Dow Has Its First Close Above 15,000 Points
The Dow Jones industrial average is punching through another milestone: its first close above 15,000. The Dow rose 87 points to 15,056 points Tuesday, a gain of 0.6 percent.
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DirecTV Adds a Channel for Your Dog
DirecTV has reached a deal to carry DogTV, a $6-a-month channel with programming designed to entertain your dog.
5 Best and Worst Moves in Business This Week
From a new Taco Bell menu item sure to soar, to a short-sighted activist taking aim at the Dell deal, here's a rundown of this week's best and worst moves in the business world.
The Cost of Fox's Upcoming 24/7 Cable Sports Network
Fox announced this week that it will launch a new 24-hour cable sports network, a direct challenge to ESPN. Sports programming is one of the main reasons many people pay big monthly fees to cable and satellite companies, even those who aren't sports fans.
5 Things to Watch on Wall Street This Week
Among the many events that will move the markets this week, we'll see an earnings parade for makers of luxury goods and a showdown between leading pay TV providers. Here are five things sure to help shape the week ahead on Wall Street.
How the Hopper Went from 'Best of CES' to a Mess for CBS
CBS's reputation for integrity took a big hit at the Consumer Electronics Show after it told subsidiary CNET not to give Dish Network a "Best of CES" award for its revolutionary Hopper DVR. Why? Because CBS is suing Dish over the Hopper's commercial skipping features.
Why Viacom Will Never Be Great Again
If you've been noticing a little bit less of SpongeBob on Nickelodeon, Snooki on MTV, or Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central, it's by design: Viacom is squeezing more commercials into every hour of programming. That's the bad news. The worse news is that it's not working.
NFL Live Games Go High Tech
How do you keep fans paying top dollar to attend live gridiron contests in an era when DIRECTV's NFL Sunday Ticket broadcasts every single game into living rooms? Make attendance more entertaining, that's how.
It's Breaking Bad for Dish: Satellite TV Provider Still Losing Viewers
Dish Network , the country's second-largest satellite TV provider, posted disappointing quarterly results on Wednesday, missing on both revenue and profit. And as its fight with AMC Networks drags on, there's probably worse news coming up next.
DirecTV Gets SpongeBob Back As Viacom Spat Is Settled
Viacom and DirectTV said Friday that they have settled a dispute that had cut off access to Viacom's channels for the satellite TV service's subscribers.
Comparing Cable Costs -- Savings Experiment
Experts compare basic cable plans between four major service providers and explain how to save.
JetBlue Pilot Freaked Out: Why Its Investors Should Too
A JetBlue flight was diverted Tuesday after the pilot had a mental meltdown and had to be subdued by passengers. If this were an isolated event, the cheap airline with the fancy frills might be flying high. But the carrier keeps finding itself at the wrong end of the headlines.
The 5 New Stocks that Warren Buffett Is Buying
Warren Buffett is arguably the best investor of our time, so it pays to watch the stocks that he's buying and selling. Here are five of Berkshire Hathaway's new investments.
Google May Be Your Next Cable Television Provider
If you're fed up with escalating cable bills, fuzzy satellite TV reception, and unresponsive customer service, Google is starting to think inside the box: The world's leading search engine may be ready to launch a broadband television service as early as next year.
Can Comcast Cope With All the Cable Cord-Cutters?
Don't look now, but the cord-cutting trend continues for Comcast. Though the country's largest cable provider tried to mask its woes with upbeat spin in its quarterly report, Comcast is serving 577,000 fewer households than it was a year ago.