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Comcast's Next Big Battle May Be in Its Backyard
2:00PM 2/09/2011
Comcast has a tight grip on Philadelphia sports fans with its SportsNet Philadelphia channel, which has been the exclusive carrier of games from the Phillies, Flyers and 76ers. But now Comcast will have to make the channel available to satellite-TV providers, thanks to FCC-approved terms of its deal for NBC Universal.
DirecTV's Michael White: The Best 'Undercover Boss' Yet
1:10PM 10/11/2010
What separated White from the other Undercover Bosses was his attitude. Maybe because he's fairly new to DirecTV and has no background in the satellite-TV business, White seemed to realize that he has much to learn.
One week left to switch to digital TV
3:00PM 6/05/2009
The day of reckoning is close; come June 12th the analog airwaves will no longer be graced with the witty banter of sitcoms, daytime soaps evening news shows.Instead stations nationwide will finally make the long talked about, and oft delayed, switch to digital television. If you haven't already...
The transition to digital television seems to have netted its first arrest: A 70-year-old man who shot his TV set in frustration when he couldn't get his digital converter box to work. The incident happened in Missouri, where the man was charged with unlawfully discharging his weapon -- his wife...
Sirius XM Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has reportedly gotten buyout overtures from DirecTV Group Inc. (NASDAQ: DTV) and EchoStar Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH). This sudden interest in an unprofitable company whose product has an uncertain future is a bit surprising.
Bloomberg News and other media...
Top 25 things vanishing from America: #2 -- Analog TV
8:00AM 7/20/2008
This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory -- some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America.
I'm young enough that I didn't have to take directions from my dad on just how to arrange rabbit ears...
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