Public broadcasters levy a compulsory fee, but relatively few people pay cable or satellite broadcasters for extra channels.
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The combination would make Time Warner the undisputed king of pay cable networks, since the company already owns HBO.
Sometime after that they headed to pay cable stations like HBO and Showtime.
There are rumors today that Halle Berry is in talks to star in a show called Higher Learning that would air on pay cable.
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One account from which you pay the cable bill, another account out of which you pay college tuition, another account for car payments?
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For example, you can sit at home and pay to top-up your electricity meter or pay your cable TV subscription using Paga.
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Also, this past year has witnessed the much publicised arrival of a US version of the British TV series Queer as Folk on a major pay TV cable network.
Starz controls the pay-cable rights to movies from Disney and Sony, and signed the deal with Netflix in 2008 when online video was a much smaller market, according to the LA Times.
So that tells you that we are in political season. (Laughter.) And unless you've been living under a rock or did not pay your cable bill -- (laughter) -- you understand where Sammy is coming from.
Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) is one of the leading suppliers of entertainment programming to the domestic television marketplace, distributing first-run syndicated series, off-network television programs and theatrical motion pictures to local broadcast television stations, as well as to pay, cable, digital, satellite and broadcast networks throughout the U.S. WBDTD handles the domestic distribution of television series produced by Warner Bros.
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Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) is one of the leading suppliers of entertainment programming to the domestic television marketplace, distributing first-run syndicated series, off-network television programs and theatrical motion pictures to local broadcast television stations, as well as to pay, cable, satellite, broadcast networks and digital platforms throughout the U.S. WBDTD handles the domestic distribution of television series produced by Warner Bros.
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To curb the excesses of executive pay, Vince Cable has passed the buck back to shareholders.
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They sell this aggregation to affiliates, who pay them broadcast fees, and cable companies, who pay them carry fees.
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).
Online streaming has struck a chord with consumers after years of indifference to cable pay-per-view offers, and services like Netflix and Hulu have attracted market and mind share with significant upside ahead.
Advertisers agreed to retain the existing system for network TV - which rewards actors each time their ad is shown - but insisted on an increased flat-rate pay structure for cable and the internet.
So it's not how many people--who wins the weekend, it's how much money a film generates for a studio, not merely from the box office, which is the smallest part--it's only 20 percent of the earnings--but from television sales where it's shown on television--network, pay television, cable--and, of course, DVD and video, foreign sales, toy licensing and even product placement.
These networks have become cash cows for team owners because of the monthly fees cable operators pay on behalf of all of their basic subscribers.
It centers on how much Time Warner Cable will pay for a new contract with the regional sports network, which expires at midnight on Dec. 31.
While the upside is vast, Netflix must compete for this growing demographic with established cable and satellite operators that offer streaming and pay-TV services like Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Dish Network and DirecTV.
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Digital cable service usually costs more than analog service because it generally requires subscribers to pay a monthly fee for a digital cable box.
It is only available to people who pay for HBO through their cable or satellite providers.
Networks rely on having a certain amount of revenue coming from cable providers to pay for their shows.
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The dispute centers on the rate that MSG asked for the cable operator to pay to carry its channels.
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And some manual jobs, such as plumber or cable technician, pay quite well.
Such popularity gave Ledford the confidence to develop a full-time, ad-supported network and to persuade cable companies to pay to carry it.
Simpson had tried and thus far failed to sell his story to pay-per-view cable channels before opting to sit down at his former employer's network.
Instead, he used the team as an ATM to earn high returns from a dubious fund manager and his cable channel to pay himself a leveraged dividend.
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The group has received funding from pay-TV providers Time Warner Cable Inc.
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