In a major legal victory for the cable TV industry, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday affirmed Federal Communications Commission rules that permit cable operators to close their broadband networks to competitive Internet service providers. Cable TV industry representatives said…
Adelphia Communications, the bankrupt cable operator that agreed in April to be sold to Time Warner and Comcast, proposed over the weekend to pay $9 billion in cash to creditors as part of a revised bankruptcy reorganization plan.In addition to…
Analysts Ponder Whether Move to Take Cablevision Private Is Guise for Selloff
| Syndication | Comedy Sold in Top Markets
By Lee Alan Hill Special to TelevisionWeek It began in small quarters in Oakland, N.J., moving then to a bank building in the equally sleepy, mostly suburban residential New Jersey community of Glen Rock. All along, USA Network was creating…
| Syndication | Telepictures Hires Executive Producer for Fall Talk Strip
Net Built On General Programming Adopts New Focus, Slogan, Look
Patricia de Stacy Harrison, the new president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, doesn’t bring a background in news or public television or radio to her new post. However, she does bring a record as Republican partisan and…
By Lee Alan Hill Special to TelevisionWeek While it was not the network’s first original series, nor its highest-rated, “Monk” is the show that has accorded USA the most respect, by earning critical acclaim and awards. The series, which premiered…
After House Restores Funding, Critics Charge Efforts to Reshape Public Television Continue