The commission votes Wednesday to end the "terrestrial loophole" that allowed cable operators to refuse local sports programming access to competitors. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...

As audience fragmentation roils revenue models and viewer expectations, the very meaning of television is changing. Consumers ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) last week said he will introduce legislation in the House of ...

Twenty years ago it was an uphill battle to give African Americans access to previously unavailable video programming in education, health, culture and politics. Despite the challenge, I founded the ...

Mad Men comes back for its sixth season Sunday at an opportune moment for basic cable. Last weekend, 25 million viewers combined watched The Bible and The Walking Dead on basic cable channels. That's ...

Basic cable networks have been facing the same audience fragmentation that broadcast networks have been facing since the 1980s. In 2009, ten basic cable networks reported percent double-digit audience ...

EXCLUSIVE: Vice Media has launched a sports division, lining up more than 50 hours of programming and also shifting its Vice TV cable network to a sports-first approach. Vice Sports will look to ...

As studios prioritize streaming platforms, unscripted shows increasingly provide a rare return on investment for basic cable. By Mikey O'Connell The twilight of basic cable’s scripted era has arrived.

Comcast Corp. is cleaving off a huge chunk of its television portfolio to create a new company composed of its cable channels, including MSNBC, CNBC and USA Network. The Philadelphia-based cable giant ...