No one draws a crowd like President-elect Barack Obama, and more than a dozen networks are gearing up to cash in on his charisma with marathon coverage of his historic inauguration Jan. 20. ...more

January 8, 2009

A public access television network that had its funding cut by the county commission can continue to broadcast for at least four more years, according to a tentative settlement of the network's lawsuit against Hillsborough County. ...more

January 7, 2009

Local cable TV provider Comcast is announcing good news for cable subscribers. ...more

September 18, 2008

NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications, ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies. ...more

July 7, 2008

SEBRING — Comcast Cable television subscriber Marian Barr wants her WINK TV. When Comcast employees mistakenly told Barr on Wednesday that the cable provider intended to drop the Fort Myers CBS affiliate for Highlands County subscribers, she considered changing to satellite television. Comcast set off a firestorm a year ago when it considered dropping WINK from the line-up locally, but then backed off. The issue surfaced recently when bills went out with higher rates and additional stations. ...more

June 1, 2008

The set-top box, a necessary appendage for millions of cable televisions for decades, is moving toward extinction. ...more

May 29, 2008

Hillsborough County will not challenge Bright House Networks over the cable company's decision to move government and educational programming to higher channel numbers and charge customers to access those channels. ...more

January 4, 2008

A long-simmering dispute between the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and the cable television industry has reached a boiling point, with a potential showdown shaping up for the agency's next meeting. ...more

November 23, 2007

A public access network sued Hillsborough County commissioners Monday, hoping a federal judge will force the government to restore $355,000 in budget cuts to the station. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - The Tampa Bay Community Network has sued Hillsborough County commissioners in federal court, seeking restoration of the budget for public access television. ...more

October 1, 2007