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Time Warner caves

Apr 1, 2011
In a victory for broadcast companies and a loss for people who enjoy television, Time Warner is caving in to pressure and removing several live TV...

Cable providers and iPad content delivery

Mar 29, 2011
So a cable company like Time Warner pays the owners of channels a huge amount of money for the right to deliver those channels to customers' homes....

MIDDAY UPDATE: B of A resumes foreclosures & will cable get the 'cut'

Oct 25, 2010
Today we look at Bank of America's announcement that it will resume foreclosure proceedings in almost two dozens states this week, after admitting...

Killing Cable

Aug 30, 2010
I moved coast to coast about six months ago and I still haven't hooked up a new cable connection in my house. Okay – given I'm a public radio...

An Emmy's theme

Sep 22, 2008
Retro advertising is paying off for cable channel AMC. Its series "Mad Men" made history by becoming the first basic-cable show to win an Emmy for...

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