The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday voted to close a “loophole” that allowed cable operators to withhold local sports programming from competitors. In a 4-1 vote, the commissioners ended ...

Original cable programming once again demonstrated its increasing dominance of television at tonight's Emmy Awards. These cable and non-broadcast shows -- especially the dramas -- aren't necessarily ...

Basic cable networks have been facing the same audience fragmentation that broadcast networks have been facing since the 1980s. In 2009, ten basic cable networks reported percent double-digit audience ...

Mad Men comes back for its sixth season Sunday at an opportune moment for basic cable. Last weekend, 25 million viewers combined watched The Bible and The Walking Dead on basic cable channels. That's ...