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1. Keith Olbermann, cable TV sports and news and a political boondoggle
(Sports/Professional)

... TV networks. Write new legislation that will undo the 1984 Cable TV Act and give subscribers a chance to choose what they want instead of having a multiple systems operator reach deals with cable networks ...

2. Cablevision to increase cable TV rates
(Entertainment/Movies)

... cable channels or TV stations being temporarily dropped from its lineup — with Scripps Interactive Networks and The Walt Disney Co. This year Cablevision has continued deployment of Optimum WiFi as a ...

3. Competition in New Jersey’s electricity marketplace couldn’t come at a better time
(Opinion/Commentary)

... media networks. The promised savings are considerably significant and meaningful — 10 percent or more below current utility electricity rates. Competitive suppliers entering New Jersey's market are ...

4. Rutgers vs. South Florida: Gameday
(Sports/Professional)

... on ESPN Rutgers is 10-5 over its last 15 appearances on ESPN or ESPN2 on non-Saturday games. The Scarlet Knights have played on Sunday, Thursday and Friday on the ESPN family of networks over the last ...

5. Fox returns to Cablevision in time for World Series
(Entertainment/Movies)

... hit shows such as "Glee" and "House." News Corp. issued a one paragraph statement. "Fox Networks and Cablevision announced today that they have reached an agreement in principle for a new distribution ...

6. Why?
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Why would a time traveler be on a cellphone if they traveled back to the 1920s? Who the hell would she be calling? There are no wireless or satellite or 3G networks set up back then...would she make ...

7. Cablevision-Fox dispute could help Democrats
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and that the funding is coming from foreign terrorists.[iv] In addition to cultivating the most misinformed viewership, Fox News viewers are also the most partisan of the major networks and cable news ...

8. Local politicians drop ball in Cablevision-FOX dispute
(Sports/Professional)

... rewrite the 1984 Cable TV Act. For even more New Jersey sports, visit the NJNR Press Box The 1984 legislation gave multiple systems operators (MSOs) like Cablevision the right to bundle failing networks ...

9. Cablevision asks FCC to immediately reinstate News Corp. stations, order arbitration
(Entertainment/Movies)

... in advertising. The media scene has changed, president of affiliate sales and marketing for Fox Networks Michael Hopkins said in his letter to the FCC. "Today, the broadcast business is facing new ...

10. Bob Guccione: From N.J. to Penthouse magazine empire
(Entertainment/Movies)

... now owned by FriendFinder Networks Inc., a Boca Raton, Fla.-based company. Married four times, Guccione had a daughter, Toni, from his first marriage and two sons, Bob Jr. and Nick, and a daughter, Nina, ...

11. N.J. college students picking entrepreneurship over poor job market
(Money/Economy)

... part owner of BCT Partners and 2005 winner of The Apprentice; Terry Stewart, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and Matt Myklusch, author and director of ancillary business for MTV Networks ...

12. fox and cablevision
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... their shows off the air fine that is their right, but as a person who has watched Fox programing about 95% of the time I am at a loss. I am discovering new shows on other networks and am really enjoying ...

13. Cablevision and Fox remain ‘far apart’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... networks such as MSG and MSG Plus, of hypocrisy for calling for the FCC to step in "and replace business-to-business negotiations with an arbitration process." "Not only is this demand totally without ...

14. Is sports the third rail of American society?
(Sports/Professional)

...  Imus was different. He wasn't a player in the sports industry but his talk radio show did venture into the sports arena on occasion. In the end, it was easier for the CBS and NBC/MSNBC networks to cut ...

15. Election season can be hard on our democracy
(Life/Style)

... on "So You Think You Can Dance" and "America's Got Talent", but networks canceled something we really need, like "Who Wants to Be a Superhero?" There's a good chance that a bill is languishing in Congress ...

16. FOX-Cablevision dispute and authentic frontier gibberish
(Sports/Professional)

... operators (MSOs) like Cablevision the right to bundle failing networks like ESPN, the Weather Channel, CNN, CNN Headline News on an expanded basic tier as one entity (which might be a real violation of ...

17. Cablevision’s more than 900,000 N.J. customers lose three TV stations as News Corp. yanks them in carriage dispute
(Entertainment/Movies)

... New York (WNYW 5 and WWOR 9) and Philadelphia (WTXF 29) and Fox Networks' cable channels: FOX Deportes, Nat Geo Wild, and Fox Business Network." The statement also said, "The marketing campaign we've ...

18. N.J. native Kurt Sutter has a hit with ‘Sons of Anarchy’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Networks. The gritty series, about a Hell's Angel-like motorcycle club that started in California, was created by Sutter, a veteran of another FX show, "The Shield." Sutter is executive producer of  ...

19. NJN must be saved
(Opinion/Commentary)

... bias. If NJN folds, he will doubtless become a star of one of the major three national networks' Sunday talk shows. Quite frankly, I would be thrilled if he replaced Christiane Amanpour, the highly left-wing ...

20. Jon Stewart has fun with Rick Sanchez after CNN firing
(Entertainment/Movies)

... you that everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart. And a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart," Sanchez said. "He's upset that someone of my ilk is almost at his level," ...