When it comes to cable programming, everyone knows that there's a few good channels in a sea of commercial pablum. A new bill introduced into the House of Representatives, however, hopes to change the ...

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 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. While subscriber growth is slowing for cable television companies, the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In response to a Congressional mandate, the FCC recently inquired whether satellite and cable TV ...

Original cable programming once again demonstrated its increasing dominance of television at tonight's Emmy Awards. These cable and non-broadcast shows -- especially the dramas -- aren't necessarily ...

Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer, works from Seattle and focuses on investigations and analysis. He's a former Seattle bureau chief for BusinessWeek and author of the book "Design Is How It Works: How ...

John Roser thinks public-access television is about to get a lot more interesting. Roser, who has a background in radio and television broadcasting, has been hired to head Scituate’s community-access ...

The companies ultimately cut last-minute deals, but cable operators want action from Congress. Mediacom CEO Rocco Commisso wrote a letter to Kerry, asserting the program contract system is “broken.” ...

Call it a cable squeeze play. Cable television networks may be the most lucrative divisions of many large media companies, but the networks are beginning to feel the pinch of dramatically higher ...

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 ...