Cable and Satellite Broadcasting

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Dynasty: The Lost Episode!

Did the recently concluded fight over the Magness fortune have an oddly familiar ring to it? Here's why.

HDNet finally available on Comcast

This 2006 Message column "HDNet Gains" profiled HDNet, billionaire Mark Cuban's high-definition television network. At the time, Cuban and his Denver-based partner, Philip Garvin, were thrilled about adding longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather to HDNet's family. But Garvin remained frustrated that the p ... More >>

Best live philanthropist

Sharon Magness

Best News for Movie Buffs

The Starz Encore Film Center

Best TV Revolutionaries

Free Speech TV

Liberty Media's John Malone takes risky leap into satellite radio with Sirius investment

John Malone. John Malone, the local mogul at the helm of Liberty Media, didn't become one of the richest men in the state by making foolish investments. But his decision, made public moments ago, to provide $530 million in loans to Sirius XM Radio in exchange for a 40 percent equity stake in the st ... More >>

Chilly Reception

The cable industry pushes through a new law aimed at signal pirates.

Channeling

Deproduction has a plan to save public-access TV in Denver. Good luck.

Cable Guy

Bill Daniels made a fortune bringing cable to the West. But would he agree with how his legacy is being spent?

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised!

How Denver’s Hispanic community lost a cable-TV channel but gained a “heritage center.” Maybe.

High Wire Acts

Stephen Keating reads from Cutthroat: High Stakes and Killer Moves on the Electronic Frontier

Off Limits

Stephen Keating reads from Cutthroat: High Stakes and Killer Moves on the Electronic Frontier

Do Not Adjust Your Set

TCI's plan to downgrade its upgrade gets a chilly reception.

Wire Me Up, Wire Me Down

US West's new cable partner knows how to make sweet deals. Just ask the FCC.

ANOTHER CABLE FABLE

CABLE THEFT IS A SERIOUS CRIME--BUT NOT IN TCI'S BOOK.

A FUND TRIP TO DENVER

KEY SENATOR PRESSLER STOPS BY TO QUIETLY SCOOP UP CASH FROM LOCAL CABLE MOGULS.

TOTALLY TUBULAR

THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY ARRIVES--AFTER A FASHION--AT TWO LITTLETON HIGH SCHOOLS.

DISH Network shanghais a pirate: Read the judgment here

​Englewood-based DISH Network faces plenty of challenges in today's entertainment environment, not the least of which is piracy of its programming using software that lets folks with free-to-air receivers view it for nothing. Which is a lot cheaper than a monthly fee. Stopping all such scheme ... More >>

DISH Network rips proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger

​Englewood's own DISH Network has launched a passionate, if long-shot, effort to stop the blockbuster merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. This morning, in letters addressed to U.S. reps Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns, as well as to senators Herb Kohl and Orrin Hatch, DISH executive vice pres ... More >>

Top 10 consumer complaints in Colorado in 2010 and early 2011

​The Colorado Attorney General's Office has compiled its list of the top 10 complaints it received in 2010 -- an unhappy roster broken down generically and specifically. In both cases, gripes about rebates hold the top spot. But when it comes to businesses by name, the outfit that prompted the ... More >>

Dish Network on Most Hated Companies List -- but Comcast places even higher

​A list of "The 19 Most Hated Companies in America" in The Atlantic aspires to quantify all the rotten customer service, hidden and excessive fees, broken promises and general consumer aggravation out there. And one Colorado-based company, Dish Network, shows up at No. 18 -- a bit embarrassing ... More >>

Dino Costa back in Denver for Sirius XM Jets-Broncos coverage & he invites critics to drop by

Dino Costa.​Dino Costa was among the most controversial Denver sports-radio personalities in recent memory. But after the 2009 crash and burn of DenverSportsRadio.com and a brief stint on The Truth, he got a national gig on Sirius XM, and was soon kicking ass. Now, he's returning to Denver for ... More >>