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Featured Articles » Will Verizon Wireless Agreement with Cable Lead To More HD Voice? » Verizon Acquires $3.6 Billion Worth of Spectrum, Joins Forces with Cable Providers on Reseller Deal   Cable Spotlight Product of the Year Awards Cable Spotlight is seeking entries for its Product of the Year Awards. Your cable products and services can be included on this elite list of the best cable technology solutions in the industry. Early bird deadline is November 22nd. Apply today.   Top Stories » Neil Smit Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Comcast Cable Communications » Sandvine Wins $4.5 Million Expansion Order from Tier-One MSO » Carvell Company Bringing Odyssey Network to FilmOn in the New Year » ZCorum Expands Cable Modem Status   From The Expert Corner December 06, 2011 ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Jacking up Your Cable Bill By Beecher Tuttle, TMCnet Contributor ESPN (News - Alert) – the self-proclaimed worldwide leader in sports – has been branded by cable execs with an alternative slogan: the primary reason your cable bill is so darn expensive. Walt Disney (News - Alert)-owned ESPN charges cable and satellite providers a higher subscription fee than any other cable channel, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing an SNL Kagan study. Since 2006, ESPN's fees have increased around 42 percent to $4.69. In contrast, the average cable channel fee has only increased 24 percent in the same period, and currently sits at just over 25 cents a month. While speaking at an investor conference in New York, Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei referred to ESPN as a “tax on every American household,” adding that the increasing costs of sports programming could eventually lead customers to walk away from cable altogether... Read More    Featured Videos Business Video Today - Greg Pulier    Featured Resources » Top 10 list when considering a Cloud-Based Contact Center Solution » Best Practice Tips on Building a Unified Communications Business Case » Informix TimeSeries Video   Featured Channels » Dark Fiber » Live Streaming Coverage » High Definition Digital - High Definition Digital   CableSpotlight.com is Your Source for the Latest Cable News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Cable Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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