The battle between Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) FiOS is going to the Federal Communications Commission, as the telco says that the MSO is wrongfully blocking it from programming the HD version of Madison Square Garden network, Multichannel News reports. Apart from the intense competition, the suit is…

Sometime this July, 5,000 Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) customers across the U.S. will get the first taste of TV Everywhere—and the first broadband access to select programming from 10-15 programmers, including many who have resisted putting full episodes online until now. As expected Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), whose CEO Jeff Bewkes…

It didn’t take long for *CBS* to issue a statement after Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) announced the upcoming national trial of TV Everywhere, expressing interest in anything “to help extend our business in such a way that is open and non-exclusive; consumer friendly; and responsible to…

The YES Network, the cable TV home of the NY Yankees, provided details of the deal with Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and MLB Advanced Media that will give the MSO’s subscribers access to live streaming games on their computers. The deal only applies to in-game ads, and those shown to YES…

Here are the “guiding principles” Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) have agreed on for TV Everywhere (click image to view), offered by Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes as they publicized plans for a small trial set to start in July. Both execs…

Updated: Sounds like Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) have agreed that partnering on TV Everywhere makes more sense than each media giant pushing separately for essentially the same result: making cable programming available online and mobile to anyone who already pays to see it on their TVs.…

It’s been in the chase for some time, but now Disney-owned ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has finally got its hands on lucrative English Premier League soccer TV rights for the next four years. The broadcaster has long wanted to extend its footprint in the UK and Europe—and it was handed the…

The delay-plagued cable ad targeting company Canoe Ventures has decided to turn off the lights on its ad zone project after too many hold-ups. Canoe CEO David Verklin tells Multichannel News that he has shut down the company’s first product, the Community Addressable Messaging program. The product was intended to…

For NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), the analog buck and the digital dime both stop at the desk of Jeff Zucker. From that desk on the 52nd floor of 30 Rock, the NBCU CEO can see a wall full of flat-screen monitors, an expansive view of Manhattan and, on a Tuesday…

Despite continued rumblings from regulators and lawmakers over ad targeting, the cable company consortium Canoe Ventures is ready to release its first ad-targeting product, dubbed “community addressable messaging,” the WSJ reports. Canoe, which is backed by Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Cablevision (NYSE: CVC), Cox Communications, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable, Charter…

While ABC late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel once again drew gasps for his jabs at his employer at the upfronts this week (anyone remember 2002 when he joked that then bosses Lloyd Braun and Susan Lyne would be gone by the time his show aired?) it looks like…

Changes at the top levels of Turner Broadcasting: David Levy adds distribution arm Turner Network Sales to ad sales and sports, a consolidated role that gives him responsibility for Turner’s domestic revenue. Andy Heller, who has headed distribution for the cable programmer for 11 years, moves up to vice chairman—charged…

Fresh from merging Liberty Entertainment with DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) on Monday, the cable company ended the week saying that revenues at Liberty Interactive, which houses home shopping channel QVC, fell 6 percent to $1.8 billion. Interactive’s adjusted operating-income-before-depreciation-and-amortization (OIBDA) fell 15 percent to $341 million. There was some imbalance on…

Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI), the do-it-yourself home and lifestyle oriented cable entertainment company, has some fixing up of its own: the weak ad market sent Q1 profits 10 percent lower to $60.1 million ($0.37 per share), as revenues slipped 7 percent to $361 million. In addition to a 4.6…

It’s not usually a good sign when your earnings report starts with a vote of confidence from the boss and is followed by an explanation about why the same quarter last year was so good. CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) lost $55.3 million, or $0.8 per share, in the first quarter,…

After stumbling in Q4, Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) continued its turnaround, posting $20.1 million ($0.07 per share) in net income in Q1, versus a $31.6 million loss the same time last year. Revenues were also positive, gaining 10 percent to $1.9 billion. Meanwhile, Cablevision’s first Q1 with Newsday in the fold,…

Maybe the recession is good for cable companies… Discovery (NSDQ: DISAB) Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) saw its Q1 profits quadruple to $119 million ($0.28 cents per share) from up from last year’s $34 million ($0.12 cents per share). Profits would have gone even higher had it not been for a $32…

Bankrupt cable operator Charter Communications (NSDQ: CHTR) plans to raise new funds by issuing new common shares to some of its bondholders, Reuters reported, citing an SEC filing. The St. Louis-based company will issue the rights to buy the shares of Class A Common Stock to holders of 11 percent…

MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) is drawing web functions for its MTV.com and VH1.com together and has brought over Kristin Frank from its Logo network to serve as SVP, General Manager of the sites, paidContent has learned. As part of the newly created post, Frank will manage the sites’ strategy and…