BlackArrow, a company that provided video-on-demand ad insertions for DVRs and other “advanced TV” systems, has added Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) to its $20 million third funding round, which it secured last month. With the add-on by TWC and Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility, the total amount raised for the…

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is giving in—for now—to some programmers who insist existing agreements with the cable operator don’t cover the right to stream their networks to the iPad, even when access is limited to the subscriber’s home. The decision to drop a dozen networks from Fox Cable, Viacom…

In the past several months, tens of thousands of “John Doe” defendants have been sued for copyright infringement in federal courts. It’s an unprecedented number of people to have hauled into court, even if it’s only on paper. The campaigns are essentially a ramped-up version of what the recording industry…

The cable industry has long boasted that it was largely immune to economic downturns, saying that home entertainment is one of the last things people cut back on. In Q3 at least, consumers appeared to reach their limit as Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), and now Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) said…

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) stepped to the precipice of blackout Armageddon—and wisely took a giant step back. Instead of risking their standing with subscribers and viewers, they put away the harsh rhetoric, kept working through the midnight deadline Wednesday and made a…

Licensing deals for some Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) channels ended at midnight New Year’s Eve for Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Cablevision (NYSE: CVC). So why can Manhattan cable subs still see the Food Channel while their Long Island neighbors are blacked out? On the surface, it’s simple…

Fox viewers across the U.S. were able to get their Sugar fix without a blip now that News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) have managed to agree on a new deal. No details as all involved try to pretend this was never a public discussion that…

Update: That “brief” extension turned into an all-nighter for *Time Warner* Cable, which is still negotiating with News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and Scripps on behalf of itself and private cable operator Bright House. Check our comments for a taste of what they face if deals can’t be reached and Fox,…

Some more details on *Time Warner* Cable’s TV Everywhere push, announced this morning, but calling it a trial still lets the cable operator avoid the hard questions like when it will be more than a gimmick available to a relative handful of subscribers, whether programmers will let their shows be…

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is on the verge of expanding its online video efforts from a small-scale HBO trial to a small-scale national test of its version of TV Everywhere with some of the same networks involved in Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) On Demand. The WSJ reports that the plans…

Most of the discussion swirling about making paid programming ubiquitous across platforms calls for no additional charges for the consumer. Pay for it once and you get it on TV, broadband or mobile. Most of the payoff for operators would come in lower churn, new subscribers and increased interest in…