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Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts has told Senate Judiciary Committee members that his company will not to challenge the Federal Communications Commission's tightening/closing of the terrestrial exemption last fall, either at the FCC or in the courts.

It looks like the satellite blanket license might have to continue to be a temporary tag.

Comcast's sports channel Versus is back on DirecTV.

The Federal Communications Commission is proposing that the cable industry to adopt an open-standard, "gateway" device to replace current set-tops by the end of 2012.

The Senate Wednesday passed STELA, the five-year re-authorization of the satellite blanket distant signal license. It still has to be passed in the House, but the Senate action is a major step given the trouble the bill has had in gaining passage.

The House and Senate have approved a brief extension of satellite operators' license to import distant TV station signals to subscribers in markets where they cannot get a viewable signal of their own.

TiVo won a US appeals court ruling that Dish Network and EchoStar are still infringing its patent and should stop providing digital-video recording services.

The 2004 Janet Jackson-Super Bowl reveal seems like ancient history. But as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard new oral arguments in the case on Feb. 23, the future of broadcast television was very much at stake.

A federal court denied DirecTV's request for a temporary restraining order against Dish Network seeking to block Dish's "Why Pay More" ad campaign, which the larger satellite operator alleged made...