These days, some of our old basic cable channels seem like they are just filling space -- clinging to life and biding their time until the basic business is finally overtaken by streaming and ...

Scanning a list of basic cable channels is like rummaging through an attic. What is that musty aroma? MTV, VH-1, TV Land, USA Network, E!, TBS? It seems so. But when does it come time to clean out the ...

Americans are paying luxury prices for basic entertainment, and a big chunk of that money is going to channels they never tune in to. Studies of traditional pay TV show that the typical household is ...

If you have basic cable, you're paying $5.54 per month for ESPN — even if you never watch it. Here are monthly costs for ESPN and a dozen other... Here's how the cable business works: Cable companies ...

The long-running lament among TV viewers is that you get 500 channels but there is never anything to watch. But what was once a bit of hyperbole is now mostly true — there is almost nothing new to ...

Consumers have shirked cable for a while — and now the content owners don't even want their own channels. On Thursday, Comcast President Mike Cavanaugh said he has commissioned a study to look into ...