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HD Monitoring
The growth of HD is fostering tech advancements and business challenges in monitoring quality of service.... Read entire article
31 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
31 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
Hunters Benefit Homeless
Excess meat donated by hunters is served to homeless by The Sportsman Channel.... Read entire article
14 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
14 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
Cable Mavericks On Campus
The Cable Mavericks program kicks off the school year with a young Maverick.... Read entire article
3 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
3 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
2008 CableFAX 100
View the electronic edition of the CableFAX 100 issue, and see who will be too powerful to return your calls in 2009.... Read entire article
1 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
1 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
20 to Watch: Rising Stars in Cable
As we honor the CableFAX 100 and our Top Women in Cable, it seems only appropriate to highlight some important but lesser known executives whose contributions, drive and passion suggest to us that they're... Read entire article
1 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
1 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
The CableFAX 100—The Greatest Hits of 2008
Thank you for spending some time with the 2008 edition of The CableFAX 100. As in the past, we’ve ranked the top 100 players in cable. Unlike previous years, this list has only 100 or so names on it, a drop of more than 150 names from the 2007 list. This year’s rankings were based on several... Read entire article
1 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
1 Dec 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
CableFAX: 1. Smooth Operator: Steve Burke
Steve Burke Title: President, Comcast Cable; COO, Comcast Corp. Last Year: #2 Age: 50 Education: Colgate U, BA; Harvard Business School, MBA Why Him? As president of the country’s largest cable company, Burke simply couldn’t be anything other than our No. 1. As we know all too well in cable, size... Read entire article
30 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
30 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
The CableFAX 100: Ed Note: Warning: Read this before Diving into the Magazine
I apologize for the foreboding title, the sort of thing you see on the first page of a manual included with a household appliance. Yet we hope this new edition of the CableFAX 100 will be as useful to you in your work as a good piece of equipment is at home. Let me explain: First, your new 100 has been... Read entire article
30 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
30 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
The CableFAX One Hundred: Above It All
THIS YEAR, FOR A CHANGE, WE DECIDED TO PRODUCE AN UNRANKED LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ONCE PART OF OUR 100 BUT WHOSE EMPIRES HAVE SPREAD BEYOND CABLE. BELOW WE LIST A FEW OF THEM, WITH SOME OF THEIR CABLE ASSETS IN PARENTHESES, FOLLOWED BY IRREVERENT BUT RELEVANT COMMENTARY. PAUL ALLEN (CHARTER): We know... Read entire article
30 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
30 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
CableFAX: 2. Jocks ‘n’ Rock: Anne Sweeney, George Bodenheimer
Anne Sweeney Title: Co-Chair, Disney Media Group; Pres, Disney-ABC Television Group Last Year: #5 Age: Same as last year, plus 1 Education: College of New Rochelle, BA; Harvard U, Ed. M. George Bodenheimer Title: Co-Chair, Disney Media Grp; Pres, ESPN/ABC Sports Last Year: #13 Age: 50 Education: Denison U... Read entire article
30 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
30 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm PST
USA Adds 'Royal Pains' To Original Series Roster
USA Network has picked up the original series Royal Pains. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 12:51 pm PST
6 Jan 2009 | 12:51 pm PST
MSNBC Bows New Site For Scarborough Show
MSNBC has launched a new Web site behind weekday show Morning Joe. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 12:17 pm PST
6 Jan 2009 | 12:17 pm PST
ESPN Gains Rights To First College Game In Cowboys’ New Stadium
ESPN will televise the first college football game at the Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Labor Day weekend. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 12:09 pm PST
6 Jan 2009 | 12:09 pm PST
FCC Judge Defying Martin Aide's Order In Program Access Complaint
Washington -- An administrative law judge is apparently defying an order by a Federal Communications Commission official that terminated his control over NFL Network's complaint to gain access to the vast majority of Comcast Corp.'s cable subscribers. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 11:58 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 11:58 am PST
Broadcom To Pack Adobe's Flash Into TV Chips
