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Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger is no longer viewed as inevitable
Comcast Corp.'s bold move to buy rival Time Warner Cable in a $45-billion deal once seemed inevitable. Wall Street figured combining the nation's two largest cable operators wouldn't have much problem clearing regulatory hurdles. Both companies operate in different parts of the country, and wouldn't be seen as anti-competitive. Subscribers, including 1.8 million in the Los Angeles region, would have the same number of choices for pay-TV as they currently do. But that was 11 months ago — and a lot has changed. Now, it is unclear whether the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission will give Comcast their blessing. ...
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Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger is no longer viewed as inevitable
Comcast Corp.'s bold move to buy rival Time Warner Cable in a $45-billion deal once seemed inevitable.
Wall Street figured combining the nation's two largest cable operators wouldn't have much problem clearing regulatory hurdles. Both companies operate...
Sundance 2015: Virtual-reality company Oculus to launch film label
Virtual-reality firm Oculus is making a move into original film content.
The manufacturer of the much-anticipated Rift headset is expected to announce at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday that it is launching a new unit called Story Studio and has...
Joe Franklin dies at 88; interviewed 'plate twirlers' and stars
Joe Franklin, an institution of New York City broadcasting and self-crowned "king of nostalgia" who bantered on radio and television with celebrity A-listers and D-listers alike, has died. He was 88.
He died Saturday at a hospice in...
NBC's Savannah Guthrie has many more tomorrows on 'Today'
During the commercial breaks on NBC's "Today," Savannah Guthrie's eyes are often focused on an iPhone to check live video of her 5-month-old daughter, Vale, back at their Manhattan apartment.
"My husband is really into baby...
Stan Irwin, celebrity manager and Las Vegas talent booker, dies at 94
When Stan Irwin was a struggling young comedian in New York, someone told him he should try out his act in Las Vegas.
"Where's that?" Irwin replied.
No matter: He signed on for an 11-day gig at a place called Club Bingo and stayed in town...
Sundance 2015: Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling talk making it in Hollywood
Before their girl crushes had uttered a word, the cheers started coming.
“I love your pants, Mindy!”
“I love your skirt, Kristen!”
These were the crowd’s thought leaders -- Mindy Kaling, Lena Dunham, Kristen Wiig and Jenji Kohan -- four of...
SAG Awards 2015: 'Downton Abbey' wins for ensemble in TV drama series
"Downton Abbey" won the Screen Actors Guild Award on Sunday for performance by an ensemble in a television drama series.
The PBS period piece beat "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO), "Homeland" (Showtime), "House of...
Sling TV: High-quality video streams, with some notable trade-offs
Dish Network's new Sling TV service, which starts rolling out this week, is an unapologetically niche product. If you're looking for a streaming video service that's a perfect substitute for cable or satellite TV, Sling TV isn't it. At this point, nothing...
SAG Awards 2015: TV shows off its diversity
The Screen Actors Guild honored the ensembles of two wildly different television programs Sunday night, handing out top honors to the cast of the women's prison comedy "Orange Is the New Black" and the performers of the aristocratic period drama...
NFL's modern-day gladiators pay the price as the crowd roars
On a cloudless, gentle Sunday afternoon in America's newest football palace, fans gathered on a patio behind the San Francisco 49ers bench to compare jewelry and sip margaritas.
Ten yards away, helmets collided with a sickening thwack and a giant body...
SAG Awards 2015: 'Orange Is the New Black' wins for comedy ensemble
"Orange Is the New Black" took the SAG Award for ensemble in a comedy series for the first time on Sunday.
Co-star Uzo Aduba, who won the female actor SAG Award minutes before for her performance as inmate Suzanne "Crazy Eyes"...
Forget Joseph Campbell and “The Power of Myth.” The inspiration for “Strange Magic,” the new animated feature co-written and produced […]
Showtime exec: Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao contracts not crafted yet
A deal apparently is in the eyes of the beholder.
By the standards of Manny Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, a long-awaited super-fight between Pacquiao and unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. is but a signature away.
“We’re all done,” Arum told Fight Hub TV...
Jonathan Gold drops anonymous restaurant critic mask
I have posed for pictures shrouded in gauze, wearing a dinosaur mask and shaded into a Hitchcockian silhouette. My face has been obscured by giant wineglasses, beer steins, menus, stacked dim sum steamers, Wheaties boxes, a Thomas the Tank Engine and a...
Saturday's TV Highlights and weekend talk: 'With This Ring' and more
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Viacom Chief Philippe Dauman paid $44 million in 2014
Media company Viacom's stock slipped last year -- but the company's chief executive, Philippe Dauman, saw his compensation soar 19% to $44 million.
Dauman, 60, received a $20-million bonus in fiscal 2014, even though the company's stock declined 9%...
Peggy Charren dies at 86; tireless advocate for quality children's TV
Critics of Peggy Charren, a tireless activist for quality children's television, accused her of hating TV.
But Charren, who founded the highly influential Action for Children's Television in 1968 to combat "wall-to-wall monster cartoons,"...
'Sons of Liberty' takes a few too many liberties on History
Seven years ago, the History Channel became just plain History, a single-word name being perceived, one supposes, as hipper, more youthful, like Common or Fergie.
If the network executives were as interested in accuracy as hipness, they would have...
TV This Week, Jan. 25-31: 'Bad Words,' Mel Brooks and more
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Cable service without the cable box? Yes, it's possible
James is wondering: Can he avoid Time Warner Cable's monthly fee to lease a set-top box by purchasing his own hardware?
In a word, no. There are no generic equivalents for the company's digital boxes.
But there's a pretty nifty work-around.
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