Time Warner Cable Staffer Among Plane Crash Survivors
A Time Warner Cable employee based in Charlotte, N.C., was among 150 passengers on a US Airways jet that crashed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport and was said to be “shaken up but otherwise OK.”
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Washington—Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, is sponsoring legislation that would delay the digital television transition until Friday, June 12, 2009.
Washington—Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin J. Martin said Thursday that he is resigning on Jan. 20 after nearly four years as leader of the national media regulatory body.
DirecTVwill expand its interactive-sports programming this year with an unprecedented sweep of all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, beginning with the Australian Open on Sunday.
Al Jazeera Network has entered into a deal with to provide content for Worldfocus, an internationally centered nightly news program developed by New York’s WLIW, officials said Thursday.
USA Network, which supported a social campaign to "Erase the Hate" in the 1990s, is launching a new public affairs campaign, Characters Unite, which launches on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 19.
Federal Communications Chairman Kevin Martin’s decision to step down from the agency on Jan. 20 could be a good sign for Time Warner Inc., which has been waiting for months for the agency to sign off on the proposed split-off of its cable operations.
Washington -- It seems as if the only people in American who are unprepared for the Feb. 17 transition to digital television are advisers to President-elect Obama.
THE SATELLITE DISH Scott Greczkowski, , January 14, 2009 The Fight Rages On
Just when you think that the long ongoing feud between Echostar and Tivo is about to ... More
REYNOLDS' RAP Mike Reynolds, , January 12, 2009 Jinxed Jerseys
Blame the less-than-intriguing NFL conference championship games on us.
Among the pr... More
BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News January 9, 2009 Checking Out 3-D TV
Las Vegas -- While the mood is a bit subdued at this year's CES, the industry's gadge... More
Cable Hall of Fame Six cable industry leaders were inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame last week during a ceremony held in conjunction with The Cable Center’s Cable Days at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
History Wraps Up NYC Subway To promote the third season of its hit series ‘Cities of the Underworld,’ History executed the first-ever full advertising wrap of the exterior and interior of a New York City subway car.
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