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Home Theater May 28, 2009	Court Nixes Cable Apartment Exclusives Do you live in an apartment building served by cable? If so, you're probably resigned to your local cable operator having a monopoly. But the U.S. Court of Appeals says that's not the way it has to be.
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InternetNews February 10, 2006 Roy Mark	Video Competition Boosting Broadband Penetration High-speed Internet service is riding on the battle between Bells and cable companies.
InternetNews January 11, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Pushes for Competitive Set-Top Market The Federal Communications Commission denies Comcast request for delay in separating security features from set-top digital receivers.
InternetNews April 14, 2008	FCC to Look Into Firms' Use of Customer Data Staff at the Federal Communications Commission are expected to recommend that it review rules on how phone and cable companies can use customer information as they try to take business from each other.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2007 David Lee Smith	Are They Ganging Up on Comcast? Comcast is currently doing battle with the FCC chairman, the NFL, and at least one of its subscribers.
Home Theater March 18, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Court Broadens Cable Program Access A federal appeals court has forbidden cable operators to maintain exclusive access to programming from networks they own.
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Home Theater December 7, 2009	Comcast Captures NBC Universal It's official: Comcast is buying NBC Universal. And already predictions are surfacing as to how this will change the media landscape in online video and other areas.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 G. M. Filisko	FCC Ban Gets Bad Reception The FCC adopted the rule banning exclusive cable contracts to foster increased price competition among cable providers and provide residents of multifamily buildings with more choice.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2008 David Lee Smith	Can You Hear Me Now, Cable Guys? Adding wireless capability could boost cable's competitive advantage.
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The Motley Fool February 10, 2004 Rex Moore	Fighting the Cable Rate Hikes Get ready to pay even more for cable and satellite service.
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The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 Rich Duprey	Controlling Interest in Net Access Supreme Court hears the case of opening cable Internet access to competition and regulation. The decision will have important consequences that may become irrelevant if satellites, power lines or other means of transmission become more prevalent. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool October 27, 2004 Phil Wohl	Comcast Paying for Cable Users Leading U.S. cable company's results impacted by cost to lure subscribers. The company's shares appear to be attractive relative to its 76% analyst-estimated earnings growth rate next year.
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InternetNews April 15, 2004 Roy Mark	Independent ISPs Vow Open Access Fight New political and lobbying group plans to rally subscribers to pressure Congress into making cable lines open to competition.
Home Theater December 17, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	Comcast Streaming Makes Debut Subscribers can see shows previously unavailable online.
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Refuses to Review FCC Modem Rule Ninth Circuit upholds decision saying cable broadband is subject to common carrier rules.
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BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Drowning In Remotes? Thank Cable Operators It may be too soon to replace your cable set-top box.
Home Toys June 2004 Jack Urrutia	Modulating on Digital Cable Systems Even though digital cable may present interesting challenges, it is still possible to distribute video sources like security cameras around the house using a video modulator and the existing cable TV wiring.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2007 David Lee Smith	Could Cable Get Boxed In? New FCC mandates could ultimately hurt the cable multisystems operators. The commission wants consumers to be able to purchase their own set-top boxes, theoretically to reduce the MSOs' control over the entire subscription process. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool November 22, 2006 David Lee Smith	Comcast Visits the Magic Kingdom Comcast and Disney have been unusual among media companies in 2006 -- the year has been good to their shareholders. That shouldn't change now, since it appears that these two revitalized companies have inked a win-win agreement.
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InternetNews August 30, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Sends Cable Dispute to Supreme Court Agency wants high court to overturn decision forcing cable companies to share high-speed lines with other ISPs.
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