News on Cable and Satellite Broadcasting

FCC seeks comment on rules for TV-cable talks

2010-03-19T14:00:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal Communications Commission seeking comment on rules for cable-broadcaster negotiations</div><div><p>Federal regulators are seeking public comment on a petition by cable, satellite and phone companies for new government rules that would give them more clout in negotiations with TV broadcasters over programming.</p><p>Friday's mov...

U.S. court backs ban on some cable TV program deals

2010-03-12T15:00:42Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld on Friday a Federal Communications Commission ban that prevents cable companies like Comcast Corp from cutting exclusive deals ...

Summary Box: Court OKs cable TV access rules

2010-03-12T14:00:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Federal court upholds FCC rules for programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposed</div><div><p>THE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV.</p><p...

Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision

2010-03-12T13:16:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal court upholds FCC access rules for cable programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposed</div><div><p>A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such as s...

Cable, sat TV firms ask gov't to stop TV blackouts

2010-03-10T14:30:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Cable, satellite TV operators ask for government intervention in fee dispute with broadcasters</div><div><p>The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Reuters) - A coalition of cable and satellite companies will this week call on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to create a new process to resolve increasingly bitter disputes over carriage fees paid to broadcasters.</p><p>The group, which includes rival TV distributors suc...

Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming

2010-03-08T16:45:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Stay tuned: More fee disputes coming over local TV channels on cable lineups</div><div><p>Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.</p><p>Broadcasters hurt by declining ad revenue are demanding more fees from cable and other subscription TV providers to carry the stations. The providers are resisting, and in the latest tussle, Reuters) - Google Inc and No. 2 U.S. satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp are jointly testing a television programing search service, the Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp customers were able to watch the live broadcast of the Oscars on Sunday after the cable company reached a last-minute deal to return WABC-TV to air in a dispute over ...

Venezuela telecom agency rejects anti-Chavez TV

2010-03-06T00:30:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Venezuela telecom agency rejects company's bid to launch cable channels critical of Chavez</div><div><p>A company's bid to launch two cable channels expected to be critical of President Hugo Chavez was rejected Friday, Venezuela's state-run telecommunications agency announced.</p><p>The agency said Empresas 1BC failed to meet a deadline fo...

Movers roundup: Apple, Dish Network

2010-03-05T15:21:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Movers roundup: Apple stock jumps to record high, Dish Network shares climb on analyst upgrade</div><div><p>Among the stock activity stories for Friday, March 5, from AP Financial News:</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Apple Inc. jumped...

TiVo wins ruling in EchoStar case, shares soar

2010-03-04T12:00:48Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court affirmed on Thursday a contempt finding against Dish Network Corp and EchoStar Corp in their long-running patent case against digital video recorder maker TiV...

TiVo hopes for a lift from DVR blending 'Net, TV

2010-03-03T04:45:13Z

<div id="subtitle">TiVo unveils new DVR that aims to blend Internet, TV seamlessly in bid to regain cachet</div><div><p>TiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs.</p><p>The new TiVo Premiere boasts a thinner, sleeker look with a revamped menu and features that will ...

Disney plays bully in dispute, says Cablevision CEO

2010-03-02T14:00:39Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems chief executive Jim Dolan on Tuesday blasted Walt Disney's "bullying" threat to pull ABC from its cable...

On the Call: Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen

2010-03-01T14:00:14Z

<div id="subtitle">On the Call: Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen on staying as chief executive</div><div><p>The chief executive of Dish Network Corp. relinquished his position as CEO of sister company EchoStar Corp. during the fourth quarter.</p><p>But Charlie Ergen said that's not a sign he's ready to st...

Earns Dish Network

2010-03-01T05:17:16Z

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2009 photo, a Dish Network booth at the Consumer Electronics Shows in Las Vegas, is shown. Dish Network gained more subscribers for the third straight quarter, and the nation's second-largest satellite TV operator reported Monday, March 1, 2010, a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit even though its earnings declined...

Earnings Preview: Dish Network Corp.

2010-02-26T10:00:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Earnings Preview: Dish Network Corp. 4Q earnings, expect increase in subscribers</div><div><p>Dish Network Corp., the nation's second largest satellite TV operator, reports fourth-quarter earnings before the market opens on Monday.</p><p>WHAT TO WATCH FOR: The Englewood,

Cablevision posts 4Q profit, revenue rises 5 pct

2010-02-25T13:01:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Cablevision has 4Q profit; customers spend more on digital cable, phone and Internet services</div><div><p>Cablevision Systems Corp., the nation's fifth-largest cable TV operator, posted a profit for the fourth quarter as more customers signed up for digital cable TV, phone and Internet services.</p><p>The only money-losing division was its

Cablevision to roll out network-DVR in April

2010-02-25T11:15:25Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp said it will roll out its controversial remote storage digital video recorder in April, doing away with the need to buy and install DVR boxes in subscribers' homes.</p><p>The RS-DVR technology enables subscribers to store TV programs on the cable operator's comp...

NBC, Comcast CEO'S Testify Before House Judiciary Committee

2010-02-25T09:31:10Z

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 25: Brian Roberts (L) chairman and CEO of the Comcast Corporation testifies while Jeff Zucker (R) president and CEO of NBC Universal, Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of the Comcast Corporation, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on