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A look at cable, satellite TV earnings reports

Here is a summary of earnings reports for selected cable and satellite TV companies and what they reveal about the industry's prospects:

On the Call: News Corp COO Chase Carey

A few years back, cable and satellite TV companies got together with big media content companies on an initiative that was meant to face up to the challenge of rising online video companies like Netflix Inc.

Satellite-TV group: City's jamming us

ENFORCEMENT of a bill passed by City Council last fall to regulate placement of TV satellite dishes has been stalled due to a petition filed with the Federal Communications Commission by the satellite-dish industry.

After Losing 100k Paying Users, Sky Splits Pay TV from Satellite

It’s the age of over-the-top connected TV services and they’re giving off a perilous aura strong enough for long-standing TV content companies such as BSkyB to engage in a major shift. BSkyB announced that they will launch their own service that doesn’t require satellite subscription this summer. There’s no word for the name and price yet but the company said there will be no minimum contract ...

Bill would level cable, satellite TV tax rates

Tax policy shouldn't determine the winner and losers in the cable or satellite marketplace, says a senator whose attempt to evenly tax the competing TV services prompted a flurry of emails from angry satellite subscribers.

Local Communications Expert Shares Thoughts On Philadelphia’s Satellite TV Dish Law

Will a law Philadelphia City Council passed last fall restricting location and placement of satellite TV dishes on homes and apartments stand up to a federal challenge? A local communications media expert says probably not.

Satellite-dish industry blocks enforcement of city law

ENFORCEMENT of a bill passed by City Council last fall to regulate placement of TV satellite dishes has been stalled due to a petition filed with the Federal Communications Commission by the satellite-dish industry.

The Future of TV

Google's efforts got a big boost when it signed a deal with NBC Universal that will bring it ad inventory from NBCU's cable channels like Sci-Fi, Oxygen and MSNBC. It also has a deal with satellite provider Dish Network.

DirecTiVo now available nationwide, please try to contain your excitement

A couple of months after making its long ( really long ) awaited appearance in " select markets " the DirecTiVo is now officially available nationwide. Die-hard fans of the combo of peanut remote and satellite TV finally have a crack at the box for the same $199 up front price tag, plus attached service fee, HD access fee and DVR fee. This also means foregoing things like 3D, multiroom support ...

More Apple ‘iTV’ Rumors: Cable Companies Getting on Board?

As the idea of an Apple television becomes more certainty than fantasy, one major question has come up: Where is Apple going to get its content? A new rumor suggests that it'll come from the same companies that supply your cable or satellite TV now.