In another pact aimed at bringing Web-based video to TVs, Broadcom and Adobe Systems announced Tuesday that they will work together to integrate Adobe’s Flash multimedia platform into Broadcom’s latest digital television and set-top box system-on-a-chip platforms. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 11:35 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 11:35 am PST
Moonves: Time Warner Retransmission-Consent Deal a 'Template'
CBS CEO Les Moonves offered few additional details regarding its recent retransmission consent deal with Time Warner Cable at an industry conference Tuesday, but added that the deal sets the stage for future deals with cable operators. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 11:21 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 11:21 am PST
Comcast, Univision Strike Comprehensive Retrans Agreement
In its first announced retransmission-consent agreement, Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications has struck a deal for carriage of its owned-and-operated TV stations and its affiliate stations with Comcast, affecting 20 million subscribers. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 10:00 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 10:00 am PST
AMC's Opens Gate To 'The Prisoner' Online
AMC, which is readying its own reinterpretation of The Prisoner for airing in November, is giving viewers a chance to check out the original online. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 8:49 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 8:49 am PST
NBCU Makes Rentrak Deal Essential
Rentrak Corp. and NBC Universal have reached a multiyear pact under which the programmer will use the measurement company’s Mobile Essentials service to gauge the performance of content in advanced-platform settings. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 8:26 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 8:26 am PST
Cartoon Network Powers Up With 'Powerpuff Girls' Special
Cartoon Network will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its popular 1990s’ animated cartoon series The Powerpuff Girls with an original 30-minute special premiering Jan. 19. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 8:19 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 8:19 am PST
A&E Approves Paranormal Police Series
A&E will go on ghost patrol in the Windy City and environs, as it has greenlit the new original real-life series, Paranormal Cops. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 7:57 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 7:57 am PST
Nick Premieres Three Kings Day-Themed 'Dora' Episode
Nickelodeon tonight will bow a new Dora the Explorer episode themed toward Three Kings Day. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 6:37 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 6:37 am PST
FearNet Joins Comcast Entertainment Group In Move To L.A.
FearNet, the on-demand and online horror service, has relocated to Los Angeles and has been folded into the Comcast Entertainment Group, Comcast’s programming arm. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 5:38 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 5:38 am PST
Time Warner Cable Signs CBS, Showtime Retrans Pact
Time Warner Cable and CBS have reached a comprehensive carriage deal that extends retransmission consent for the broadcaster’s owned-and-operated TV stations and includes carriage of Showtime through 2013. Read entire article
6 Jan 2009 | 4:57 am PST
6 Jan 2009 | 4:57 am PST
NTIA Creates DTV Coupon Waiting List
Washington—Due to a federal accounting law they probably never heard about, consumers can't gain immediate access to $40 coupons created to help them buy converter boxes for the viewing of digital broadcast TV signals on old analog sets, the Bush administration announced Monday. Read entire article
5 Jan 2009 | 1:46 pm PST
5 Jan 2009 | 1:46 pm PST
Broadstripe Files Chapter 11
Broadstripe Communications, the former Millennium Digital Media, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware, but said in a statement that it continues to talk with creditors about refinancing its debt. Read entire article
5 Jan 2009 | 1:17 pm PST
5 Jan 2009 | 1:17 pm PST
ESPN On Hand For World Series Of Poker Europe
Next month, ESPN will deal viewers into eight original hours of coverage of the World Series of Poker from across The Pond -- the Europe Main Event from the Casino at the Empire in London. Read entire article
5 Jan 2009 | 12:26 pm PST
5 Jan 2009 | 12:26 pm PST
Weather.com Sets Monthly, Annual Page-View Marks
Crossing the 1 billion page view mark for the first time, weather.com set record usage in 2008. Read entire article
5 Jan 2009 | 12:09 pm PST
5 Jan 2009 | 12:09 pm PST
Sunflower Retrans Dispute Keeps K.C. Viewers in the Dark
Sunflower Broadband’s retransmission-consent dispute with Hearst-Argyle Television continued Monday in Kansas City, Mo., where the broadcaster pulled the signals for two of its TV stations on New Year’s Eve. Read entire article
5 Jan 2009 | 11:55 am PST
5 Jan 2009 | 11:55 am PST
Handler Now Batting Higher In YES Lineup
YES Network has elevated Eric Handler to vice president of communications Read entire article
5 Jan 2009 | 11:44 am PST
5 Jan 2009 | 11:44 am PST