SNL Kagan: Some Carriers Are Willing to Ditch Your Favorite Channels
SNL Kagan analysts are predicting that carriage agreements will split into two different types over the coming years.
Hearst and Time Warner Cable Part Ways Over Retrans
Hearst and Time Warner are slugging it out over retransmission consent fees, and 13 stations in 11 markets are feeling the pinch today.
Broadcasters, Aereo to Face Off Next Week Over Copyrights
Broadcasters will face off with pay TV upstart Aereo next week over claims that Aereo is retransmitting TV signals without permission in violation of the U.S. Copyright Act.
Play Ball: Tribune, DirecTV Sign New Carriage Deal
Just in time for baseball season, Tribune Broadcasting and DirecTV signed a new carriage agreement covering Tribune's 23 TV stations in 19 markets and the national cable network WGN America.
Retrans Rumble: Broadcasters Slam Time Warner Cable
By all measures, Time Warner Cable had a terrific quarter and that was just the opening the National Association of Broadcasters needed to come out swinging against the cable operator [...]
Lawmakers Fret Over Potential Super Bowl Blackout in Boston
The potential blackout of the Super Bowl on DirecTV in Boston has got lawmakers fretting and dashing off letters. Both U.S. senators from Massachusetts, Scott Brown (R) and John Kerry [...]