Perris, Calif., Consumers Finally Have a Choice for Their Cable TV Service
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PERRIS, Calif., June 8  /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers in Perris now finally have a choice of cable TV providers, with the launch of Verizon's FiOS TV in their community.
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By Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Feb. 2--Verizon Communications Inc. has a preliminary deal with cable  television regulators to start offering TV service in Washington County, a  long-anticipated challenge to Comcast Corp.   The pact, due for consideration Feb.
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U.S. cable operators have reached a  tentative accord to carry up to four digital channels of  non-commercial programming offered by public television  stations in each market, the two sides are expected to announce  later on Monday.
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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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It has been 11 years since Congress voted to break the cable television industry's stranglehold on set-top boxes &#151; the devices that consumers need to receive digital programming and change channels.
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By reaching travelers, the cable channel Showtime hopes to attract more home subscribers.
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The US Supreme Court yesterday agreed to decide whether cable television companies that also provide high-speed internet service must allow other Internet service
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Comcast Corp.  has become the  first U.S. cable operator to take on telecommunications  providers in the cell phone market, having begun marketing the  service to consumers in Boston.
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Upcoming DVR will offer CableCard and HDTV support.
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The N.F.L. is learning how much easier it is to sell TV rights to networks than it is to operate its own cable network.
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The Federal Communications Commission says in a Congressional report that cable bills would increase under a system that lets customers pick and choose. Consumer groups disagree.
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When Adam Rubin purchased his first   flat-panel television this year, he paid Chicago-area retailer   Abt Electronics to come to his house, mount the sleek new TV on   his wall and hook it up to high definition cable.
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By Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 21--Comcast cable has juggled its lineup for premium cable channels, with services such as HBO, Cinemax and Showtime no longer found between channels 66 and 74.   Those premium channels now can be found on channels 500 and higher.
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By Michael Martz, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 16--A City Council committee voted unanimously last night to let the state's largest telephone company bring cable TV competition to most homes in Richmond.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Friday creating a single  statewide market for cable television by eliminating  city-by-city franchises, opening the market to competition from  telephone companies.
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WASHINGTON -- 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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NEW YORK Now that the broadcast TV upfront market is nearly complete, buyers are setting their sights on cable. Many are wondering whether that market will be as strong, in terms of total dollars and price hikes, as its network counterpart. The answer, sellers say, will depend on whether buyers want to use the new commercial ratings as currency, as they did with the broadcast market. There are indications, and good reasons, that they might not.