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VICTORVILLE, Calif. -- The man accused of using a hammer to beat a cable T.V. installer to death will face trial for the brutal murder. 46 year old Johnny Acosta of Hesperia is charged with first degree murder for the death of 25 year old Trevor Neiman....

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Comcast Corp. is also beefing up its executive ranks. The cable giant has tapped tapped Neil Smit, an industry veteran who most recently was chief executive of Charter Communications as president of the company's Cable Communications unit. In other words,...

After the coffee. Before deciding whether to drive or swim to work. Conan conclusion. Now it's over. NBC and Conan O'Brien officially parted ways. O'Brien's last show as host of "The Tonight Show" will be tonight. Jay Leno will take......

The upstart pay-TV service Epix just picked up another outlet: Charter Communications. The cable operator will offer the movie channel, a venture formed by Viacom Inc., its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Lionsgate, to its 16...

Media giant Viacom Inc.'s fourth-quarter operating income surged because of cost-cutting and because longtime earnings laggard Paramount Pictures turned a tidy profit. Results for the quarter ended Dec. 31 were buoyed by the over-the-moon box-office...

After the coffee. Before the trip to the dentist. MGM ... again. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal weigh in with their "what's up with MGM" stories in Wednesday's papers. Basically, it's a rehash of what's already out......

Mayer Brown's Stephen Shapiro will appear before the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9 in a closely watched case that has taken on added significance for his law firm. He will make arguments on behalf of Motorola Inc. and Scientific-Atlanta Inc., which were...

There are three in the area: Charter Communications Inc., Cox Communications Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. For Charter, check at (888) 438-2427 or www.charter.com. Cox is at (888) 269-5757 or www.cox.com. Time Warner is at (888) 892-2253 or www....

Skip E. Lowe was on his way back from the TV studio Wednesday when he learned that his 30-year-old public access show may not fade to black in Los Angeles after all. Across town, City Council members were struggling to keep the plug from being pulled...

The major record companies' campaign against individual file-sharers hits a milestone Tuesday: for the first time since the lawsuits began four years ago, a case will actually go to trial. The defendant is Jammie Thomas, a Native American single mother...

The less the Bush administration has to say this week about fraudulent sales of cable TV converter boxes, the better -- not for cable customers, but for investors. In particular, the ability of California universities to recover funds lost in the Enron...