Summertime has, at least temporarily, eclipsed fall as the season during which to debut the most buzzed-over original shows. By Ray Richmond, The Associated Press If there is a sea change in store for ...

When it comes to cable programming, everyone knows that there's a few good channels in a sea of commercial pablum. A new bill introduced into the House of Representatives, however, hopes to change the ...

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 ...

Stopthecap.com’s Phillip Dampier writes that subscribers of more than 900 independent cable companies may face an unwelcome surprise this summer in the form of a mid-year rate increase: “For years, ...

Original cable programming once again demonstrated its increasing dominance of television at tonight's Emmy Awards. These cable and non-broadcast shows -- especially the dramas -- aren't necessarily ...

There are now hundreds of cable television stations with even more streaming applications. However, it all started with one ...

Several state legislatures are being asked to consider adopting legislation proposed by the NFL Network that would compel vertically integrated cable operators to submit carriage disputes with ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) last week said he will introduce legislation in the House of ...

WASHINGTON — Cable-TV companies will no longer be able to use a federal loophole to withhold sports networks and other popular programming that they own from satellite providers and other rivals. The ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In response to a Congressional mandate, the FCC recently inquired whether satellite and cable TV ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Talk about good timing. The Federal Communications Commission is pushing ...

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 ...