The city has decided not to appeal a federal court judge's ruling that Bright House Networks didn't violate the law by switching local government stations to a higher tier in the cable line-up. Two years ago, Tampa and St. Petersburg filed companion lawsuits in U.S. District Court challenging the regional cable provider's decision to move public, education and government access, or PEG channels, from their existing spots on the dial. ...more

January 21, 2009

Local cable TV provider Comcast is announcing good news for cable subscribers. ...more

September 18, 2008

Zuriel Cabrera's beef with his cable TV company started shortly after he moved into Live Oak Preserve and learned he couldn't receive high-definition channels or use his brand-new TiVo. ...more

June 28, 2008

LIVE OAK PRESERVE - Zuriel Cabrera's beef with his cable TV company started shortly after he moved into Live Oak Preserve and learned he couldn't receive high-definition channels or use his brand-new TiVo. Last week, he took his issues to the Federal Communications Commission. Cabrera, who has been a vocal opponent of bulk contracts between cable companies and homeowners associations, flew to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of the FCC's media bureau and other commission staff. ...more

June 25, 2008

SEBRING — Comcast Cable television subscriber Marian Barr wants her WINK TV. When Comcast employees mistakenly told Barr on Wednesday that the cable provider intended to drop the Fort Myers CBS affiliate for Highlands County subscribers, she considered changing to satellite television. Comcast set off a firestorm a year ago when it considered dropping WINK from the line-up locally, but then backed off. The issue surfaced recently when bills went out with higher rates and additional stations. ...more

June 1, 2008

My old TV remote — which functioned just fine for 10 years — had a relatively easy-to-use 21 buttons. My new remote has 59. ...more

January 15, 2008

It is probably true that in the cable neighborhood Hillsborough County's public/government access channels have been exiled to the coaxial equivalent of Elba meets Area 51. ...more

December 15, 2007

Customers of Bright House Networks may have trouble locating government access channels starting next week. ...more

December 8, 2007

Customers of Bright House Networks may have trouble locating government access channels starting next week. ...more

December 7, 2007

Leaders of Pasco County's six municipalities have little say in Bright House Network's upcoming shake-up of local government access channels. ...more

November 14, 2007