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L.A. Judge Mulls A La Carte Lawsuit's Fate By Linda Haugsted - 06/16/2008
A U.S. District Court judge in Los Angeles may let a case move forward challenging the lack of a la carte programming available to cable and satellite consumers. More
Comcast Official Supports Dingell Bill By Ted Hearn - 07/22/2008
Washington—A Comcast executive in charge of the company's rapidly growing digital phone service Tuesday endorsed a House bill designed to make it more difficult for telephone giants like AT&T and Verizon to obtain deregulation from the Federal Communications Commission.
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Vest Leaving NCTA For Time Warner Inc. By Ted Hearn - 07/22/2008
Washington—Steve Vest, senior vice president of government relations for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, is planning to leave the trade group to fill a top lobbying position at Time Warner Inc., informed sources said Tuesday.
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Nearly One in Three Kids 8-12 Contacted By Strangers Online: Cox Survey By Linda Haugsted - 07/22/2008
About a third of kids between eight and 12 years of age said they have been contacted online by strangers, according to findings made during the third annual Cox Communications Internet safety survey.
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Comcast Feels Cuomo’s Wrath on Child Porn Code of Conduct By Linda Haugsted - 07/21/2008
New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo is threatening legal action against Comcast, irked that the company has yet to sign onto a “voluntary” code of conduct signed by other Internet service providers in the state to block newsgroups and other Web destinations known to house child pornography.
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Court Rejects FCC's Janet Jackson Fine By Ted Hearn - 07/21/2008
Washington -- A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Monday rejected the Federal Communications Commission's $550,000 fine against CBS for broadcasting Janet Jackson's split-second breast exposure during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.
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ACA Meets With Martin Aide On A La Carte By Ted Hearn - 07/18/2008
Washington—In a recent meeting with a senior aide to Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin, top officials from the American Cable Association backed rules to require cable programmers to charge the same monthly fee to all cable companies regardless of size.
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SAG Formally Rejects AMPTP Contract Offer By Linda Haugsted - 07/17/2008
The Screen Actors Guild has not accepted the June 30 contract offer by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, with the actors’ chief negotiator stating that the contract “template” established by pacts with writers and directors does not protect actors.
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Point, Click, Fire Larry Barrett, Associate Editor, Multichannel.com May 16, 2008 I'll Buy That For $1,200
All 15,000-plus of you heading to New Orleans this weekend for the 2008 Cable Show ha... More
USA Network's Sandy 'Burn Notice' USA Network transplanted ‘Burn Notice’s’ Miami beach setting to Times Square for a promotional event in support of the second-season premiere of the original series.
Comcast's New Video Wall The 83-by-25-foot, 10-million-pixel high-definition video wall located in the lobby of Comcast's new corporate headquarters has become quite a tourist attraction in downtown Philadelphia.
National Educational Computing Conference Operators, programmers, Cable in the Classroom and CTAM shared their resources with more than 18,000 school leaders, educational technology purchasers and decision-makers this week at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio.
HBO Heats Up Summer With Documentaries
HBO Documentaries & Family President Shelia Nevins discusses the pay network's strategy of airing weekly documentaries throughout the summer.
