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Comcast Cellular Service: Cable Giant Partnering With Verizon To Offer Calling Plan In 2017

The nation's largest cable company, Comcast, will be launching its own cellular service using Wi-Fi hotspots and Verizon.

Rio Olympics 2016: NBC Made $250 Million From Summer Games Despite Ratings Drop

NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke said the network saw a 20 percent increase in ad sales this summer despite the ratings drop.

Netflix And Hulu Aren’t Killing Cable TV Yet, But Industry Faces Challenges Through 2020

Subscription-only online video services in the U.S. — Netflix and the like — will be raking in $10.4 billion a year by 2020, but traditional TV is still king, says a report.

Milken Global Conference: Content Is King, Especially If It Plays In Asia Like DreamWorks, And CBS Is Hunting For More Of It

At the Milken Global Conference, A-list execs like CBS’ Les Moonves dished on Netflix, China — and why star quality is more important than ever.

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Comcast (CMCSA) In Talks To Buy DreamWorks Animation (DWA) For $3B, Report Says

The cable giant may spend more than $3 billion to acquire the animation studio behind “Kung Fu Panda 3,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Netflix Bump: 40 Percent Of People Binge-Watch Back-Seasons Of Shows Before The New Season Starts On TV, Says Study

New data from Symphony Advanced Media show a returning series can see an 11 percent increase in new viewers thanks to Netflix.

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) Q1 2016 Earnings Preview: More TV Subscribers Amid Prickly Cable-Box Debate

The Philadelphia cable giant is expected to add pay-TV subscribers for the second consecutive quarter.

Viacom (VIAB) And Dish Network (DISH) Avoid Blackout; New Deal Brings MTV, Nickelodeon To Sling TV

Dish was willing to let Viacom pull its networks off the air if the two sides could not reach a new contract.

NBC Is Ditching Nielsen Ratings For Some Advertisers, But Who’s Buying?

To attract “select advertisers,” the Comcast-owned network plans to use data from Comcast set-top boxes and other sources.

Comcast Rebuke: FCC Rules ISPs Cannot Collect Data For Advertising Without Your Permission

Internet service providers cannot collect information about customers’ web-surfing habits without permission, federal regulators decided.

Lifeline Internet: FCC Expected To Offer Subsidized Internet To Millions Of Low-Income Americans

Under a plan facing a vote Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission could help millions of low-income people get online.

NBC Sells $1 Billion In Ads For Rio Olympics

NBC said in a statement Tuesday that the games, which start Aug. 5, were on pace to generate the biggest Olympics advertising sales ever.

Binge On: What Is The FCC Spectrum Auction, And What Does It Mean For Streaming Video?

The FCC is repackaging and selling the rights to airwaves mobile companies will use to beef up network speed and capacity.

Pay TV Industry Loses 385,000 Cord-Cutters In 2015; A ‘Slow Decline, Not A Tailspin’

While cord-cutting is clearly a threat, the time for companies like Time Warner to panic hasn’t quite arrived, some analysts say.

Why Some Cable Companies Want To Become Cord-Cutters Themselves

Rising programming costs have small cable operators wondering if it’s time for them to get out of TV altogether.

Sorry, Chicken Little, The Sky Is Not Falling: Comcast Adds 89K TV Subscribers In Q4 2015

Reports of cable's death have been greatly exaggerated, as Comcast becomes the second company to report Q4 video growth.

Cord-Cutters Come Crawling Back: Time Warner Cable (TWC) Adds 54,000 Subscribers In Q4 2015

TWC won back customers thanks to better customer service, but sky-high programming costs remain a concern.

Charter-TWC Merger: Dish Network Wants To ‘Stop Mega Cable’ And Protect Sling TV

The satellite-TV provider sees a planned merger between Charter and Time Warner Cable as a threat to its Sling TV service.

What Cord-Cutting? Time Warner Cable Added 32,000 TV Customers In 2015

The company saw its first net increase in TV subscribers in nine years, but is that enough to soothe Wall Street’s concerns?

Why Is My Cable Bill Going Up? Dish Network, Time Warner Cable, DirecTV All Raising Rates In 2016

Cable companies and networks are pointing fingers at one another over impending rate hikes in 2016. As usual, it’s the consumers who lose.

Don’t Cry For Comcast: Your Cable Company Will Be Just Fine Without You, Cord-Cutters

Cord-cutting isn't putting a damper on analysts' warm holiday feelings for pay TV providers like Comcast and Time Warner Cable.

Cutting The Cable Cord? Get Ready For ‘Bundle 2.0’

It's now easier for cord-cutters to watch cable shows like "Homeland" and "Game of Thrones," but they will still cost a lot.

Cord-Cutting Is Only Going To Get Worse As New Households Reject Cable And Satellite Bundles, Report Says

The problem for pay TV companies isn’t that current subscribers are abandoning ship but that new customers are harder to come by.

What To Watch: Channel Surfing Is Out, Netflix-Style Personal Recommendations Are In

Pay-TV providers need to make like Netflix in order to slow down cord-cutting, as their consumer base gets used to streaming service features and search functions.