Cable subscribers sue for 'a la carte' TV options
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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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By Valerie Kuklenski\\ Staff Writer  While angry viewers send e-mails and snail mails, sign petitions and carry signs objecting to language, sex and violence on the big networks, a coalition of pretty powerful advertisers is doing something to improve what's on TV.
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Time Warner Cable sued rival DirecTV  Group Inc. late on Thursday in Manhattan federal court,  alleging the satellite television service issued deceptive ads  to get customers for its football programming.
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By Danny Hooley, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Network television has tried just about everything under the sun to hang on to the mass audience it enjoyed in the pre-cable glory days. Franchising its hits to death. An overdose of reality shows. Voodoo.
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By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Mar. 7--A new federal rule is meant to put competition into cable TV, but don't look for a new system in your neighborhood anytime soon.
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The company makes another move to compete against video on demand.
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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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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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NEW YORK  - For fans unmoved by the prospect of a Tom Petty Super Bowl halftime show, the cable industry has an answer. Many answers, in fact.
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'Vertical integration' and cross-promotion in the TV landscape is prompting calls to limit media consolidation.
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So-called a la carte pricing in the US pay television service industry would not lower most consumers&#39; bills, the Federal Communications Commission reports.
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Comcast and the NFL Network are going back to court, with the nation's largest cable company claiming the league is violating a contract over which the sides are already embroiled in a lawsuit.
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By Larissa Chinwah  lchinwah@@dailyherald.com  Residents in Lake in the Hills soon could have another option when it comes to cable television service.
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Time Warner Cable sued rival DirecTV Group Inc. late on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, alleging the satellite television service issued deceptive ads to get customers for its football programming.
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Some U.S. consumer advocates on  Monday threw their support behind legislation that would limit  fees that wireless, telephone and cable companies can charge  dissatisfied customers who want to end service before their  contract expires.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal that could determine whether cable broadband providers can be forced to open their networks to other Internet providers.
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Rather than just buying TV commercial time, more advertisers are paying for programming that features their products in plot lines.