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The Motley Fool
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FCC: Friend to Cable Companies Commissioner Powell and friends side against "a la carte" cable service.   |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2004
Rich Smith |
Changing the Channel on Cable The U.S. Senate wants cable to offer channels a la carte. |
Home Theater
November 24, 2003 |
NBC - Digital Expansion? The television network is considering its options in the digital broadcasting game, including five new digital channels and video-on-demand. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2006
Steven Mallas |
MTV Enters Hyperspace Are multiple new MTV-branded websites too much of a good thing? We'll have to wait and see whether this new Internet strategy will eventually help Viacom's shares. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Reasons Why Comcast's $60 Movies Will Fail The cable giant is testing on-demand rentals of nearly first-run features. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Television Isn't Dead Comcast makes your cable subscription even stickier. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2011
Rebecca Lipman |
Google to Take on Cable TV Stocks: Short-Sellers Smell Blood Do you agree with the bearish opinion on these stocks? |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2010
Eric Jhonsa |
Is Cable's Business Model Kaput? After the Fox-Time Warner dispute, consumers and service providers alike have reasons to support change. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2010
Jesse Emspak |
Internet Challenges Cable Companies, but They Aren't Done Yet The need for revenue keeps many stations from going online-only. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2005
Rich Smith |
Cable Coalition Cracks Cablevision breaks ranks to support a la carte channel pricing. If giving the customer what it wants won't really bankrupt the cable providers, well, that's good news for cable companies and their investors alike. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Tom Lowry |
Digital TV: Where Are All Those Eyeballs? Digital TV let local broadcasters create subchannels for niche programs. But a sour ad climate and distribution problems are preventing any revenue boost. |
Home Theater
February 10, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
FCC Likes A La Carte A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report concludes that many consumers could be better off if cable and satellite companies provide all of their current networks on an a la carte basis, letting consumers pick the channels they want. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2005
Rich Smith |
FCC: Friend to Cable Consumers Recently, new FCC Chairman Kevin Martin went on the record in favor of a la carte pricing, taking a tack that even industry-friendly administration officials will feel hard-pressed to ignore: We need to protect the children. |
Fast Company
December 2005
Scott Kirsner |
Maverick Mogul Broadcast.com founder Mark Cuban is questioning everything about the film business - and naturally ticking a lot of people off. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
Lowry et al. |
Mega Media Mergers: How Dangerous? If Comcast wins Disney, a few behemoths will dominate news, entertainment, and distribution |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2010
Anders Bylund |
How the Cable Guys Are Killing Themselves Video on demand may boost cable TV results for a while, but will end up killing the entire industry. |
Home Toys
August 2005
James Russo |
Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
Tom Lowry |
MTV for Life Snagging and holding on to the 35- to 50-year-old crowd is John Sykes's job at MTV Networks. Here's what he does to snag and hold this segment. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Fox's Summer Job Fox intends to debut new programs in the summer... that's a great idea for all the networks. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Foxy News From News Corp. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's quarterly results look pretty good; more importantly, the company is ready for the future, and starting from a well-balanced position today. |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2013
Joe DeLessio |
Breaking Down The Cost Of Watching Live Sports On Cable In a DVR world, sports is about the only stuff regularly watched live -- which allows sports networks to demand increasingly higher fees from cable providers. |
Fast Company
Harry McCracken |
Review: Sling TV, An Intriguing -- But Incomplete -- First Draft Of The Future Of Pay TV There are going to be some people who care enough about the channels the service offers to pay $20 a month. Sports fans especially. But there will more who will look at the lineup and fixate on what's currently missing. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
EchoStar, Viacom Go for the Jugular Disputes over rate hikes have the two companies in a very public battle. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2011
Lipman & Esterhuizen |
