Category Archives: Network

FCC to vote Tuesday on ‘net neutrality’ rules

By doris | Published: December 21, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Tuesday on a set of regulations designed to ensure that internet providers grant everyone equal access to the Web. The “net neutrality” rules, proposed by the Obama administration, would be the government’s biggest foray yet into one of the Web’s fiercest [...]

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Why cable is going to cost you even more

By doris | Published: January 7, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com Your cable bill is going up this year — and next year, and the year after that — with no end in sight. The average digital cable customer already pays almost $75 a month, according to research firm Centris. And many subscribers pay more than $100 to tune in to everything [...]

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Cablevision drops Food, HGTV networks

By doris | Published: January 3, 2010

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Cablevision Systems, a New York-area cable provider, said Friday it was no longer carrying The Food Channel and HGTV, two channels operated by Scripps Networks Interactive, in a dispute over distribution rights fees. “We are sorry that Scripps’ current financial difficulties are making it impossible for them to [...]

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Time Warner Cable, Fox negotiations near 11th hour

By doris | Published: December 25, 2009

Full Story at money.cnn.com “Oh, well…who cares what congress does, right? Time warner might not have fox programming anymore!!!!” said one Twitter user whose focus quickly switched from Thursday’s health care vote. The nation’s second largest cable provider is at odds with Fox’s parent company, News Corp., as well as the Weather Channel and Scripps [...]

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