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Analyst: DOJ Cable Probe Likely Going Nowhere Netflix, online video providers may have no case

The Department of Justice is investigating whether or not the cable industry is adopting anti-competitive business activities to thwart the advancement of online video. The news, first reported by the Wall…

June 14, 2012, 11:29 AM EDT

Web Designer Asks HBO to Take His Money Site attracts 60k hits in less than 12 hours

How much would you pay for an a la carte subscription to HBO? Jake Caputo wants to know—and then have you tweet it straight to HBO. Since the creation of HBO's…

June 6, 2012, 9:25 AM EDT

'Hatfields & McCoys' Is the Highest-Rated Entertainment Telecast on Ad-Supported Cable, Ever History Channel miniseries nets 13.9 million viewers

Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy mostly tried to take down one another, but the collateral damage extended to every other show on television last night. History's Hatfields & McCoys…

May 29, 2012, 4:44 PM EDT

Cable Companies to Expand WiFi Nationwide deal is largest Internet service pact ever

Five of the nation's largest cable companies have agreed to connect their WiFi networks, giving their Internet customers access to metro WiFi through more than 50,000 hotspots in the New…

May 21, 2012, 11:05 AM EDT

Beefcake Repairmen, Mock Olympics and Yet More Dragons A roundup of recent programming news

Quick, read every television programming story written in the last week. Actually, now that you're done, it's the week after and you're really behind. Or, as an alternative, just start…

April 20, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT

Cartoon Network Will Be on Your iPad Soon Turner kids' net gets streaming playback courtesy of TV Everywhere

Looks like Cartoon Network is leading the charge at Time Warner, as the cable network plans to roll out an app with which kids can stream the linear network live…

April 18, 2012, 8:17 PM EDT

The Young Influentials Adweek picks 20 under 40 who are wicked smart and rebooting your world

In the domains of media, marketing and technology, to be merely young and successful isn’t so remarkable. But to be influential—seriously influential—is something else altogether: to imagine the truly new…

March 19, 2012, 5:55 AM EDT

Nickelodeon Green Lights a Novela, a Stop-Motion Spongebob Special and Whole Lotta Rabbits Kid network upfront features multiple musical performances

Breaking at the Nickelodeon upfront: James Franco will have a multi-episode part on Hollywood Heights, a new novela from Univision stakeholder and long-time first-look partner Televisa. Nick pulled out all the…

March 14, 2012, 10:31 PM EDT

Forecast: Online Political Ad Spend Still Tiny Only 1.5% of total spending, but a spike from 2008 election

Many of the headlines this year have referenced politicians embracing digital media to court voters and donors, but the ad dollars spent online are predicted to be comparably low. Online…

March 8, 2012, 11:36 AM EST

Syfy Bringing 'Igniters' Campaign to the Museum of Natural History Will 'Blood and Chrome' still be on the slate?

There's something fishy about Syfy's audience-branding campaign, "Igniters." It's probably the whale. The network will be going to the American Museum of Natural History for its 2012 upfront presentation next month.…

March 1, 2012, 10:55 AM EST

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