When it comes to cable programming, everyone knows that there's a few good channels in a sea of commercial pablum. A new bill introduced into the House of Representatives, however, hopes to change the ...

The commission votes Wednesday to end the "terrestrial loophole" that allowed cable operators to refuse local sports programming access to competitors. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In response to a Congressional mandate, the FCC recently inquired whether satellite and cable TV ...

Original cable programming once again demonstrated its increasing dominance of television at tonight's Emmy Awards. These cable and non-broadcast shows -- especially the dramas -- aren't necessarily ...

Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer, works from Seattle and focuses on investigations and analysis. He's a former Seattle bureau chief for BusinessWeek and author of the book "Design Is How It Works: How ...

Mad Men comes back for its sixth season Sunday at an opportune moment for basic cable. Last weekend, 25 million viewers combined watched The Bible and The Walking Dead on basic cable channels. That's ...

The linear channel will include NBA and WNBA games, Big Ten and Notre Dame Football, MLB games, Olympic Gold Zone and Premier ...

The companies ultimately cut last-minute deals, but cable operators want action from Congress. Mediacom CEO Rocco Commisso wrote a letter to Kerry, asserting the program contract system is “broken.” ...

The channel will start out with a reach of 40 million subscribers and also aim towards aggressive digital distribution of shows featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Meghan McCain and William Shakespeare.

Basic cable networks have been facing the same audience fragmentation that broadcast networks have been facing since the 1980s. In 2009, ten basic cable networks reported percent double-digit audience ...

Call it a cable squeeze play. Cable television networks may be the most lucrative divisions of many large media companies, but the networks are beginning to feel the pinch of dramatically higher ...