cable TV

Cable Firms Planning Network DVR as Alternative to Set-Top Recorders

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:02:14 -0700

Google Strikes Partnership With NBC to Expand in TV Advertising

Stevie Converse — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:25:04 -0700

Martin Has Eye on Cable Networks

Stevie Converse — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:51:17 -0700

Cable Coverage from New Angles

Stevie Converse — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:28:33 -0700

ACM to Testify at House Subcommittee Hearing on Sept. 17

Stevie Converse — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:49:00 -0700

Who Decides What You Can Watch on Your Television?

Stevie Converse — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:43:41 -0700

Broadcast spectrum is quite limited, allowing only a few channels to send signals over the air to antennas. The Federal Communications Commission decides who gets licenses to use the airwaves. Cable and satellite dishes offer more channel capacity, but the owner must still choose which channels to offer. They pick what they think their customers want to watch.

Agreement May Mean End of Cable Set-Top Boxes

Stevie Converse — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:44:06 -0700

The set-top box, a necessary appendage for millions of cable televisions for decades, is moving toward extinction.

Secrecy Granted to Rhode Island Cable TV Providers

Stevie Converse — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:31:18 -0700

The state’s three cable TV companies have asked state regulators to keep secret some of the details the businesses are required to file about their operations each year. Eric Palazzo, the state’s top cable regulator, has granted that request.