings Q1 2011, Cable, Netflix Cable, Nflx, Netflix Q1 2011, Netflix, Comcast, Technology News

Netflix on Monday released impressive earnings from the first quarter of 2011 and now boasts the highest number of subscribers of any video service in...

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YouTube Streaming Could Change Sports for Good

The Stir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Television, Sports, Cable, Tv, Sports News
The Stir

YouTube is in talks with both the NBA and the NHL to stream games live over the Internet, with other leagues allegedly in line for later negotiations. Will fans be willing to make the change?

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The Cable Cutting Chronicals - Week 3

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Verizon, Broadband, Steve Rosenbaum, Curation Nation, Curate, Cable, Vonage, magnify.net, Steven Rosenbaum, Technology News
Steve Rosenbaum

Well, now that we've gone and cut off cable, we thought maybe we could go all the way. So after a convincing call with Verizon, we ordered up new inte...

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Demonstrators Overthrow Al Jazeera

MP Nunan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Television, Emir of Qatar, Egypt Revolution, Bbc, Middle East, Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, Protests, Mubarak, Al Jazeera, Algeria, Censorship, State Department, Bahrain, Qatar, Aid, Producer, Cable, Revolution, Analysis, Foreign Affairs, Comedy Central Policy, Humor, Correspondent, Nbc, Letterman, Field Producer, Policy, Egypt, Network, Columnist, Media, Anderson Cooper, Leno, Uprising, Comedy Writer, Satire, Protest, Aid-Work, Cable News, Development, Comedy, Stewart, Reporter, Colbert, Writer, Yemen, Democracy, Foreign Policy, Fake News, Television Reporter, Ngo, Cnn, Foreign Correspondent, Cairo, Current Affairs, News, Non-Governmental Organization, International, Comedy News
MP Nunan

(Doha, Qatar) - In the latest twist to the wave of protests spreading across the Middle East, demonstrators have overthrown the Al Jazeera television ...

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The Real Story Behind Cable "Cord Cutting" Numbers

Michael Turk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cord Cutters, Television, Cable, Roku, Cord Cutting, Over the Top, Hulu.com, Apple TV, Netflix, Media News
Michael Turk

The litany of posts and pontifications about cord cutting continues unabated, yet few people take the time to actually look at what's really going on.

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The F Word: Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Detention, Free Speech TV, Frank Rich, Broadcast, Mosaic, Media, Uprising, Grit Tv, Linktv, Television, Big Noise Films, Cable, Laura Flanders, Cairo, Grittv, Al Jazeera, Independent Media, Detained, Media News
Laura Flanders

One of the biggest stories of the past few weeks has been the story of Americans discovering Al Jazeera English. It shouldn't have been so hard. As ...

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How Big Is Too Big?

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Television, NBC Universal, Cable, USA, Richard Nixon, Vietnam War, Syfy, Bravo, Telemundo, Viacom, Comcast, Cbs, Weather Channel, Broadcast TV, FCC Comcast, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

Forty years after the federal government ruled that broadcast networks could not own cable systems, the FCC decided that Comcast, by far the largest of all cable system companies, could take control of NBC Universal, Inc.

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Verizon Throws Fuel on the Net Neutrality Fire

John Tarnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Level 3, Verizon, Cable, Content, Entertainment, Wireless, Comcast, Net Neutrality, Franken, Technology News
John Tarnoff

What Big Bandwidth apologists misrepresent as FCC "regulation" of Net Neutrality is actually the preservation of the open market.

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The Top 10 Cable Networks Of 2010

Posted 05.25.2011

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Now that 2010 is drawing to a close, everyone's reflecting on the year behind us--even cable networks, who are touting their total ratings for the las...

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Video: Verizon Developing Ultra Fast 10GB Per-House Connection in the U.S.

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bandwidth, Internet, Verizon, Cable, Dsl, Fios, Technology News
Andy Plesser

In November, Verizon FiOS announced a substantial increase in connection speed to 150 MBPS down and 35 MBPS up for all of its 12.5 million U.S. subs...

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Cable TV Cord Cutting is a "Myth," Industry Study Indicates

Daisy Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Television, Streaming Video, Cable, Technology News
Daisy Whitney

Despite the plethora of streaming video and over-the-top options, the vast majority of TV viewers are keeping their cable. In a recent study, the C...

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