Cable's Cloudy Future: 5 Cable TV Stocks Bucking the Trend Wall Street analysts think there are more earnings upside to these companies -- do you agree?: DIRECTV... Discovery Communications... Shaw Communications... Virgin Media... AMC Networks... |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Why Comcast Pulls You Off the Couch Today Comcast is planning way ahead, and might even make it through the next entertainment revolution. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2009
Anders Bylund |
One Step Closer to Entertainment Nirvana The next telly you buy will be better than the old one in several important ways. It'll be slicker, sweeter, and perfectly capable of serving up its own shows and movies whenever you need it. Which companies are ready to benefit from this? |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2008
Anders Bylund |
The Entertainment Industry in 2015 Gaze into an unshackled, content-happy, entertainment-filled future as we take a look at what entertainment may be like in 2015. |
InternetNews
January 9, 2008
Gene Hirschel |
Is 'Tru2Way' True Two-Way TV? Brian Roberts of Comcast delivers a few wows at CES about cable's next content horizon. |
BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Rupert's World With DirecTV, Murdoch finally has a global satellite empire. Get ready for a fierce new media war. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
NBC, News Corp. to Launch YouTube Rival News Corp. and NBC Universal are forming a video distribution network to compete with Google's YouTube. AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo will be the new site's initial distribution partners. |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Has Hollywood Seen the Digital Light? A consortium of big-name movie studios has come up with a bold, new digital distribution plan for new movies. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Murdoch Must Outfox Costs News Corp. has a great asset in Fox Broadcasting -- if it can rein in the programming expenses. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
March 31, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Disney/ABC Strikes Broadcast Deal With YouTube YouTube and Disney Media Networks today announced an agreement to show mini-episodes from ESPN and the Disney/ABC Television Group on ad-supported channels at the Google-owned video portal. |
InternetNews
April 19, 2007
Lisa Nadile |
Broadcasters, Content and the Un-YouTube Are video content deals among broadcasters driven by customer interest or YouTube? |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Netflix in 2014 Let's check in on how Netflix is holding up in the future. |
PC World
June 2004
Anne Kandra |
The Cable-or-Satellite Conundrum TV lovers finally have a real choice. Here's how to pick the right cable or satellite service. |
InternetNews
November 8, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Comcast, DirecTV Take VOD Primetime Deals to offer popular TV shows at 99 cents per episode could boost digital cable and on-demand. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2006
Steven Mallas |
A Good Opener for News Corp. News Corp. is still a media force to be reckoned with, even though its studio is temporarily dragging down operating performance. Shareholders in it for the long term should do well. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Will Studios Nix Cable's Quick Trips for Flicks? Once again, operators want to shrink the time between movies' theatrical and home distribution. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2007
Brendan Mathews |
DirecTV Dishes Out High-Def The satellite-TV provider has a leg up in a tough industry, thanks to its aggressive focus on HDTV. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Comcast Makes Its Move at NBC Jeff Zucker's reign of NBC Universal will come to an end when Comcast takes over. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
What's Inside Comcast's Shopping Bag? Comcast has the money, but it doesn't mean it has a plan. |
Home Theater
July 9, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Sony HD Movie Channels Coming Sony is about to launch two movie channels. One of two would be studio's first wholly owned channel. |
BusinessWeek
August 14, 2006
Jon Fine |
Growing Up Is Hard To Do Cable growth is slowing just a bit, but angst is in the air. |
PC Magazine
May 21, 2009
Sascha Segan |
I Want My MemeTV The Digital Transition will TV make more interesting. For example, let's give 4chan.org a TV channel. Seriously. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Pay Up and Profit, Hollywood! Why are TV and movie studios haggling over writer residuals when fresh content could make them unbelievably rich? |
Home Theater
October 19, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
NY Viewers Bruised in Carriage Smash In cable rebroadcast dispute, two major local channels go dark. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Reasons Comcast Needs NBC Universal Comcast has plenty to gain in its deal with NBC Universal, so let's break down a few of the reasons why it's actually happening. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2009
Jon Fine |
Why Broadcast Networks Can't Just Turn Cable Sure, CBS and the others could garner paying audiences. But the broadcast network system is far too complex for a switch to happen easily. |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2007
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
TiVo, Minus The Tangle The new TiVo HD is a harbinger of better things that will be here soon. |
