Martin now is maneuvering to extend FCC oversight to basic cable for the first time.
Basic cable is now in 70 million homes, and 30 million homes get direct-broadcast satellite.
In 1995 Disney dropped the pay-channel approach to turn the outlet into a basic cable service.
Unlike much of the competition, including NBC Universal, the company lacks a stable of fee-generating basic cable networks.
His data, originally supplied by Nielsen Media Research, proves the case: Basic cable is having a "precedent-setting" summer.
In Europe Disney also got 76% of publicly traded Fox Kids Europe, a channel that airs on basic cable in 53 countries.
When it came to high-quality original series, the FX network was once the only basic cable network in the game.
Mansell also explains why ESPN and sports programming are going to be offered as tiered programming, separate from basic cable.
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The most likely outcome: a permanent stratification of Internet access into full-service, low-budget and no-cost tiers, similar to premium and basic cable.
Among the shows driving basic cable's success: Lifetime's Army Wives, USA's Burn Notice, FX's Damages and TNT's Saving Grace and The Closer.
That would make him the highest paid show runner in basic cable.
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The Cowboys played in both the most watched network program and most watched basic cable show of the 2011 fall television season.
The media giant will begin encrypting basic cable channels, requiring a single STB for each and every television that you plan to use.
Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in almost 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 18 consecutive years.
There are many companies fighting for these agreements in the streaming world, many more in premium cable, and dozens more from basic cable networks.
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The free hardware will only be for existing customers who apply within four months of when your provider rolls out the basic cable encryption.
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By 1990 it had only 4 million paying subscribers, while Nick, because it was a basic cable outlet, reached more than 50 million homes.
Baked right inside the matte plastic case is a dual tuner capable of pulling in unencrypted basic cable channels and over-the-air HD broadcasts.
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Would free basic cable (with HD of course) make it ok?
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Most broadcast stations are part of the basic cable packages people buy, and just 10% of the population receives its TV signals only through the airwaves.
For the first time, basic cable will double the prime-time viewership of the six major broadcast television networks for the coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic, Wakshlag said.
The latter, starring Kyra Sedgwick, is the No. 1 basic cable series of all time, with an average audience of 4.8 million for its combined three seasons.
In that same quarter, consolidated net revenue grew 6% year-over-year, and the company added more than 20, 000 basic cable subscribers, its fifth consecutive quarter of basic subscriber gains.
The previous record for basic cable viewing was held by sports network ESPN, which attracted an average of 16 million viewers to an American football game in 2006.
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The media giant will begin is expanding the area where it encrypts basic cable channels, requiring a single STB for each and every television that you plan to use.
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Disney Channel switched from pay to basic cable, and began replacing its old, recycled acquired programming (think Walt Disney Presents) with original movies and star-making episodic series (think Lizzie McGuire).
Without skipping a beat, Zalaznick, whose official title is President of NBC Universal Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks, uses the opportunity to wax on about the future of basic cable.
It's getting early buzz from a community that knows to credit the show's executive producer, Shawn Ryan, for putting basic cable on the map with his last FX series, The Shield.
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