Pay cable's cooking - Entertainment

variety.com - 3/20/2009

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Exclusives: Premium nets see subscriber counts grow -- While a steep recession continues to wrack the broader ad-supported TV business, operators of premium cable networks including HBO, Showtime and Starz are holding up just fine.

dailyradar.com - 3/26/2009

Network TV Shows Should Follow Cable's Lead

— dailyradar.com — While watching last night's new episode of Lost, seeing every bit of new information unfold as we... reach the end of the story in 2010, I asked myself-- why don't more shows do this? Namely, network shows. Namely, network drama shows. Network TV Shows Should Follow Cable's Lead

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TVbytheNumbers: Pay Cable Subscribers Grow By 836,000 in Q4 2008

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Pay Cable Subscribers Grow By 836,000 in Q4 2008
TVbytheNumbers — From Variety. According to data released by research company SNL Kagan, pay TV subscriptions actually grew by 836,000 in the fourth quarter last year. In fact, Kagan reported that Showtime alone added 330,000 subscribers during the period, bringing its total to nearly 16.5 million.[...] HBO, which has by far the biggest subscriber base of any premium net, saw its sub count remain essentially flat during the fourth quarter at around 29 million. Starz, meanwhile, ...