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Charter Promises Great TV and Internet at the Most Comically Unlikely Times

Creativity

A quartet of ads for Charter Communications' Spectrum package promise fast and convenient Internet service, and HD television for everyone ... no matter how bedridden, ambitious, desperate or determined to [...]


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Stellar Quarter for Resurgent NBC

Convergent TV

After years of ratings deflation took the wind out of its sails—er, sales—things are looking up at NBC.

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Time Warner Cable Boss Glenn Britt to Retire

Convergent TV

The rumors have been flying around since last winter, but Time Warner Cable on Thursday finally made it official, announcing that chairman and CEO Glenn Britt would retire when his [...]

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Malone’s Liberty Media Snaps Up Charter Stake

Convergent TV

The cable pioneer who Al Gore once referred to as “Darth Vader” has fired up the tractor beam, as John Malone’s Liberty Media has snared a significant stake in Charter [...]

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Canoe Ventures Capsizes

Brand Marketing

It was going to revolutionize cable television advertising; now it's been relegated to video-on-demand and TV Everywhere.

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Cablevision’s Stock Swoons on Rutledge Departure

Convergent TV

The sudden resignation this week of Cablevision chief operating officer Tom Rutledge has taken a big bite out of the cable operator’s wallet. Shares of Cablevision on Friday morning plummeted [...]