Verizon FiOS TV 's urban assault has legs beyond NYC. The telco and DC have inked a video franchise agreement in principle, and the Pittsburgh City Council has... FULL STORY »
DBS
Sweet Spot: DirecTV Continues Success With Video
DirecTV 's largely high-end customer base appears to have propelled the DBS op to another solid Q.... FULL STORY »
Competition
As part of an Olympics content deal with NBCU , DISH has agreed to add during the Games specialty HD nets NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and NBC Olympic Basketball Channel , offering 24-hr coverage of the... FULL STORY »
TELCOS
Competition
Verizon and AT&T mobile TV subs may access this... FULL STORY »
Competition
Verizon and a pair of labor unions covering 65K VZ Telecom employees in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states continue... FULL STORY »
OVERBUILDERS
In the States
RCN inked a deal with ECD to provide digital... FULL STORY »
In the States
RCN Metro Optical Networks has expanded its business services footprint to include downtown Chicago. The segment also serves Philadelphia, DC, Boston... FULL STORY »
BROADCASTERS
Indy Show End Notes
Cable One vp, strategic marketing Jerry McKenna was elected as NCTC 's new chmn. WOW! programming vp Peter Smith was named vice chmn. Massillon 's Bob Gessner is NCTC's outgoing chmn. — WOW! chief... FULL STORY »
World of Independents: NCTC Contemplates Negotiating Retrans
For years, NCTC has served as the collective bargaining arm for more than 1100 independent cable operators in negotiations with cable programmers, but it has not attempted to broker retrans deals with... FULL STORY »
WEB
Business/Finance
Time Warner is expected to announce Wed the completion of necessary restructuring to... FULL STORY »
Online
Hallmark Channel will launch its first-ever online series, "Hallmark Channel on Location," on Aug 15 at... FULL STORY »
PEOPLE
The Return to NOLA
Well, here we are again. It has been a while since the cable industry gathered in the Big Easy, and a lot has changed. In 2005, Katrina just barged in, trashed the place and rudely left. But this is a... FULL STORY »
Business/Finance
DISH Network pres/CEO Charlie Ergen earned a base salary of $592K last year, with another $1.4mln in option awards and $554K in other compensation. — Vonage secured $215mln in private debt... FULL STORY »
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