Cable TV Tightens Its Grip on Revenues
Subscriber declines don't matter much when those who stick around pay more than ever. But how much longer can these companies continue to defy gravity?
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Why People Still Hate Their Cable Company
Big cable operators remain unable to shake the stigma of poor service and chronic rate hikes, once again turning in dismal scores for TV service on the American Customer Satisfaction Index that -- on…
Cord-Cutting: At Last, Hard Evidence It's Really Happening
The specter of cord-cutting has finally caught up to American pay TV providers, which have suffered their first net loss of subscribers over a 12-month period, according to an analysis by Leichtman Re…
Upfronts: Univision Invests In Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Cabler
Univision Communications is making a bet on the maverick filmmaker behind such grindhouse classics as 'From Dusk Till Dawn' and 'Machete.' The company that owns Spanish-language TV network Univision s…
Pay-TV Sector Posts Worst Q1 Subscriber Trends in Four Years
Internet video services may have significantly put the hurt on U.S. cable and satellite TV companies in the first quarter, as big ops posted their weakest subscriber results in four years. Overall, th…
DirecTV Chats Up Voice-Activated TV
Listen to this: DirecTV is using the same technology that powers Apple's Siri voice search to let subs find TV shows and movies they want to watch by speaking their desires. Satcaster developed an enh…
Supreme Court Rejects Class Action in Comcast Suit
The Supreme Court narrowly ruled in favor of Comcast on Wednesday, holding that a group of its Philadelphia area subscribers claiming they were overcharged could not sue the cable operator in a…
Comcast, NBCU Hire 1,000 Veterans
Comcast and NBCUniversal have achieved a three-year goal of hiring 1,000 veterans as part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Hiring Our Heroes initiative and said Wednesday they will double…
Copyright Alerts to Launch This Week
Major Internet providers will launch a system of Copyright Alerts to consumers this week, a system in which repeated users of pirated content could have their service slowed. Years in the making, the…
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Domestic Film DAILY
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
1Daily: $8.0M Cumulative: $91.7M Paramount Pictures 1st in th week -
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Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3
2Daily: $3.2M Cumulative: $340.9M Disney 2nd in th week -
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The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
3Daily: $2.7M Cumulative: $93.4M Warner Brothers 3rd in th week
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