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Home Theater October 19, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
NY Viewers Bruised in Carriage Smash In cable rebroadcast dispute, two major local channels go dark. |
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. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics October 2008 Rob Sabin |
Everything You Need to Know About the Digital TV Transition In reality, the digital TV transition isn't all that complicated. For most people, it is a nonissue, and for everyone else, adjusting to the switch will require minimal effort and expense. |
Home Theater April 26, 2007 |
TWC Axes Analog Time Warner Cable's Staten Island Project will provide 100 new channels of HDTV to the southernmost borough of New York City. |
The Motley Fool November 22, 2004 Rich Smith |
FCC: Friend to Cable Companies Commissioner Powell and friends side against "a la carte" cable service. |
Home Theater November 11, 2008 Mark Fleischmann |
NY Tries Brief Analog TV Shutoff Analog television channels went dark for two minutes in the New York metropolitan area a few weeks ago, in an early trial run for the DTV transition, scheduled for February 2009. |
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 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. |
Home Theater February 7, 2008 Mark Fleischmann |
Cable Nets Hit FCC on Dual Channels Will dual digital and analog versions of local broadcast TV stations push small cable networks out of cable systems? That's what some cable networks fear. And they're voicing their fear by suing the Federal Communications Commission. |
Home Theater June 30, 2009 |
Broadcast DTV May Poach Cable Customers More than half of viewers say they may switch to over-the-air digital television from cable or satellite service. |
PC Magazine March 1, 2009 Sascha Segan |
Don't Delay the DTV Transition We've waited long enough for the analog to digital television conversion. It's time to switch over. |
Home Theater March 12, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
ABC Fight Prompts Cable Plea Cable ops petition for new rules following Oscar-night fracas. |
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. |
Home Theater March 25, 2008 |
Cable Ops Harass CableCARD Users Major cable operators are now cutting off program options to viewers who opted to dump their cable boxes for CableCARDS. |
Macworld June 14, 2006 Anton Linecker |
TVMini HD The Miglia TVMini HD portable PVR device lets you capture, record, edit and archive digital TV and HDTV via ATSC and Clear QAM cable. |
Home Theater November 14, 2008 |
Times Are Hard? Raise Cable Rates! Home prices are plummeting, people are maxing out their credit cards, the stock market is in convulsions, health care costs are out of control, and the economy is rocketing into recession. America needs a morale booster. What better time to raise cable television rates? |
Home Theater April 24, 2007 |
Broadcasters Rip Cable on DTV Dilution Cable operators may discriminate against broadcasters by reducing both the quality and quantity of DTV channels. |
Home Theater June 21, 2007 |
CableCARD Cost to Hit Comcast Customers Comcast has become the first cable operator to announce that it will pass on one particular cost of CableCARD-capable boxes to its subscribers. |
Home Theater 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. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2007 David Lee Smith |
The Dolans Grab the Sweetener Cablevision's controlling family makes a new offer to take the company private. Investors, take note. |
Home Theater January 3, 2008 Mark Fleischman |
U.S. DTV Penetration Hits Milestone Digital television has passed its most significant milestone. |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Cablevision Denies Dolans the Glory Cablevision turns down another offer from the founding Dolan family, however, a buyout of the company remains likely. |
Home Theater June 17, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
DTV Transition Is a Year Old Are you enjoying your free over-the-air HDTV? |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Comcast Trumps Cablevision Let's compare cable industry leader Comcast and Long Island's Cablevision to see why there's such a big P/E mismatch. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Cablevision's Black Ink Doesn't Dispel Gloom For the quarter, Cablevision managed to accomplish a moderately impressive turnaround. But should you grab shares of this media hodgepodge? |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2004 Phil Wohl |
Cablevision's Blurry Vision The New York metropolitan cable TV company is expanding beyond its core strength. Investors appear to be as confused as the company is about its future direction. |
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. |
Home Theater February 4, 2009 |
It's Official: DTV Transition Botched The on-again, off-again effort to delay the DTV transition from February 17 to June 12 has overcome its biggest obstacle. |
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 May 20, 2009 |
FCC to Do 'Soft Test' of DTV Transition Analog TV broadcasts will be interrupted three times on May 21, 2009 with a message heralding the end of analog broadcasting, coming on June 12. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Television's Digital Dilemma If the struggle over digital television in the U.S. were made into a TV show, it would be a tale of intrigue, backstabbing and hidden motives. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2009 David Lee Smith |
"Newsday" Ruffles Cablevision's Quarter Cablevision's writedown of its newspaper purchase clobbers the quarterly performance. |
PC Magazine September 21, 2004 Peter Suciu |
Hi-Def for All Apartment dwellers and others who can't use cable and satellite to get a high definition signal, take heart. The Terk HDTVi indoor antenna connects easily to set-top boxes, tuners, and HDTV sets. |
Popular Mechanics May 2009 Glenn Derene |
How to Ditch Your Cable Provider Without Giving Up on TV Times are tough, money is tight, and Americans are starting to take a long, hard look at their monthly bills. |
Home Theater March 19, 2009 |
FCC Tweaks DTV Transition Scenario The Federal Communications Commission is using what it learned in February to set down rules for the remainder of the stations that complete the transition in June. |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2005 Nathan Slaughter |
Cablevision Changes Channels Cable operator ends the ill-fated Voom Saga amid big losses, but strong subscriber growth -- and swaps assets with former partner News Corp. Today, the stock is advancing solidly. |
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. |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Dolan Redux at Cablevision The family's latest offer is spurned by the board. For now, Cablevision will remain a key member of a five-company public cable operator grouping. It should also become attractive once more to wise investors. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Robert M. Rast |
The Dawn of Digital TV Analog television prepares to meet its doom, vacating valuable real estate in the radio spectrum -- and the band rush begins |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 David Lee Smith |
Cablevision Almost Gone The Dolan family's latest Cablevision buyout offer appears likely to succeed. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2010 David Lee Smith |
That's 2 in a Row for a Reviving Cablevision There could be profits for investors in the company's westward trek. |
Home Theater July 6, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Cable Rivals Press for Sports Channels Under new regulations from the Federal Communications Commission, cable operators can no longer maintain exclusives on sports networks they own. Satellite and telco TV providers have not been slow to demand access to these desirable channels. |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2010 David Lee Smith |
The Cable Guys Are Better Than You Think With all of cable now having reported earnings, Comcast still leads the pack. |
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. |
Home Theater December 5, 2007 |
DTV Stations Move Around UHF will not be the exclusive home of DTV channels following the transition from analog broadcasting. Some will remain on VHF, contrary to what's been widely reported. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006 David Lee Smith |
Cablevision Keeps Cable Cracking Solid results from cable operator's recent quarterly report look good on the surface, but will they benefit shareholders? |
Home Theater October 18, 2007 |
Best Buy Banishes Obsolete TVs Best Buy stopped selling analog sets on October 1, 2007. No longer will confused low-end consumers take home obsolete TVs. A bright new DTV world is dawning. |
CIO November 15, 2005 Grant Gross |
Help for Emergency Responders The push for digital TV would hasten better communications. |
Home Theater December 6, 2004 Darryl Wilkinson |
Even more HDTV from VOOM The third satellite provider shows it's no also-ran as it gets ready to beef up its already hefty HD channel lineup. The latest order? Five more geostationary telecommunications satellites from Lockheed Martin. |