CBS, Time Warner End Carriage Standoff
With less than a week to go before the start of the 2013 NFL season, CBS and Time Warner Cable have finally come to terms on a new carriage agreement.
Time Warner Cable Takes Its Fight With CBS to the FCC
Never mind that the Federal Communications Commission has repeatedly said it has at best limited authority, if not none, to intervene in retransmission disputes, but Time Warner Cable decided to [...]
Time Warner Cable Pulls the Plug on CBS
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 [...]
CBS Is Facing Potential Blackouts in NYC, Dallas and L.A.
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 [...]
CBS, Time Warner Cable Carriage Beef Escalates
After weeks of quietly working to hash out a new carriage deal, CBS and Time Warner Cable are no closer to reaching an agreement than they were on the day [...]
Marty Franks, CBS’ Top Lobbyist, to Retire
Marty Franks, CBS' top honcho in Washington for 25 years and one of broadcasting's most influential lobbyists, is retiring Sept. 30.