Issue 4

Committed to the First Amendment

Loss of DirecTV dims the luster of the satellite business for Fox veteran

To pay for new $4.6B NBA contract, ESPN and TNT will charge MSOs more per sub

News veteran leaving ABC for new prime time show on CNN

Policy pushers tack wish lists to EchoStar/DirecTV merger

Warner Bros.' Robertson crusades for a new confab; Johansen fights back

Station ponies up the gold to be the official television outlet of the winter games

International Broadcast Center will help 80 organizations get the action to viewers

Software giant decides to harden focus on other TV platforms

He gets paid to watch TV, surf the Web, develop electronic gadgets

Microsoft mogul spends $500 million that MSO can use to pay down debt

It's basic, raunchy cable; Parents TV Council finds lots to dislike

Programmer's CEO says Fox and its affiliates will profit, too