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By Chris Albrecht
January 28, 2009
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Packers vs. Cowboys on NFL Network, 75 million households shut out. The NFL should trust its product. Plus: College football.
By King Kaufman
November 29, 2007
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MLB hands the villain role to cable and the Dish Network with a surprising, non-exclusive DirecTV deal. Plus: Whooooops!
March 9, 2007
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In France, you can get super-fast DSL, unlimited phone service and 100 TV channels for a mere $38 a month. Why does the same thing cost so much more in the U.S.?
By S. Derek Turner
October 18, 2005
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In an obscure corner of the cable TV universe, "Uncle Morty's Dub Shack" is giving Asian B movies a hilarious new life.
By Sumana Harihareswara
October 13, 2005
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Activists who beat back the FCC on media consolidation are dismayed to find former allies leading an unprecedented effort to restrict radio and TV content.
By Eric Boehlert
April 14, 2005
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Comcast's bid to buy Disney raises a specter even scarier than the witch in Snow White: A Mickey Mouse Internet.
By Farhad Manjoo
March 17, 2004
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A coalition of big-name tech companies -- Microsoft, Amazon, eBay and others -- wants the feds to make sure that cable companies don't ruin the broadband Internet.
By Farhad Manjoo
August 12, 2003
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Advertisers want to use new technology to monitor your every click -- and prevent you from tuning out their ads. And don't even think of trying to escape.
By Farhad Manjoo
May 8, 2003
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Flush with its purchase of AT&T Broadband, the biggest cable company on the block intends to make size matter.
By Chishen Wei
April 8, 2003
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Internet service providers beware: I have powers to invoke bankruptcy beyond the ken of mortal man.
By Mike Masnick
December 6, 2001
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If he seizes America's satellite TV market, über-mogul Rupert Murdoch will rule the airwaves on earth and in heaven. But John McCain may shoot him down.
By Eric Boehlert
May 21, 2001
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Why should I pay for the channel when the teaser is free and I enjoy it more?
By Jon Bowen
October 25, 2000
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The AOL-Time Warner deal sets the freewheeling Internet on a collision course with the masters of mass-market convenience.
By Scott Rosenberg
January 14, 2000
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Fear drove the two companies into bed with each other. Now it's our turn to be afraid.
By Scott Rosenberg
January 10, 2000
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Wink CEO and confessed TVaholic Maggie Wilderotter is not interested in interactive TV that pushes couch potatoes onto the Web.
By Janelle Brown
November 22, 1999
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RCN, the up-and-coming fiber optic network, tries -- a little too hard -- to get us to think of it as a telecom revolutionary.
By Janelle Brown
October 7, 1999
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Black Entertainment Television's founder is launching a $35 million African-American portal site. Will it help mend the digital divide?
By Raymond Rawlinson
October 6, 1999
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My Net connection approaches light speed with cable, but that doesn't guarantee victory over DSL.
By Simson Garfinkel
September 23, 1999
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Tom Jermoluk takes on everyone from America Online to the local phone company in his bid to connect with the consumer.
By Mark Gimein
September 12, 1999
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Can ReplayTV really revolutionize television watching? Well, it can do neat stuff like rewind live broadcasts.
By Mark Gimein
September 3, 1999
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How did AT&T engineer its open-access victory in San Francisco?
By Mark Gimein
July 27, 1999
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How much "convergence" does $5 billion in Microsoft dollars buy? We're about to find out.
By Scott Rosenberg
May 14, 1999
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Boring unknown men with squeaky voices experts making things up, anchors who just met five minutes ago. This channel rocks!
By Joe Lavin
August 11, 1997
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