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Time Warner Cable Inc. and other pay-TV operators are offering incentives to media companies that agree to withhold content from Web-based entertainment services such as those pursued by Intel Corp. and Apple Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable provider, said its new X2 TV guide will be available to customers later this year, as it seeks to offer a more interactive service similar to online video platforms.
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Liberty Media Corp.’s investment in Charter Communications Inc. may be billionaire John Malone’s first move in a multi-year chess game to consolidate the U.S. cable industry.
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It’s time to let television viewers buy individual channels rather than being required to pay for bundles of programming, and to end blackouts of sports events in publicly financed stadiums, U.S. Senator John McCain said.
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Dish Network Corp. won a federal appeals court ruling that frees pay-television providers from U.S. regulations blocking the use of some techniques to prevent illicit copying of programs.
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President Barack Obama named Tom Wheeler, a venture capitalist and former leader of cable and wireless trade groups, to head the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, where he may focus on nurturing mobile technology.
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Promotions for television shows aren’t advertisements and should be exempt from pending U.S. limits on how loud ads can be, cable companies led by Comcast Corp. told regulators.
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Regulators will let a rule lapse that allows more than 12 million U.S. cable subscribers with analog television sets to receive signals from broadcast stations without having digital converter boxes.
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Internet-service providers including AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. promised to take a more active role in fighting online piracy in an agreement with the entertainment industry announced yesterday.
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Cable providers may buy telephone companies that serve customers in their franchise areas, the Federal Communications Commission said in an order published today.
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