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Time Warner seeking to end blackouts

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:16:13 -0600

... consider arbitration and force broadcasters to maintain their signals during disputes. Time Warner Cable, second to Comcast Corp. in U.S. subscribers, is set to negotiate what are called carriage fees with Disney when their agreement ends in August. ... (...post has about 17 more words)

Posted: Wednesday March 10, 2010 4:16 AM
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:16:06 -0600

... arbitration and force broadcasters to maintain their signals during disputes. Time Warner Cable, which trails only Comcast Corp. in US subscribers, is set to negotiate carriage fees with Disney when their agreement ends in August. Disney pulled its ... (...post has about 26 more words)

Posted: Wednesday March 10, 2010 4:16 AM
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:16:04 -0600

A man who has repeatedly shown up at Ryan Seacrest's work and events has pleaded no contest to felony stalking. (...post has about 18 more words)

Posted: Wednesday March 10, 2010 4:16 AM
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:36:06 -0600

Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 12:04 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 12:04 a.m. PHILADELPHIA Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups. (...post has about 19 more words)

Posted: Wednesday March 10, 2010 2:36 AM
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:16:07 -0600

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:20:15 -0600

... Communications Commission and in a letter to Congressional leaders, the providers - including heavyweights like DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and Verizon , as well as smaller providers and nonprofit groups - said the current rules were "broken and in ... (...post has about 23 more words)

Posted: Tuesday March 9, 2010 10:20 PM
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:20:12 -0600

Peter Facinelli, known to many as Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the 'Twilight' films, plays a different type of doctor in Edie Falco's Showtime's dramedy 'Nu ... (...post has about 18 more words)

Posted: Tuesday March 9, 2010 10:20 PM
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:20:09 -0600

TiVo, a pioneer of digital video recorders, reported a smaller fourth-quarter loss than analysts estimated. (...post has about 19 more words)

Posted: Tuesday March 9, 2010 10:20 PM
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:16:06 -0600

... that lawmakers and regulators shouldn't get involved in cable company negotiations. "The unintended consequences of pay-TV providers attacking the free-market-based retransmission consent model could be the demise of local programming," said Dennis ... (...post has about 25 more words)

Posted: Tuesday March 9, 2010 9:16 PM
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:16:06 -0600

... the case of ABC, getting Cablevision to pay to carry the signal lays the foundation for other cable operators like Comcast and Time Warner Cable to start paying for something that has traditionally been free - and in Disney's case is complicated by ... (...post has about 17 more words)

Posted: Tuesday March 9, 2010 9:16 PM
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