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Viacom and Time Warner are trying to get along
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John Moe
Jun 23, 2011
Time Warner Cable wants to let its subscribers stream their cable TV on their iPads. Viacom says no way, that's a violation of their agreement....
Here's a new term for you: cable shaving
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John Moe
Jun 15, 2011
No, it's not trimming your facial hair with a bit of coaxial cable, it's cutting back on the level of cable you have. As Netflix streaming becomes...
Bloomberg in Cable Siberia?
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John Moe
Jun 15, 2011
Comcast was allowed to merge with NBC Universal earlier this year, PROVIDED the new entity follows some rules. Tuesday, Bloomberg filed a formal...
Boston wants to take back its basic cable
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John Moe
May 10, 2011
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino filed an emergency petition with the FCC to have the right to regulate cable prices. Boston is mad that Comcast is...
Cable app flap goes to court
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John Moe
Apr 8, 2011
As expected, the stakes are being raised in the ongoing battle of whether cable companies can send cable channels to customers' iPads. Time Warner...
The Tablet TV Wars are upon us
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John Moe
Apr 4, 2011
You will be able to tell your grandchildren you were there when the battles commenced. Last week we told you how Time Warner caved to pressure from...
Time Warner caves
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John Moe
Apr 1, 2011
In a victory for broadcast companies and a loss for people who enjoy television, Time Warner is caving in to pressure and removing several live TV...
For public good, not for profit.
Cable providers and iPad content delivery
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John Moe
Mar 29, 2011
So a cable company like Time Warner pays the owners of channels a huge amount of money for the right to deliver those channels to customers' homes....
Netflix as a gateway to cable cord cutting
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John Moe
Jan 6, 2011
It's kind of obvious, yes, but nice to have some numbers to go with it. ...
"No one is cutting the cable cord," says cable network whose existence depends on no one cutting the cable cord
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John Moe
Dec 6, 2010
ESPN says it dug through Neilsen data and found that only .26 percent of cable customers have canceled in the last three months in favor of going...