Everything from TV programming to technology is covered in Multichannel News editor-in-chief Tom Steinert-Threlkeld’s column. en-us http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182.html?nid=3429 Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use October 7, 2008 http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/640026864.html?nid=3429 NEW ORLEANS - "Fragmentation is a fact of life," in the words of Peter Chernin. More pointedly, "it's going to increase exponentia... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/60026806.html?nid=3429 NEW ORLEANS – On stage Sunday at the 2008 Cable Show here, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said he was having “good conversations&rdqu... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1590026759.html?nid=3429 On July 10, the “Reality Binge” will debut on the three-year-old Fox Reality Channel. This one-hour show will highlight and commen... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1400026740.html?nid=3429 This is the year of high-definition television. The Weather Channel has constructed a spanking new HD studio, so you can see any calamity as if it... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1130026513.html?nid=3429 So now comes Cablevision as the latest outfit trying to save a major metropolitan newspaper from the furnace of Internet competition. Hope Tom... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/620026262.html?nid=3429 This time, it's not the local government that's pledging to put WiFi Internet access across every square inch of public space. It's a cable opera... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1390026139.html?nid=3429 Yikes. Digital advertising will eclipse traditional advertising within five years, according to 100 senior executives in the media and entertainm... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/810025881.html?nid=3429 Comcast announces that its number of basic cable subscribers is down (again). Its net income has dropped, from $837 million to $732 million. But in... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1630025763.html?nid=3429 So the sale of TV Guide assets went through. Macrovision is buying Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. for $2.3 billion. But the only real ques... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1090025509.html?nid=3429 Comcast’s shares have picked up a bit this year, from $17.70 on Jan. 2 to 19.78 as April 24 wound down. But cable stocks, overall, are ... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1420025342.html?nid=3429 Perhaps Philippe Dauman should be taken at his word. And the word to take just may be …. “directly.” The president and chie... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1870024787.html?nid=3429 Could it really be possible ... ... that NBC Universal would not insist on having an iron-clad legal contract regarding renewal of a ... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/510024651.html?nid=3429 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Small cable operators got a wish granted Tuesday. Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin said they didn&... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/230024423.html?nid=3429 TRAIN TO NEW CANAAN, 6:55 p.m. – It’s standing (and elbow) room only now. The seat next to me is taken. There’s no room to ... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/700024270.html?nid=3429 The following five stories about cable, satellite, broadcast, digital media and fossil fuel companies were reported today. Which one is true? ... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1890023989.html?nid=3429 Why is it that cable system operators have not cottoned to wireless communications? Is it because there is no wire? And everything th... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/340023434.html?nid=3429 Ever wonder what Les Moonves, the CBS chieftain, likes to watch? Here’s his list of TV favorites, as told to Business Week editor Steve Ad... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/440023244.html?nid=3429 Here’s hoping that Hulu’s ready tomorrow (Wed., March 12) for its public debut. It’s got great design. It’s slickly pr... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/140023014.html?nid=3429 Quality manufacturing has its "five nines" metric: 99.999 percent of the time the assembly of a product goes flawlessly. That's the goal.... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/820022882.html?nid=3429 The heads of a whole host of industry organizations, ranging from Women in Cable Telecomunications to The Society of Telecommunications Engineers... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1230022723.html?nid=3429 Maybe it's not so surprising that John Malone is back in the TV distribution business. And that satellite looks appealling. Maybe the numbers made ... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1810022581.html?nid=3429 “A billion here, a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking real money.” You thought it was Everett Dirksen, the classicly... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/330022433.html?nid=3429 "Is that what you're askin' me? If there's something wrong with anything?" It's a question that the emotionless psychopath in "... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1160022116.html?nid=3429 It's nice that Aaron Barnhart, he of the Kansas City Star metro daily and the TVBarn.com web site, is diligent and intelligent enough to quote our ... http://www.multichannel.com/blog/1820000182/post/1310021931.html?nid=3429 Last month, Brian Roberts would have the world believe that Comcast was going to be the next big innovator in the digital world. At the Consumer E...