Cable television transformed how Americans consumed entertainment, news, and sports, offering alternatives to the limited broadcast networks of the mid-20th century. Many of the earliest cable ...

Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery are reevaluating their linear cable strategy, and sports is at the heart of it, even if the leagues and sports owners are looking ahead to streaming. By Alex Weprin ...

In the early 1980s, when cable TV was young and music videos were on the cutting edge, Doug Herzog used to fly coach for his job as a junior MTV programming executive. When he traveled, Herzog would ...

Cable is dying, but it’s a slow death. And — worse — it’s making things very confusing for customers. While streaming services now carry the bulk of buzzy series and movies, some content is still only ...

Comcast is considering a spinoff its cable channels into a publicly traded company — is a rollup of misfit cable brands next? By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Comcast Corp. opened its latest earnings call ...

Consumers have shirked cable for a while — and now the content owners don't even want their own channels. On Thursday, Comcast President Mike Cavanaugh said he has commissioned a study to look into ...

After making its premiere on October 11, 1975 with musical guests Billy Preston and Janis Ian, Saturday Night Live has been a music and cultural TV institution over the last 50 years. And now to ...

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Executives at NBCUniversal are eying a new sports cable network, roughly four years after they shuttered the previous one the company operated. The unnamed cable channel would carry sports that will ...

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In a surprising, and likely temporary, turn of events, the number of people paying to watch cable channels has grown. On Monday, research analyst MoffettNathanson released its “Cord-Cutting Monitor Q3 ...