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King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Packers vs. Cowboys on NFL Network, 75 million households shut out. The NFL should trust its product. Plus: College football.; By King Kaufman Nov 29, 2007
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: MLB hands the villain role to cable and the Dish Network with a surprising, non-exclusive DirecTV deal. Plus: Whooooops!; Mar 9, 2007
Free American broadband!: 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 Oct 18, 2005
Dub masters: 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 Oct 13, 2005
Indecency wars: 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 Apr 14, 2005
One cable company to rule them all: Comcast's bid to buy Disney raises a specter even scarier than the witch in Snow White: A Mickey Mouse Internet.; By Farhad Manjoo Mar 17, 2004
Keeping the Net neutral: 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 Aug 12, 2003
Your TV is watching you: 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
The Comcast shakedown: Flush with its purchase of AT&T Broadband, the biggest cable company on the block intends to make size matter.; By Chishen Wei Apr 8, 2003
I am the broadband Bermuda Triangle: Internet service providers beware: I have powers to invoke bankruptcy beyond the ken of mortal man.; By Mike Masnick Dec 6, 2001
Rupert in the sky with diamonds: 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
Scrambled porn: Why should I pay for the channel when the teaser is free and I enjoy it more?; By Jon Bowen Oct 25, 2000
The geeks vs. the marketroids: The AOL-Time Warner deal sets the freewheeling Internet on a collision course with the masters of mass-market convenience.; By Scott Rosenberg Jan 14, 2000
AOL and Time Warner's marriage of insecurity: Fear drove the two companies into bed with each other. Now it's our turn to be afraid.; By Scott Rosenberg Jan 10, 2000
Tuned in to TV: Wink CEO and confessed TVaholic Maggie Wilderotter is not interested in interactive TV that pushes couch potatoes onto the Web.; By Janelle Brown Nov 22, 1999
Talkin 'bout a revolution: 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 Oct 7, 1999
Can Robert Johnson bring more blacks online?: Black Entertainment Television's founder is launching a $35 million African-American portal site. Will it help mend the digital divide?; By Raymond Rawlinson Oct 6, 1999
Cable modem or DSL: Which is better?: My Net connection approaches light speed with cable, but that doesn't guarantee victory over DSL.; By Simson Garfinkel Sep 23, 1999
Broadband warrior: Tom Jermoluk takes on everyone from America Online to the local phone company in his bid to connect with the consumer.; By Mark Gimein Sep 12, 1999
How to empower a couch potato: Can ReplayTV really revolutionize television watching? Well, it can do neat stuff like rewind live broadcasts.; By Mark Gimein Sep 3, 1999
Cable ` la modem: How did AT&T engineer its open-access victory in San Francisco?; By Mark Gimein Jul 27, 1999
Bill Gates' set-top boxing: How much "convergence" does $5 billion in Microsoft dollars buy? We're about to find out.; By Scott Rosenberg May 14, 1999
Media Circus: Why I love CNBC: Boring unknown men with squeaky voices experts making things up, anchors who just met five minutes ago. This channel rocks!; By Joe Lavin Aug 11, 1997

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