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PublishedMarch 14, 2024
FCC forces cable firms to show single price, with no hidden fees
The rule would require cable and satellite providers to clearly state the total cost, including fees for TV station signals and regional sports programming, as a prominent, single line item.
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PublishedJune 20, 2023
Woolwich wild food fan competing for ‘MasterChef’ title
Nina Interlandi Bell made venison dumplings during an audition round in May and now is among 20 contestants vying for the Fox show's $250,000 prize.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2023
Supreme Court upholds Maine cable-customer protection law
The court declined to hear an appeal in a suit seeking to overturn the law, which requires cable companies to prorate customers' bills for a final month of service.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2022
Maine can require cable companies to pay refunds for canceled service, court says
The court found that Maine's law does not constitute an unlawful state regulation of cable rates.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2021
News outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in 2021
The metrics are ugly for many television, digital and print news organizations: After record-setting engagement numbers in 2020, many people are cutting back on news consumption.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2021
Appeals court backs Maine law to save public access channels from ‘digital Siberia’
The cable industry challenged a law that requires cable TV providers to restore public access programming to low channel numbers.
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PublishedMay 4, 2021
Maine abandons fight for law to require à la carte cable TV service
In February, a federal appeals court sided with the cable companies, which had argued that Maine's law was unconstitutional.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2021
Cable companies win a round in lawsuit over Maine’s law to let customers pick channels
A federal appeals court rules that an injunction barring the law from taking effect is valid.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2020
Spectrum owes over $142,000 to southern Maine towns, audit alleges
The cable internet and TV provider underpaid fees to 9 Cumberland County towns in 2017 and 2018, according to an audit commissioned by the municipalities.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2020
Spectrum house calls spark health concerns for worker
An employee says technicians are still being sent into customers' homes to service internet and cable TV, without sufficient protection.
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