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John McCain’s A La Carte Cable Bill Gains a Co-Sponsor
Sen. John McCain’s proposed legislation to force cable operators to offer channels a la carte gained new co-sponsor on Tuesday, as Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced that he would back the...
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Why Aereo’s Free Ride Will Ultimately Crash
The road for Aereo will come to an end, at least with respect to getting its hands on valuable TV programming without paying for it.
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TCA: Mike Darnell’s Shadow Hangs Over Fox Session
It felt strange not having Mike Darnell at a Fox press tour session. Yet the legacy of the one-time reality guru — and the issues left unresolved since the network announced his departure — lingered...
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Cord-Cutting No Longer an ‘Urban Myth': Pay TV Operators Drop 316,000 Subs in...
The number of Americans jettisoning pay TV is still fairly small — but data clearly shows that cord-cutting is picking up the pace as the cost of cable and satellite TV service continues to climb...
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Writers and Directors Make TV’s ‘Vast Wasteland’ Bloom
In 1963, Emmy nominations for writing and helming went to lawyer and doctor shows; a Western about a crooked poker game; a bittersweet romance; and a stage play starring Trevor Howard as Disraeli....
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Fox Sports 1 Set To Air on Time Warner Cable, DirecTV
While the ancestors for those channels, Speed and Fuel, had existing agreements with the distributors, terms had to be renegotiated given the higher profiles that FS1 and FS2 will have nationally.
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Fox Sports 1 Set to Launch with Major Pay TV Operators, But Not All Have...
Fox announced Thursday that its new national sports network — Fox Sports 1 — is set to debut Saturday with all major cable, satellite and telco TV operators, but while it will be carried by DirecTV,...
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Why Aereo Didn’t Try to Exploit CBS-Time Warner Cable Fight
Internet TV startup Aereo sat on the sidelines during the monthlong blackout of CBS on Time Warner Cable instead of trying to win over disgruntled cable customers because it didn’t want to build...
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TV Review: ‘Breaking Bad’ Finale Gets the Chemistry Just Right
In today’s hyper-caffeinated age, precious little lives up to its hype. But the “Breaking Bad” finale — perhaps appropriately — got the chemistry just right. From the first frame to the last on a...
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TV Review: ‘Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight’
The subject matter is so intriguing as to exacerbate the sense that “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” is something of a letdown, dramatically speaking. Anchored by Frank Langella and Christopher...
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