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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.   |
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. |
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. |
Home Theater
September 18, 2007
Mark Fleischmann |
Satellite Problems Loom in DTV Transition Until now concerns over the transition to digital television, scheduled for 2009, have centered on broadcast-dependent viewers. But satellite viewers may be in for trouble too. |
Home Theater
March 24, 2008 |
Satellite Providers Can Ax Local HD Local stations suffered a setback in the transition to digital television last week when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that satellite providers needn't carry local signals in HD till 2013. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Who Will Control Your Broadband? The Cable-Telecom skirmish is beginning to hit home for apartment and condo dwellers. If the FCC has its way, they may soon be able to freely choose their broadband providers. |
Home Theater
July 20, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
FCC Gets CableCARD Comments The FCC entertains suggestions from big cable and other interested parties. |
Home Theater
February 1, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Satellite Ops Sue Over MA Tax DirecTV, Dish say the tax will drive their subscribers to cable. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Commodity Broadcast Media Is a Dish Served Cold One of the satellite TV operators has figured out how to survive in the Internet age and the other one hasn't. |
Home Theater
October 29, 2007 |
FCC Liberates Apartment Dwellers Apartment tenants and owners are about to get new video-delivery options, thanks to the Federal Communications Commission. |
Home Theater
February 26, 2009 |
Cable Shows to Go Online Cable operators are leading the effort to put cable programming on the internet. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Cliff Edwards |
Interactive TV: What's In The Cards? It's electronics companies vs. the cable giants in a battle over digital services |
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. |
Home Toys
August 2005
James Russo |
Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Dish Is Winning -- For Now Dish Networks has the digital dogs of war nipping at its heels. |
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. |
Home Theater
October 12, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Customers Like TV Services Better Satisfaction scores are up for telco, satellite, and cable providers. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
David Lee Smith |
DirecTV Churns Out One Solid Quarter With subscriber defections slowing, DirecTV was able to increase its quarterly income by more than 40%. From the perspective of savvy investors, it looks like there is money to made from DirecTV. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2005
Rich Duprey |
No Jams on Info Freeway The Supreme Court says cable Internet operations are information providers, not telecoms. Information services will inevitably evolve over time, and this ruling will help foster new developments. |
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
February 17, 2011
David Lee Smith |
Cord-Cutting Is for Babies Comcast will likely show us all that its future is brighter than ever. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2008
David Lee Smith |
The Case of Verizon vs. Time Warner Cable Verizon sues Time Warner Cable, claiming an ad misrepresents Verizon's fiber-optic services. |
InternetNews
December 20, 2010 |
FCC Set to Approve Stronger Net Neutrality Rules Senior officials confirm that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has altered draft order in consultation with fellow Democratic commissioners to secure approval of controversial open Internet rules. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Can Cable Still Reward Shareholders? The sector's done well lately, but what new issues might cable operators be facing? Time Warner Cable... Comcast... etc. |
Home Theater
July 6, 2007 |
Verizon Dodges FCC CableCARD Rules Starting on July 1, all non-broadcast television providers are required under federal law to support the CableCARD standard and storebought cable boxes - with very few exceptions. One of those exceptions is Verizon. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2004
Phil Wohl |
EchoStar Builds Momentum The satellite TV provider adds more subscribers than expected. Investors should ride the wave of new satellite customer additions, yet be wary that one big, bad quarter could produce a wipeout. |
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. |
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. |
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
August 14, 2008 |
Verizon, Intel Want Ethernet in TVs Verizon and Intel have asked the Federal Communications Commission to mandate ethernet ports in video devices. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Comcast Answers the Competitive Call Comcast's shares are moving, and its services are expanding. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
David Lee Smith |
EchoStar's Signal Is Strong Investors, if you think cable has trumped satellite television, take note of EchoStar's brightening picture. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Comcast's Triple-Play Slide Growing concerns about competition from satellite TV providers, telephone providers, and the slowing pace of customer additions, has caused Comcast's share price to tumble since mid-July. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Satellite's Hot Pursuit Of Cable In the all-out war for subscribers, the satellite industry is clearly winning out over the cable industry. |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2004
Rex Moore |
Fighting the Cable Rate Hikes Get ready to pay even more for cable and satellite service. |
Home Theater
June 3, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Cable Cleans Up Its Act Two cable operators improve customer service to prevent cord cutting. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Let's Get Going With VOD As to Warner's apparent efforts to feed VOD without starving DVD sales or undernourishing the Blockbusters of this world, it seems that there are too many masters being served here. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Comcast's Got 'Em Spoiled With a string of terrific quarters, Comcast may have raised expectations too high. In spite of excellent numbers, shares dropped 4.7% after releasing results. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 29, 2008
Anders Bylund |
How IPTV Could Conquer Cable In the next few years, TV delivered over the Internet will force cable and satellite broadcast operators to alter the ways in which they do business. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2010
Anders Bylund |
DISH Sees the Writing on the Wall Satellite TV purveyor DISH Network just released a spartan earnings report, in more ways than one. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2010
Anders Bylund |
This Is One Report Worth Ignoring! Nice quarter, DirecTV. How long can you keep up the charade? |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2008
Tim Beyers |
This Is the Telco I'm Shorting The worst telco isn't even a full-fledged telecommunications provider. |
Home Theater
February 23, 2009 |
Satellite Local Coverage Urged A member of Congress is pushing for satellite video services to carry all local channels in all markets. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: Sirius/XM Bear The planned merger between XM and Sirius isn't going to get regulatory heads nodding. To think otherwise would be both naive and ignorant of the FCC's past in shooting down similar proposed nuptials. Investors, take note. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004
Ronald Grover |
Direct Talk About DirecTV Rupert Murdoch had just received the phone call that would launch him into the stratosphere: Regulators had O.K.'d his purchase of a controlling stake in DirecTV's satellite service. He spoke about the deal just hours after the official announcement. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Verizon Making Moves With Apple Verizon FiOS is coming to an Apple iPad near you. |
