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Theresa de los Santos

FCC Set to Close Cable Program Access Loophole - ABC News - 1 views

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    Federal regulators are voting on closing a loophole that allows cable TV operators to withhold sporting events and other popular programming that they own from satellite companies and other rivals.
Theresa de los Santos

FCC closes cable programming loophole | Signal Strength - CNET News - 1 views

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    The Federal Communications Commission voted to close a "loophole" that allowed cable operators to withhold local sports programming from competitors. In a 4-1 vote, the commissioners ended the "terrestrial loophole," which prevents satellite TV providers and new TV providers, such as AT&T and Verizon Communications, from offering some live sports channels in certain areas of the country.
ethan tussey

Hulu Can Barely Cover Its Bandwidth Bills - 0 views

  • When Hulu launched, it was set up as the perfect online distributor for network TV, which was completely ad-supported. But since then, broadcast networks have fought for and won retransmission fees from cable operators, making their model a lot more like cable. The TV business is only 50% ad supported, with $68 billion coming from advertising. When you tally up TV subscriber fees collected by cable, satellite and telcos, it comes to, well, about $68 billion. And the reality is, between cable, satellite and telecom TV offerings, 90% of Americans pay for their TV.
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    Hulu is free Internet TV in a sea of subscription. The portal is said to be making very little once all money is divided up among its partners.
Theresa de los Santos

The Associated Press: Midnight deadline looms in Cablevision-ABC feud - 0 views

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    "With a midnight deadline looming on a threat to pull the plug on Cablevision's 3.1 million customers in New York a day before the Academy Awards, there's still no word on whether ABC's parent company and the cable operator have reached a decision."
Theresa de los Santos

News Corp. revenue up 10%, Fox operating income nearly triples | Company Town | Los Ang... - 0 views

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    Thanks to Fox News, strong DVD sales and a better performance from television stations, News Corp. reported a 10% jump in fiscal second-quarter revenue to $8.7 billion and big jumps in operating income at its movie and television studio and cable television group.
Theresa de los Santos

More network-cable operator disputes on horizon | Reuters - 2 views

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    Following the Fox TWC dispute, experts predict more retransmission battles as broadcast networks search desperately for ways to supplement falling advertising revenue.
Ryan Fuller

Comcast Profit Climbs on Strong Web and Phone Revenue - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    The Comcast Corporation reported sharply higher fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, propelled by gains in Internet and phone revenue, and also announced a new brand for its core cable operations as it transforms into a media conglomerate
Julian Gottlieb

FCC to Review Channel Removals During Fee Disputes - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Should the FCC change rules that prevent consumers from losing channels during fee disputes between broadcasters and cable operators?
scwalton

Sony signs VOD pact with ONO - Entertainment News, Europe, Media - Variety - 0 views

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    "Sony Pictures TV Intl. has inked a non-exclusive deal with Spanish cable operator ONO to provide pics for ONO's video-on-demand service Videoclub. Pact will include recent titles such as "District 9," "Bruno," "2012" and "This Is It," plus an undisclosed number of films from Sony's catalog, led by "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Stuart Little 2," "Spider-Man" and "Jumanji."
scwalton

SeaChange Delivers Set-Top, Mobile Phone and PC Video Place-Shifting at Cable... - 0 views

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    "next week, SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) will demonstrate how cable operators can create seamless subscriber experiences across televisions, broadband-connected PCs and smartphones including Apple's iPhone."
kkholland

Could Court's Campaign Finance Ruling Affect Net Neutrality? - PCWorld - 0 views

  • Under the FCC's proposed net neutrality rules, broadband providers would be prohibited from discriminating against any legal Web content and applications. Some net neutrality opponents have argued that the FCC, by forcing them to carry other content, would violate their free-speech rights, and the Citizens United ruling makes that a stronger argument.
  • An FCC spokeswoman declined to comment on the Citizens United case, but Wendy is not alone in making this free-speech argument against net neutrality. Even before the Citizens United ruling, some conservative think tanks, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe have made similar
  • Free Press' Wright said those arguments confuse the role that ISPs have as Web site publishers with their role as network operators. She acknowledged that broadband providers have limited functions, such as publishing their own Web sites or blogs, that enjoy free-speech rights.
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  • But the net neutrality rules as proposed would create no limits on the ability of ISPs to publish their own Web sites, she said. The arguments that the ISPs' traffic-carrying role is speech is "so fundamentally at odds with the facts in the law," Wright said.
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    Will the Citizens United ruling impact net neutrality? This article explores the arguments on both sides, as well as the role of an ISP.
Ethan Hartsell

FCC invites public comment on Comcast-NBC merger - 0 views

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    "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) called on Thursday for public comment on the proposed merger between cable operator Comcast Corp and broadcaster NBC Universal. The media industry regulator is seeking comments and petitions by a deadline of May 3 and expects to respond to comments by June 2. It has set a final date of June 17 to respond to any further responses or oppositions."
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