Scanning a list of basic cable channels is like rummaging through an attic. What is that musty aroma? MTV, VH-1, TV Land, USA Network, E!, TBS? It seems so. But when does it come time to clean out the ...

Warner Bros. Discovery is restructuring the company. The Burbank studio, seen here, HBO and the streaming service Max will make up one unit, while basic cable channels will be structured as a distinct ...

As Bruce Springsteen might sing today about cable TV: 57 channels, and nothin’ is worth much. Cable television was born in the late 1940s but not heavily adopted in the U.S. until about 40 years later ...

Is legacy TV still doomed? This has been the consensus for more years than many of us can remember. It is only a matter of time, many have come to believe, before the “legacy” sector of the TV ...

Consumers have shirked cable for a while — and now the content owners don't even want their own channels. On Thursday, Comcast President Mike Cavanaugh said he has commissioned a study to look into ...

Back in 2020, my Variety colleague Kate Aurthur and I wrote a cover story on the death of cable — complete with striking art of a coaxial cord shaped like a skull. The headline read, “R.I.P. Cable TV: ...

Americans are paying luxury prices for basic entertainment, and a big chunk of that money is going to channels they never ...

Over the course of a recent week, there was not one listing for a newly created episode of scripted television on over 100 channels reviewed by MarketWatch. The long-running lament among TV viewers is ...

(Reuters) - Fox News Channel's total day and primetime ratings topped all U.S. basic cable channels from January through March, the first time in the network's history that it has led basic cable in ...

TV Answer Man, Philo seems pretty cheap. It’s just $28 a month and it has dozens of channels. The price is a lot less than YouTube TV and some others. Can you tell us more about Philo. Thank you for ...