The commission votes Wednesday to end the "terrestrial loophole" that allowed cable operators to refuse local sports programming access to competitors. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...

In a letter to FCC Chairman Wheeler filed 2/25, executives from 53 companies — including former FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, now with Frontier Communications — called on the FCC to update its ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The little cable lobby has asked the FCC to retain its restrictions on exclusive program ...

A dispute between Time Warner’s Turner Broadcasting unit and a small cable operator has turned particularly nasty and is shining a brighter light on how programmers package their channels for sale to ...

Basic cable networks have been facing the same audience fragmentation that broadcast networks have been facing since the 1980s. In 2009, ten basic cable networks reported percent double-digit audience ...

Gee, I wonder why this ridiculous marketing campaign exists? Gee, I wonder why this ridiculous marketing campaign exists? Now, before we begin analyzing this absurdity, a note on terminology: 5G, as a ...

WASHINGTON — Soaring TV programming costs — combined with a slowly shrinking base of video subscribers — could drive a new wave of cable operator mergers, according to a panel of Wall Street analysts.

Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer, works from Seattle and focuses on investigations and analysis. He's a former Seattle bureau chief for BusinessWeek and author of the book "Design Is How It Works: How ...