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What Dish buying Sprint Nextel means for your TV set

Apr 15, 2013
Dish Network wants to buy up Sprint Nextel for $25.5 billion. This play is all about the future of TV.
Signage at the Dish Network booth at the 2013 International CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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TV Next: Time Warner's Roku future

Mar 19, 2013
Time Warner teams up with Roku to offer streaming cable. Google Drive outage threatens corporate uptake of Google and cloud-based products.

What J.R.'s death means for the series 'Dallas'

Mar 4, 2013
The late actor Larry Hagman makes his last appearance on 'Dallas' on Monday. What does the death of a defining character mean for the series, one of the highest-profile bets by cable channel TNT.

Cablevision-Viacom suit could change the way you pay for cable TV

Feb 27, 2013
Cablevision is suing content provider Viacom. The cable company says it shouldn't have to pay for channels that aren't popular with subscribers.

Pistorius murder media frenzy reminds some of O.J.

Feb 22, 2013
Cable news counts on the ratings bump it gets from sensational trials and other long-running stories.
South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius appears at the Magistrate Court in Pretoria on Feb. 22, 2013.
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Even if you don't watch sports, you're still paying for it

Jan 28, 2013
A new deal between Time Warner Cable and the L.A. Dodgers will create another regional sports network that will drive up your cable bill, even if you don't watch.

The TV Everywhere initiative isn’t getting anywhere

Mar 5, 2012
It seems cable TV and the Internet just can’t be friends, thanks to all the legal and financial complications.

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