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Cable Subscribers Flee, But Is Internet To Blame?
NEW YORK (AP) — Cable companies have been losing TV subscribers at an ever faster rate in the last few months, and satellite TV isn’t picking up the slack. That could be a sign that Internet TV...
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Daily Madden: Fans Who’d Rather Watch At Home
(KCBS) – Pro sports teams everywhere have a problem. With more live sporting events available on TV and cable, with multi-screen HD, slow motion replay and soon high-quality 3-D, will fewer fans buy...
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SF Supervisors Delay Vote On AT&T Boxes
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco residents hoping for an upgrade to AT&T’s network in the city will have to wait a little while longer. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors delayed a...
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SF Supervisors Vote On AT&T Boxes Delayed Again
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A plan to upgrade AT&T’s network in San Francisco was again delayed by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday over concerns about the boxes that would be installed around the...
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AT&T To Propose Fewer Boxes In SF Network Upgrade
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will again consider a proposal by AT&T to upgrade its network by installing hundreds of boxes around the city to house the...
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SF Supes Postpone Vote On AT&T Upgrade Plan For 3rd Time
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday to delay for a third time a vote on a plan by AT&T to upgrade its network in the city. The proposal calls for the...
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Beyond Netflix: Where Else To Get Your Flick Fix
LOS GATOS (CBS SF/AP) – Even with a fee hike, millions of Netflix subscribers will be spending less each month than what it costs two adults to watch a single movie in a theater. Yet the company, which...
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San Francisco Groups Sue Over AT&T Utility Boxes
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A coalition of community groups has filed suit to stop AT&T from installing hundreds of utility boxes on sidewalks throughout San Francisco because they believe the boxes...
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San Francisco Judge Halts Installation Of AT&T Boxes
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A judge earlier this week issued an indefinite stay on a decision in July by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to allow AT&T to install hundreds of utility boxes...
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Bay Bridge Construction Reaching New Milestone With Cable Completion
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A Caltrans spokesman said Wednesday that construction on the Bay Bridge’s new eastern span is reaching “another historic occasion” as workers finish the compaction of the main cable...
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Google Plans Ultra-Fast Fiber Network In Provo Utah
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS/AP) – Google has said it will take over a troubled municipal fiber-optic system and make Provo, Utah, the third city to get its high-speed Internet service via fiber-optic cables....
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Larry Magid: Roku Adds Showtime To List Of Channels, But Can Everybody Watch?
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— If you have a Roku streaming video player, you now have the option of watching Showtime from your device. The app is live as the popular cable network was added to to their...
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KCBS Sports Fans: Big Money Dodgers Facing Slumping TV Audience
KCBS News Anchor Stan Bunger (who along with KCBS Sports Anchor Steve Bitker are the on-air duo known as KCBS Sports Fans) offers his unique sports analysis. Much of the attention the Los Angeles...
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More Problems For Eastern Span Of Bay Bridge, Off-Center Bolts Could Be...
OAKLAND (KCBS) – A new concern has arisen with some of the bolts used on the new $6.5 billion eastern span of the Bay Bridge. There is now an alignment problem with some of the bolts that attach the...
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Larry Magid: Verizon Plans To Bring Cable TV To Mobile Devices
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Why cut the cord when you can take it with you? That’s the idea behind Verizon’s new plan, which will let its customers stream cable TV straight to their smartphones. If you’re...
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LGBT Depictions Increase On Television
(CBS SF/AP) — Television has increased its depiction of gay, lesbian and bisexual characters, with the edge going to cable and the Internet over broadcast networks, according to a study released...
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Comcast Outage Caused Some Giants Fans To Miss Game 1 Of NLCS
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Some fans of the San Francisco Giants hoping to watch the team face the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of the NLCS On Saturday may have been out of luck if they are a Comcast...
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Storm Shuts Down San Francisco Cable Cars, Some Bay Ferry Service
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Tourists willing to brave the stormy weather in San Francisco Thursday won’t get the chance to check “ride a cable car” off their San Francisco to-do list. The San Francisco...
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Netflix Stock Soars After Reeling In 4.3 Million More Subscribers Opting Out...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Coming off its best quarter yet, Netflix is hoping to hook millions more Internet video subscribers with the lure of original programming as it accelerates its international...
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FCC Votes In Favor Of Net Neutrality; Internet Activists Declare Victory
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_2602201522061806934AA.mp4 WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) — Internet activists declared victory over the nation’s big cable companies Thursday, after the Federal...
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Cable Rival Hulu No Longer Offering Free TV Episodes
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — Hulu is dropping the free TV episodes that it was initially known for as it works on an online television service to rival cable TV. Hulu said Monday that free episodes — typically...
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YouTube To Challenge Cable TV With New Streaming Service
NEW YORK (AP) — People fed up with paying for cable the traditional way will soon be able to subscribe to it from YouTube. The Google-owned site known for cat videos and do-it-yourself makeup tutorials...
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CBS, Viacom To Merge Once Again
CBS Corp. and Viacom, once part of the same company, plan to again join forces in a merger to bolster their positions in a rapidly changing entertainment industry that's pushing other media giants to...
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