A growing group of small cable TV providers are realizing that both they and their customers can live without expensive TV channels. Faced with rising programming costs, some of those companies have pulled the plug on TV service altogether, preferring to simply focus on Internet and phone service. Others, meanwhile, are dropping major groups of channels to manage their costs.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Organizers of Alaska’s famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have renewed a deal with the Sportsman Channel, continuing a national television presence for the nearly 1,000-mile […]
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AMC Networks is closing in on a deal to acquire a sizable stake in BBC America for about $200 million. The deal is expected to come together by the end of October. AMC Networks is believed to be grabbing just under 50% of the channel that is the Beeb’s namesake outpost in the U.S.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s attorney general has decided to appeal a ruling that struck down parts of the state’s anti-polygamy law in what marked a significant victory for […]
The premium cable company’s market value is currently $3.2 billion. One individual close to the discussions said Discovery Communications was an interested bidder. The Walt Disney Co., which does not have a premium cable channel and whose CEO Bob Iger has acquired numerous assets in recent years, could be another potential buyer.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn will star in the second season of HBO’s “True Detective.” The eight-episode drama series will begin production in California this fall, […]
The E! TV channel says that “Fashion Police” will continue without Joan Rivers. In a statement Friday, the channel said it “thought long and hard” about what Rivers would have […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A television show that featured the nearly two-decade-old killing of an Arizona teenager and her unborn baby helped lead to the arrest of her ex-boyfriend, police […]
The buyout firms that own Weather Channel Cos. have spoken to JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group about strategic options including a possible sale, according to people familiar with the matter. Weather Channel hasn’t begun a formal process or hired a bank, according to the people.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two freshmen U.S. senators from opposite sides of the political aisle said Thursday they survived and even cooperated while spending a week marooned together on a […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two U.S. senators from opposite sides of the political aisle spent a week marooned together on a remote island for a new reality show, “Rival Survival.” […]
Viacom has agreed to let Sony’s forthcoming cloud-based TV service carry 22 Viacom networks upon launch. The deal is the first of its kind for Viacom, a telecommunications giant that owns networks including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and TV Land. Sony’s cloud-based TV service will offer subscribers Internet-based live TV and video on demand from major programmers.
