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No Cable or Satellite? HBO Says You're SOL for Pre-Inaug Party

Lisa Derrick | Posted 01.07.2009 | Media


Lisa Derrick

So much for inclusion. Millions of viewers will be left unable to to watch the Opening Celebration for the 56th Presidential Inaugural.

A Porn Tax, Reconsidered

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics


Reese Schonfeld

Local governments need more money right now, even more than the feds do. Why can't they ask for a dollar every time one of their Pay-Per-Viewers orders an X-rated video?

71.5 Million Americans Tune In For Election Coverage: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 6, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Analysts estimate that nearly 71.5 million viewers tuned in to watch election coverage Tuesday night. ABC bested NBC as the most watched broadcast n...

Obama/McCain Cable TV Viewing Poll, Week of October 20 - October 26

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home


Reese Schonfeld

I urge all the Obama rooters not to count their chickens before they're hatched. Note McCain's gain among primetime viewers, and remember momentum.

How MSNBC Can Rule Cable News

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media


Stephen C. Rose

If I were to walk the mile from where I live to the studio and take the reins, I would at least threaten to cut out the tongue of any TV host who dares interrupt anyone else.

Press 1 for a Comcastically Good Time

Mark Bazer | Posted 08.22.2008 | Living


Mark Bazer

Thank you for calling Comcast. For quality and training purposes, your call may be monitored or recorded. If you use the "F-word" more than twice, we ...

Summer Of Cable, Part II: Record Viewership Again In Summer 2008

Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke | Posted 08.21.2008 | Media


It's been another good summer for cable. Summer 2008 may not have generated as many ratings headlines for cable as last year, when Disney Channel's "...

Mortgage Crisis Causes DISH Network To Fall Off The Roof

Shelly Palmer | Posted 08.11.2008 | Business


Shelly Palmer

DISH may have a great deal of trouble attracting high end users who are more likely to need broadband service and are less likely be interested in DISH because of the lack of HD programming.

Interview with Nancy Miller, Creator and Executive Producer of Saving Grace

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment


Melissa Silverstein

Nancy Miller: "There are few shows about the friendships between women because it's mostly men who buy the shows that air. I just don't think they realize how much fun the dramatic relationships between women can be."

Internet Users Stop Comcast, Net Neutrality Win on the Horizon

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media


Timothy Karr

Against every ounce of conventional wisdom in Washington, everyday citizens and consumer advocates have taken on a major corporation and won a major victory.

Putting Cable News Under a Microscope

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media


Andy Ostroy

It took one straight week of non-stop political commentary for me to finally realize how cable news had not only driven me crazy, but just how much it was negatively impacting politics as well.

Comcast, Sprint, Google May Fund WiMax

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business


PHILADELPHIA — Major cable, telecom and Internet companies are in preliminary, but serious, talks to create a national wireless network that wou...

Does Big Media's One-Two Punch Knock Out the Internet?

Jonathan Rintels | Posted 03.16.2008 | Media


Jonathan Rintels

Last week's opening of Hulu and the MPAA's vehement denunciation of net neutrality are intimately related, a double-barreled shot aimed at the heart of the open Internet.

Friday Talking Points [20] -- Populism 101

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

No awards this week A few quick thoughts this week before we get to the talking points. First, I will not be awarding the Most Impressive Democrat Of...

Even Among a Sea of Cable Channels and the Explosion of YouTube, Public Access Remains Vital

Kate Torgovnick | Posted 09.13.2007 | Media

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Kate Torgovnick

To stay relevant to the internet generation, public access TV is working hard to bring teenagers and twenty-somethings into the fold.