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The Chairman of the FCC Is Annoyed With Time Warner Cable

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Maybe it was the widespread feeling that Tom Wheeler is too close to the industry he regulates. Maybe it was pressure from Congress. Maybe it was John Oliver calling him [...]


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Al Jazeera America Is Already in a Carriage Dispute With AT&T

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That was quick: even before Al Jazeera America made it to the airwaves on Tuesday, it was already in the middle of its first carriage dispute.

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Blackout Has Negligible Impact on CBS Ratings

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While the four-day blackout of the CBS signal in select Time Warner Cable markets thus far has had a negligible impact on prime-time ratings, the broadcaster did see some shrinkage [...]

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Time Warner Cable Pulls the Plug on CBS

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CBS has gone dark in New York. In the latest development in the ongoing carriage dispute between CBS and the Time Warner Cable, the local affiliate went off the air [...]

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CBS Is Facing Potential Blackouts in NYC, Dallas and L.A.

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With time running out on an emergency carriage deal extension, CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves on Tuesday told employees that the network was in danger of going dark in a [...]

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Cablevision, Viacom War Could Cost a Bundle

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Cablevision, which is suing Viacom for illegally bundling its networks, on Thursday released a heavily-redacted version of its complaint against the cable conglomerate, which includes the charge that Viacom threatened [...]