CES 2009: Comcast, TWC To Flip Tru2way Switch By July 1 By Todd Spangler - 01/10/2009
Las Vegas -- Comcast and Time Warner Cable executives said they’re on track to enable support for retail devices compatible with CableLabs' tru2way interactive TV specification across their footprints by July 1.
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Comcast ‘TV Warehouse’ To Collect STB Clicks By Todd Spangler - 01/09/2009
Comcast has sketched out plans for a gigantic database called “TV Warehouse,” able to store a full year of statistics gathered from digital set-tops in more than 16 million households nationwide, according to an industry executive familiar with the project.
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Updated: CSN Bay Area Prepping HD Studio In San Francisco By Mike Reynolds - 01/09/2009
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area plans to present four hours of original programming nightly to coincide with the start of the 2009 Major League Baseball season.
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CES 2009: EchoStar Unveils The SlingGuide By Linda Moss - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas -- Sling Media Thursday unveiled SlingGuide, a new Web-based way to easily find and record TV programming from anywhere, at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show.
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CES 2009: Silicon Image Pitches Chips For HD Home Networks By Todd Spangler - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas -- Semiconductor maker Silicon Image is angling to set the standard for distributing HD content to multiple devices throughout the home, with the launch Thursday of a chip-based architecture it has dubbed “LiquidHD.”
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Updated: DirecTV, Comcast SportsNet In License-Fee Battle By Mike Reynolds - 01/07/2009
DirecTV and Comcast are involved in a license-fee dispute over two of the regional sports networks owned by the cable operator and could be headed to arbitration.
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Dish, KTKA Come To Retrans Terms By Mike Reynolds - 01/07/2009
After nearly a week, KTKA, the ABC affiliate serving Topeka, Kan., is back on Dish Network.
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CES 2009: Verizon Touts 100-Plus HDs Across FiOS TV Footprint By Todd Spangler - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas -- Verizon’s FiOS TV now provides 100 or more high-definition channels in all 14 states where the TV service is offered, and the telco announced that it has added remote DVR-scheduling features for Home Media DVR subscribers.
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Time Warner Impaired By $25 Billion By Mike Farrell - 01/07/2009
Time Warner said Wednesday that it would incur a $25 billion non-cash impairment charge in the fourth quarter, mostly tied to franchise rights at its Time Warner Cable unit.
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FCC Judge Defying Martin Aide's Order In Program Access Complaint By Ted Hearn - 01/06/2009
Washington -- An administrative law judge is apparently defying an order by a Federal Communications Commission official that terminated his control over NFL Network's complaint to gain access to the vast majority of Comcast Corp.'s cable subscribers.
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Moonves: Time Warner Retransmission-Consent Deal a 'Template' By Mike Farrell - 01/06/2009
CBS CEO Les Moonves offered few additional details regarding its recent retransmission consent deal with Time Warner Cable at an industry conference Tuesday, but added that the deal sets the stage for future deals with cable operators.
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Comcast, Univision Strike Comprehensive Retrans Agreement By Linda Moss - 01/06/2009
In its first announced retransmission-consent agreement, Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications has struck a deal for carriage of its owned-and-operated TV stations and its affiliate stations with Comcast, affecting 20 million subscribers.
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FearNet Joins Comcast Entertainment Group In Move To L.A. By Linda Moss - 01/06/2009
FearNet, the on-demand and online horror service, has relocated to Los Angeles and has been folded into the Comcast Entertainment Group, Comcast’s programming arm.
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Time Warner Cable Signs CBS, Showtime Retrans Pact By Linda Moss - 01/06/2009
Time Warner Cable and CBS have reached a comprehensive carriage deal that extends retransmission consent for the broadcaster’s owned-and-operated TV stations and includes carriage of Showtime through 2013.
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Samsung Plugs Web Widgets Into TVs By Todd Spangler - 01/05/2009
Samsung Electronics will provide interactive applications and content from Yahoo, as well as other content providers including YouTube and Showtime Networks, to select Internet-enabled flat-panel HDTVs, starting this spring.
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Bay News 9 Unveils Baron’s Klyde Radar Technology 01/05/2009
Baron Services has reached an agreement with Bay News 9, Bright House Network’s 24-hours news channel serving Tampa, to use its new Klyde radar technology.
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Louisiana Moving Ahead With Incumbent Franchise Opt-Out Provision By Linda Haugsted - 01/05/2009
Louisiana is moving forward with implementation of its state franchising law, as a state court judge issued a one-paragraph ruling in December that the opt-out provision for incumbent operators in the new law is constitutionally permissible.
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ESPN, ESPN HD SimulcastHigh School All-Star Game 01/04/2009
Four Wild Card helpings not enough? ESPN will provide a look at some future collegiate and potentially pigskin stars with its coverage of the second annual Under Armour All-America High School Football Game on Sunday night.
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Retransmission-Consent Fees Boost Broadcast Revenue: Kagan Study By Mike Farrell - 01/03/2009
Retransmission-consent revenue climbed more than 30% for a handful of broadcasters in the first nine months of the year, and according to SNL Kagan data, it’s only going to get bigger.
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Deals Or No Deals By Mike Farrell - 12/30/2008
The deal market, already on a slower pace in the past few years, crawled to a near standstill in 2008, with some of the biggest transactions conducted by cable companies outside of the television space.
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