Cable's Rivals Lure Customers With Packages
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CableÂs two hungry rivals Â phone companies and satellite providers Â are stealing cableÂs disgruntled customers with cheaper all-in-one packages that bundle TV with Internet and phone services.
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With competition ever more fierce in the LCD TV market, some retailers are finding the most viable option is to join forces.
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Comcast and Time Warner are exploring an alliance to buy the bankrupt cable outfit. If their bid wins, then they divide the spoils.
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When bankrupt cable operator Adelphia Communications begins eyeing bids for some or all of its cable systems, one heavyweight contender is likely to be a joint offer from Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable, sources familiar with the situation said Monday.
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The cable television industry has launched a $200 million advertising campaign to assure customers they will still be able to watch their favorite programs after the transition to digital broadcasting.
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Top cable operators are expanding their customer service operations to make common complaints a thing of the past.
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Most consumers would end up paying more for cable and satellite television if they were allowed to pick only the channels they wanted to watch instead of being forced to buy large packages
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By JESSE NOYES  Verizon is beginning to sell advertising on its fledgling cable television network in the state, creating new competition for dominant cable provider Comcast.
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Even though U.S. cable companies have  had success in winning customers with all-in-one packages of  video, Internet and phone services, they still struggle with a  reputation for poor customer service.
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The software titan's cable software will be offered to more than 500,000 customers in the company's hometown.
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Two of the nation's cable giants yesterday paid $82 million for software technology that should boost their interactive TV offerings, allowing customers to theoretically use their remotes to check sports scores, vote on a town meeting initiative, or analyze their stock portfolios.
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By Schoettle, Anthony  People don't typically pay for on-demand cable so that they can look at advertisements, but Comcast thinks they will. It's trying to turn an old axiom-that people avoid advertising like the plague-on its ear.
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Comcast customers in Manassas and Manassas Park are finally getting what they wanted -- competition.
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By Jeff Bertolucci Kiplinger's Personal Finance  Tying up your telecom services in a single package is the lure many local telephone and cable companies are casting in selected areas around the United States.
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By Jeffrey Flanagan, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 15--T he battle rages on between the NFL Network and Time Warner Cable, and the loser for now is clear: Any football junkie with Time Warner Cable.
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Cable operators are experimenting with video-on-demand services that get new releases to cable subscribers at the same time they're available in video rental stores.
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The long-promised battle between U.S. cable and telephone companies has so far been more of an uneasy peace. Thanks to their duopoly over broadband Internet access, it may stay that way.