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Pay TV operators zero in on password sharing costs them billions in subscriptions

Dec 20, 2017
Company execs say free watching costs them billions of dollars in subscriptions.

Netflix or cable? Why not both?

Aug 8, 2017
The nation’s third-biggest cable company, Charter Communications, has a new feature for its subscribers: access to Netflix. More than half of the leading cable and subscription TV companies now offer Netflix. It wasn’t too long ago these forces were fierce rivals. So what’s behind the business of partnering instead? Click the audio player above to […]

Trump's love of cable TV creates an opportunity

Feb 6, 2017
President Donald Trump is a big fan of cable TV shows. That makes it more likely that advocates will try to reach him through advertising, which in turn could drive up ad rates.

Can the AT&T and Time Warner deal win over regulators?

Oct 24, 2016
The $85.4 billion merger is in for a tough legal fight.
 
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It's not just Barb, Netflix is also having a moment

Oct 19, 2016
Companies like Netflix and Amazon are disrupting TV by producing their own content.
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The White House wants more competition, starting with the set-top box

Apr 15, 2016
Why the President has singled out set-top boxes
A Comcast set-top box.
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Vice gets its own cable TV channel

Feb 29, 2016
Vice, perhaps best known for its digital content, is trying its hand at cable TV.

For public good, not for profit.

The fight to 'unlock' the set-top box

Feb 8, 2016
Thinking outside the box, or opening Pandora’s? FCC chairman Tom Wheeler weighs in.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler.
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The FCC takes on the set top box

Jan 27, 2016
But you may have to keep paying around $230 for your cable box, for now.

ESPN's ratings are slipping

Nov 26, 2015
ESPN has lost about 7 million subscribers since its audience peak in 2013.