The National Cable Television Association reported in 1999 that there was a 500 percent increase in the cable industry workforce between 1975 and 1998—from 25,000 full-time employees to more than 125,000 (Lacey et al., 1999). This major trade...

Unlike broadcast television, cable television's origins were unportentous: known as CATV (Community Antenna Television), cable was first used to deliver a clear signal to rural communities. At the time, a CATV system generally consisted of a single...

Since the early 1990s, when cable television networks were first introduced to China, they have become one of the principle modes of television reception in China’s major cities. The significance of cable television is enhanced by the fact that...

Local television system delivered by cable, ie narrow casting, rather than...

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting...

With television news losing audience, newspapers struggling to stay afloat and growth even slowing on Internet sites, it seems like a desolate time for the news industry.Yet there are signs of hope, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, which issued its annual report...

The U.S. pay-TV industry amounts to a cartel because it maintains profits by offering channels in prepackaged tiers rather than "a la carte," according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles.The federal lawsuit names every major cable and satellite television system operator as well...

Landmark Communications Inc. said Tuesday it will sell its two broadcast television stations in Las Vegas and Nashville, Tenn. but is still mulling options for its other businesses, including cable television's The Weather Channel.The family-owned company said it has completed a strategic review of its...

The Federal Communications Commission may consider a long-dormant proposal that would cap the number of customers a single cable television company may serve, agency officials said Thursday.Chairman Kevin Martin is circulating the proposal among his fellow commissioners for a possible vote at the agency's next...