Satellite, cable fight for U.S. customers in stores
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Cable and satellite television  providers will fight for upscale subscribers on a new  battlefront this holiday season: The local electronics shop.
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New customer additions slowed at the cable  company amid intensified competition from phone and satellite TV companies.
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The U.S. Federal Communications  Commission this week hopes to do what Congress could not  accomplish this year -- help AT&T Inc.  and Verizon  Communications  get into the television business faster.
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WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission, hoping to reduce the spiraling costs of cable television, is preparing to strike down thousands of contracts this week that shut out competitors by giving individual cable companies exclusive rights to provide service to an apartment building, the agency's chairman says.
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Manhattan&#39;s Union Square has been the site of anti-war demonstrations over the years, but midday Thursday it became the newest battleground in the satellite radio war.
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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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By Andrew D. Smith, The Dallas Morning News  Mar. 6--Today marks the beginning of a battle for cable TV and broadband Internet customers around Dallas and Fort Worth -- a battle that may mean sharply lower prices for all consumers.   AT&T Inc.
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MEDFORD -- Comcast and Circuit City Stores Inc. will officially throw open the doors to a retail experiment tomorrow, a consumer electronics boutique called Connect where customers can buy gadgets and schedule installation of cable TV and other services in a single shopping trip.
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Federal regulators took issue Friday with consumer groups that contend that allowing cable television subscribers to pay only for channels they want would lower consumers&#39; cable bills.
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Equipment makers at the Consumer Electronics Show are seeking to bypass the cable industry's bottleneck control over the way most Americans watch TV.
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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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It's the battle of the bundles. The line between cable and telephone companies has blurred as Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., and RCN Corp. compete to control the pipe that delivers a dial tone, Internet, and television channels into homes. Now, the turf wars have extended into the wireless world.
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Marlborough residents who subscribe to Verizon for cable television service can get hundreds of channels beamed in from around the world, but if they want to watch local cable-access shows, they're out of luck. At least for now.
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New customer additions slowed at the cable company amid intensified competition from phone and satellite TV companies.
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Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable television company, plans to challenge local phone companies by offering Internet-based phone service in 20 markets this year, company officials said.
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New lawsuit wants a court to order that cable, satellite and media companies allow subscribers to pick channels individually--an idea they have fiercely resisted in the past.
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The National Football League has run into a granite wall in its battle against several major cable companies.