The commission votes Wednesday to end the "terrestrial loophole" that allowed cable operators to refuse local sports programming access to competitors. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...

Basic cable networks have been facing the same audience fragmentation that broadcast networks have been facing since the 1980s. In 2009, ten basic cable networks reported percent double-digit audience ...

For a long time, TV was a fairly sleepy business. You had three major networks in the US—less elsewhere—acting as gatekeepers. They chose their programming lineup each year, which attracted a certain ...

Last year, Americans collectively spent 31 billion hours watching sports on TV — a 40% increase from a decade ago. They watched football, baseball, basketball, hockey, horse racing, NASCAR, rowing, ...

Several state legislatures are being asked to consider adopting legislation proposed by the NFL Network that would compel vertically integrated cable operators to submit carriage disputes with ...

Cable customers have seen price increases that are over three times inflation over the past five years. These rate hikes have drawn criticism from customers and watchdog groups alike. Invariably, the ...

WASHINGTON — Robert Johnson and Alfred Liggins are good friends who share a unique bond: Each launched a successful cable TV network targeting African Americans, a rare achievement that makes them ...

Twenty years ago it was an uphill battle to give African Americans access to previously unavailable video programming in education, health, culture and politics. Despite the challenge, I founded the ...

The tyranny of the cable box may soon see its end. Those expensive boxes have long been the only means through which people can watch TV if they want anything aside from basic. That’s given cable ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Cable Subscribers should no longer be receiving WFTV and WRDQ through their cable service. If you are receiving ABC programming, we would like to hear from you! Click here to ...