Comcast announced a plan Wednesday to spin off most of its cable television networks into a separate publicly traded company. The new company will include the USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The newly separate company owns well-known channels like CNBC and MS NOW, but it lacks the distribution power of streaming ...

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 ...

Cable television has long been viewed as a stagnant business, showing little promise for growth over the years. However, Comcast believes it has found a new growth opportunity. On Wednesday, the ...

Americans are paying luxury prices for basic entertainment, and a big chunk of that money is going to channels they never ...

Media conglomerates are gasping under the weight of their linear channels, which have little long-term value Disney CEO Bob Iger and Comcast president Mike Cavanaugh putting out feelers shows how ...

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There are now hundreds of cable television stations with even more streaming applications. However, it all started with one cable channel. These are eight of the oldest cable TV stations in television ...

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 ...

Disney is reportedly planning to add linear cable-style streaming channels to Disney+. According to The Information, the company wants subscribers to spend more time in the app and, by offering more ...