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Hello and thanks in advance, Recently I switched my ISP from DSL to cable. For lack of a long explanation I needed the 30GB capability plus switching to VOIP with sprint because they gave me the Airwave and Phone Connect Boxes needed because of signal to tower issues and now full bars on the...

I have an Explorer 4200 cable TV box with RCA jacks, RF coax and an S-video port, and a Gateway 900W LCD computer monitor with both DVI and VGA ports. Is there any way of connecting the cable box to the monitor with simple cables, or will it require an expensive converter of some kind?

'Yule Log' to air in 3D NEW YORK, -- This year's edition of "Yule Log," the U.S. television special featuring a roaring fire and Christmas carols, will air in 3D, its producers said. The free festive program is to be offered on Comcast, Cox Communications, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable and...

By PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK November 4, 2010 (AP) Cable companies have been losing TV subscribers at an ever faster rate in the last few months, and satellite TV isn't picking up the slack. That could be a sign that Internet TV services such as Netflix and Hulu are finally...

DISH Network and Fox have struck a distribution deal, ending a month-long standoff that blacked out channels for millions of satellite television customers. The new agreement -- announced by the companies Friday -- will restore access to FX, National Geographic Channel and Fox-owned regional...

FCC CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI STATEMENT ON FOX/D*SH NETWORK RETRANSMISSION AGREEMENT “I welcome the news that Fox and D*SH Network have agreed to extend their contract for carriage of Fox TV stations on D*SH’s satellite system. Their current contract was slated to expire at midnight this...

Fox-Cablevision Dispute May Obstruct Customers’ View of World Series The feud between Cablevision and the News Corporation has already resulted in an extraordinarily long blackout of programming. Now it threatens to shut Cablevision customers out of the World Series. The News Corporation’s...

News Corp. pulled the plug on Cablevision customers Saturday, blacking out more than 3 million households in the New York area over a programming fee dispute. The blackout affects Fox 5 and My9, Charles Schueler, Cablevision's vice president of communications, said in a statement. "Cablevision...

NEW YORK – Early indications are that an Academy Awards telecast where "The Hurt Locker" topped the popular "Avatar" for best picture was popular with viewers. The Nielsen Co.'s overnight measurement of the nation's 56 biggest markets gave ABC's Sunday telecast a 26.5 rating and 40 audience...

CBS College Sports Network and 17 affiliates will give sports fans alternative views this summer. Continuing its video-on-demand push, CBS College Sports and its distribution partners are proffering coverage from The Alt Games: College Action Sports Championships, an original network event...

DirecTV Sets Stage For Local, Targeted Ads DirecTV has signed a deal to use ad-insertion technology from Invidi Technologies that will let the satellite TV operator for the first time deliver different local ad spots to individual subscriber households. Currently, DirecTV is working to...

Mediacom Provides a High-Def Twist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to high-def channel data from WhereIsHD.com, there were no surprises last week as Comcast, Time Warner and Charter continued to hold the top three spots. Time Warner...

Thumbs Up for DTV, CVC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reading the recession tea leaves, analyst Tom Eagan of Collins Stewart forecasted relatively smooth sailing for both Cablevision and DIRECTV. For the cable op, Eagan notes that customers'...

DIRECTV Mulls Puerto Rico Moves -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last week, representatives from DIRECTV approached Federal Communications Commission staff about the company's plans for its operations in Puerto Rico, a business DIRECTV must deal...

FCC's Martin Hints at Enforcement with Digital Inquiry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Could Comcast and other companies in the cable industry face fines for a perceived inadequate response to regulator inquiries into the industry's digital...

SkyBOX: Our Cloudy Future by Evie Haskell Basically I think the word “digital” needs a new definition. Maybe not definition No. 1 or No. 2 or even No. 4 or 5 in your good old Websters’. But maybe somewhere down around No. 9, the word meisters should include this: dig•it•al An admonition for...

Loral Wins Judgment in Rainbow DBS Case The New York State Court of Appeals upheld a million-dollar award previously given to Loral Space and Communications in litigation the satellite company had pursued against Rainbow DBS Holdings. Rainbow DBS was the entity created by Cablevision when it...