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Tribune stations return for DirecTV subscribers
Just as things were starting to get nasty, Tribune Broadcasting and DirecTV ( Nasdaq: DTV ) say they've reached a deal. In a new retransmission agreement signed late yesterday, DirecTV earned the right
Time Warner Cable drops Texas stations after retransmission deal expires
Time Warner Cable ( NYSE: TWC ) dropped four TV stations from its cable systems in Corpus Christi, Texas, after its retransmission-consent agreement with station group owner Cordelia Communications
Cable license fee hikes boost Disney earnings
Increases in the fees Disney ( NYSE: DIS ) collects for ESPN, Disney Channel and other cable networks helped the media giant generate a record $10.4 billion in revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter.
Kagan: Retransmission consent fees could hit $3B by 2015
The fees local broadcasters collect from cable operators, telephone companies and satellite TV providers that want to carry their signal in basic video subscription packages could jump to $3 billion
UPDATE: Fox, DirecTV sign broad distribution deal
UPDATE: Fox and DirecTV said late Monday that they had agreed to a broad carriage deal involving distribution of all of Fox's U.S. cable networks and Fox-owned TV stations. The companies issued a
FCC says cable operators can't nix channels during contract disputes
The Federal Communications Commission has adjusted earlier policy to allow for distribution of independent cable TV channels to continue over cable systems even when network operators and content
Analysis: iPad TV apps lawsuits could end in settlements
In the cable TV industry, lawsuits have a way of lingering for years--witness the TiVo-Dish Network patent spat --but could the recent round of lawsuits over iPad TV viewing apps be resolved fairly
FCC's retransmission reply comments expected to repeat earlier claims
While the FCC is dutifully collecting reply comments on its retransmission consent rule review, it's unlikely either of the calcified sides in the argument--broadcasters who see nothing wrong with
The price is wrong, ACA tells FCC about programming, retransmission
American Cable Association (ACA) members--generally small independent cable operators--"pay disproportionately higher prices for video content" because TV stations and national cable networks
Who's on first? Fox affiliates change will leave cable subscribers wondering
When Fox Networks played retransmission hardball with its network affiliate in Evansville, Ind., it did more than portend future retrans wars with the local cable operator, Insight Communications.
