It is widely thought that the 2010s are a new golden age of television. High-quality original programming is being produced by a wide variety of broadcast, cable, streaming, and pay-TV networks ...

The television industry has always been at the forefront of technological innovation, from the first black-and-white broadcasts to the rise of smart TVs and streaming platforms. Today, we’re ...

As WGN-TV celebrates 75 years, we’re looking back with a series of stories on the history and the memories. By the 1970s, the era of total dominance by the big three national networks – CBS ...

The rise of Netflix and Amazon's own original content has diminished the power of the cable company's distribution, and major rightsholders like Disney are now looking at offering their own ...

In the late 20th century, cable TV reigned supreme. It brought a variety of channels and a variety of content right into our living rooms. This period saw the rise of iconic TV series such as Friends, ...

As subscribers and viewers flee, media companies that once relied on cable TV are chasing streaming dollars instead.

The high cost of cable TV in America, combined with dire customer service and the rise of appealing on-demand streaming services as inexpensive substitutes, would drive millions to “cut the cord ...

The rise of new options from Netflix, Amazon, Sling, Sony, and perhaps Apple in the near future has forced Verizon, typically not a company that rocks the boat, to acknowledge that consumers are ...

Pay-TV distributors like DirecTV and Charter Communications have written bigger and bigger checks for the rights to carry sports channels — fortifying a business model in which cable and ...

The $35-a-month live-television package is the latest to try to capture the attention of cord-cutters.