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The Motley Fool
February 26, 2007
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CBS' Ship Comes In CBS announced last week it had completed a series of agreements with cable systems companies. Investors, stay tuned.   |
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October 27, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Fee Fights Starve Online TV Efforts by broadcast TV networks to get higher fees for cable transmission may reduce TV-show content online. |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
David Kiley |
Cable's Big Bet On Hyper-Targeting Time Warner will test new software that sends different ads to different viewers. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 11, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Found Money for CBS With broadcasters increasingly able to demand rebroadcast fees from cable companies, CBS's bottom line could become significantly chubbier. Investors, take note. |
Home Theater
February 26, 2009 |
Cable Shows to Go Online Cable operators are leading the effort to put cable programming on the internet. |
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
September 27, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Fool on the Street: Moonves Sees CBS as Content King CEO Les Moonves believes that CBS can successfully monetize its content in a digital age. Looking forward, management plans to continue focusing on expanding deals with retransmission content and keeping production costs down. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Television Isn't Dead Comcast makes your cable subscription even stickier. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2007
Steven Mallas |
NBC Takes a Breath of Fresh Air NBC buys the Oxygen Network, which targets 18- to 24-year-old women, and comes with about 74 million subscribers. Was it a smart move for the media giant? |
BusinessWeek
September 24, 2007
Burt Helm |
Cable Takes A Ratings Hit Cable companies will suffer under Nielsen's new system, which counts who's watching the ads. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Indecent Proposal New indecency legislation may change the face of broadcasting. |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2007
Tom Lowry |
TV's Boomlet From Election '07 Broadcasters will thrive on early election ads. But it's a mixed blessing. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Time Warner's Rerun-O-Rama A rumored "hits" channel from Time Warner seems like yesterday's brainchild. |
Home Toys
August 2005
James Russo |
Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable |
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
August 25, 2010
Manikandan Raman |
Cable War Between Disney and Time Warner: Who'll Win? Not only subscribers, but also the investors of Walt Disney and Time Warner Cable are wondering how the heightened clash between the companies over continued carriage of Disney channels will impact the bottom line of each. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2010
April Taylor |
A Dimmer Future for Cable Operators Will young consumers cancel cable? |
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. |
Home Theater
May 3, 2007 |
Motorola to Show Dual Cable Box Looking for a smoother way to switch between cable and broadcast channels? Next week Motorola will demo a dual-function cable box that also receives off-the-air channels. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
July 23, 2009
Jon Fine |
The Big Bounceback? Local TV Why local TV stations may have several advantages over other media such as national TV and newspapers when the ad market finally turns. |
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
June 6, 2005
Matt Thurmond |
How TV Turns Viewers Into Dollars When you go channel-surfing, someone's getting paid. Once established in their markets, networks and affiliate stations can rake in the advertising dollars. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005 |
ABC News Now: "We're Leapfrogging" ABC News president David Westin explains why he sees the digital channel "as the next generation in news." |
Home Theater
September 14, 2007 |
FCC Adopts Cable Transition Rules This week the Federal Communications Commission finally decided on "must carry" rules. All channels on your local airwaves must be available to all cable subscribers, whether their TVs are digital or analog. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's Ready to Disrupt Again An analyst notes that Apple is working on a customized television service. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Cable Tackles the NFL Tired of steadily increasing sports programming charges, cable has booted the NFL Network. Comcast and Time Warner Cable now carry it only on their premium sports packages. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Eyeing Bigger Profits at CBS CBS has joined its entertainment peers in turning in solid quarterly results, accomplishing increased earnings in the face of lower revenues. |
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
February 12, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Television Giants Are Rumbling A look at the conflict between broadcast companies and cable operators and what investors should pay particular attention to. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Comcast, Time Warner, And The Future Of The Cable Box Comcast's acquisition of Time Warner Cable is well underway. The $45 billion deal cements Comcast's position as the country's largest cable provider and the First Among Equals of our national cable cartel. |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2009
Ronald Grover |
CBS Is Looking More Like a Tiffany Network Its audiences are grayer than the average, but they're also bigger -- and advertisers like their purchasing power |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Grover & Lowry |
A Ball ESPN Couldn't Afford To Drop Yes, ESPN paid plenty for Monday Night Football, but the deal may keep potential rivals, particularly Comcast Corp. and Fox Sports, at bay. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2006
Steven Mallas |
News Corp.'s New VOD Model News Corp. wants to sell network and cable content before it airs on free TV. A stroke of genius? For now, shareholders of media conglomerates will have to be patient. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2007
David Lee Smith |
A Business News Bonanza? A new business channel may be just around the corner. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Disney Fires the First Real Shot in On-Demand Wars Walt Disney's ABC network will start streaming fresh episodes of hits at the click of a remote. |
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2006
Jon Fine |
Local TV's Clear Shot At The Net Demand for video ads could be the local stations' salvation. |
InternetNews
July 14, 2009 |
CBS to Join Comcast's On Demand Trial CBS has joined forces with Comcast, signing on as the first broadcaster to participate in the cable provider's On Demand Online trial, which delivers free TV content on the Web to Comcast's subscribers. |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2009
Ronald Grover |
Hulu's Tough Choices Viewers love the site's free shows, but it's losing a bundle and may soon have to start charging. |
Home Theater
November 7, 2008 |
Cable Must Carry Broadcast Channels Following the DTV transition next February, cable systems will be required to carry broadcast channels. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2010
David Lee Smith |
A Great Stock to Stuff Your Stocking With a bevy of changes in the offing, we would be silly to ignore Comcast. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Lowry & Ante |
Verizon's Video Vision Terry Denson, Verizon Communication's 39-year-old v.p. for video programming and content marketing, wants to turn the telecom giant into a media powerhouse. Here's his plan. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2009
David Lee Smith |
How Worthy Is the Comcast Buying Opportunity? There appear to be more negatives than positives to a Comcast/NBC Universal combo. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Don't Miss Cable's New Lift-Off Both Comcast and Time Warner Cable appear to be handling competition nicely. |
Home Theater
July 17, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Comcast Online Venture Attracts Networks Subscribers will access cable shows online, with ads, but no extra fee. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2004
Rich Smith |
FCC: Friend to Cable Companies Commissioner Powell and friends side against "a la carte" cable service. |
