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Ad Skipping: Careful What You Wish For

Dennis O'Brien | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Mad Men, Abc, Les Moonves CBS, Les Moonves, DISH Network, Cable Tv, Comcast, Hulu, Cbs, Modern Family, Nbc, TV News

No one likes watching TV commercials, except, perhaps, during the Super Bowl. Even those whose livelihoods depend on them have a hard time convincing family members not to fast forward past them in this DVR age.

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Video Apps That Are Upfront and Personal Will Ultimately Dominate the Television Industry

Brad Spirrison | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Apple TV, Apple Smart Tv, Video Apps, Smart Tv Cable Industry, Smart Tv Apps, Cable Tv, Smart Tv, Smart Tv Broadcast Tv, Tv Apps, Broadcast TV, Dvr Tv, Online Streaming Tv, Technology News

Cable and the Internet permanently took viewers away from the broadcasters, while the time-shifting magic of DVR technology makes watching any scheduled television show outside of sporting events a rarity.

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Why Time Warner Cable's Business Model Makes No Sense

Andrew Weinreich | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Aereo, Time Warner, Cable Tv, Fox, Andrew Weinreich, Hbo, New York News

In February, I signed up as a beta tester of the Aereo service and am now more certain than ever that my Time Warner Cable bill will come permanently down from the $160 a month that I currently pay to $50 a month.

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Tribune Broadcasting: No Deal Reached With DirecTV

AP | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Satellite TV, Tribune Broadcasting Directv, Satellite Directv, Cable Television, Tribune Bankruptcy, Cable Tv, Chicago Tribune, Tribune, Ap, Tribune Broadcasting, Directv Tribune Broadcasting, Satellite Television, Directv, Media News

NEW YORK (AP) — DirecTV Inc. subscribers in 19 U.S. markets have lost access to certain programming, after Tribune Broadcasting said it failed to re...

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To My Internet Service Provider: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, But I'm Doing It!

Lori Day | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Telephone, Internet, Bees, Relationships, Epipen, Email, Cable Tv, Customer Service, Allergies, Internet Service Providers, Comedy News

So I say to the worst Internet service provider in the world, to whom I have given dozens of hours of my time over the years dealing with their incompetent customer service and tech support professionals and their highly unstable platform, goodbye and good riddance.

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Comcast Almost Manages To Stop Decline In Cable Subscriptions

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 04.16.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) — It's become the routine in the cable industry that subscribers stream out the door every quarter, hanging up on cable in favor of se...

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The Price We Pay for "Fair and Balanced" News

Kathryn Dawson | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Religion, Cable Tv, Fox News, Media, Relationships, Fox News Sunday, Glenn Beck Fox News, Fox News Channel, Media News

Fox News' fear mongering (and profiteering), particularly when directed at the elderly and most vulnerable, is criminal. I could not bear to see my mother endure unnecessary stress based on lies.

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Disney, Comcast Reach Deal

AP | Posted 03.05.2012

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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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How the Net Can Fix Netflix: An Open Letter to Reed Hastings

David Fagin | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Steve Jobs, Showtime, Cable Tv, Netflix, Content, Hulu, Stock Market, Hbo, Video, TV News

The best way for Netflix to recoup those lost subscribers, and add legions of new ones in the process, is to offer new shows people actually want to watch and can only see on Netflix. And they're trying just that.

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Cable TV Bills Have Nearly Tripled In The Past 10 Years

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: School-Sports-Programs, Video, Nfl, Espn, Business News, Rising Cost of Cable Bill, Cable Tv, Netflix, Hulu, Cable-Bills, Business News

Do you feel like your cable bill is significantly higher than it used to be? That's probably because it is. The average cable TV subscriber pays n...

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Golden Globe and SAG Nominations: Is the Difference Between Comedy and Drama the Difference Between Network and Cable TV?

Lelia Nebeker | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Emmys 2011, 2011 Emmys, Cable Tv, Tv Sag Awards, Network TV, Emmy Awards, Reality-Tv-Emmys, TV News

After perusing the SAG and Golden Globe nominations for this year, I was struck once again by how the categories of drama and comedy seem to divide themselves into "cable" and "network" TV series.

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Bounce TV Launches In Philly

AP | By JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 12.01.2011

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PHILADELPHIA -- The nation's first free broadcast network targeting African-American audiences arrived in the nation's fourth-largest media market on ...

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'Walking Dead' Renewed

AP | Posted 12.25.2011

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NEW YORK — "The Walking Dead" will live on for yet another year. AMC network said on Tuesday that its hit zombie drama, just two weeks into a s...

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Debate Fans: Let's You and Him Fight!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.21.2011

Are you willing to listen to a few suggestions for making your terrific show even more terrific, whenever it comes back? Maybe you're already thinking about some of these, or maybe not.

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Record Numbers Ditch Their Pay TV

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 10.10.2011

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NEW YORK — The weak economy is hitting Americans where they spend a lot of their free time: at the TV set. They're canceling or forgoing cable ...

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TV Watchers Cut Cable Cord In Record Numbers

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Satellite TV, Cable Subscribers, TV Online, Cord Cutting, Internet TV, Cable Tv, Netflix, Cable Cutting, Tv, Streaming Tv, Technology News

NEW YORK — The weak economy is hitting Americans where they spend a lot of their free time: at the TV set. They're canceling or forgoing cable ...

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FX Renews Three Comedies

AP | Posted 10.08.2011

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The FX network is picking up two more seasons of its veteran comedy "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." FX president J...

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No News Is Good News

Douglas Forbes | Posted 10.05.2011

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Who can argue that cable TV teems with killer comedy? I mean, have you watched CNN, MSNBC or FOX News channels lately?

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Regulators Seek More Cable Channel Choices

AP | By JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 10.02.2011

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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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Want Cable/Broadband Competition? Build Community Networks

Christopher Mitchell | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Competition, Community Network, Time Warner Cable, Video, Broadband, Telephone Companies, Broadband Infrastructure, Lobbyists, AT&T, Monopoly, Cable Tv, Local Government, North Carolina, Infographic, Technology News

The federal government has done little to protect citizens from the telecommunications industry's natural tendency toward consolidation and monopoly.

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Netflix Price Hike: Rage vs. Reward

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 09.12.2011

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With the announcement on Tuesday that Netflix would raise its subscription prices -- separating its DVD and streaming services into two separate plans...

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Casey Anthony Case: Hang Jury?

Sunil Adam | Posted 09.05.2011

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Al Gore and Keith Olbermann: A Moment of Truth for Cable News

Brent Budowsky | Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Currenttv, Cable Tv, Cable News, Media, Al Gore, Trust in Media, Keith Olbermann, Edward R. Murrow, Media News

Keith Olbermann has expressed concern about the influence of corporate ownership of news media. Until Al Gore entered the picture it was impossible to fully quantify the impact of corporate ownership of news. With his new show, we'll finally see.

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FX's Candid Chief

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Cable Tv, John Landgraf Fx, Fox, Fx, Fx John Landgraf, John Landgraf, Media News

NEW YORK — The way television's business calendar works, more programs are born or die during the first few weeks of May than at any other time ...

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Surprise Cable Smash Renewed

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: The Game Renewed, Cable Tv, Bet, Bet the Game, The Game, Media News

Much like sister-network MTV, BET will continue its focus on scripted series. The network is set to announce at Wednesday's upfront presentation in...

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