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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 10, 2026
Comcast Sued For Punishing Employees With Pies To The Face
There are so many shitty U.S. companies across tech, energy, and AI that criticism of our massively-unpopular telecom monopolies has fallen out of fashion. It's easy to forget, for example, that Comcast routinely used to make headlines for setting peoples homes on fire, torturing pets, or at times killing people (most of the stories I...
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJan 11, 2023
Turner Tunes
That time Ted Turner tried to compete with MTV by launching a competing music network of his own. It lasted five days longer than CNN+ did.
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 22, 2021
ACE in the Hole
Discussing the unusual legacy of the CableACE Awards, the cable industry’s attempt to promote its quality to subscribers. Eventually, the Emmys did the job.
cablecable television
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJun 26, 2018
That '70s Interactive TV
The story of Columbus, Ohio’s own QUBE Interactive Television, which—beyond breaking ground for cable TV—was social media for the ’70s, for good and bad.
cablecable tv
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 13, 2016
The Internet Will Be Televised
Two decades ago, WebTV launched a bold idea into the mainstream … and caught the fringes. What can we learn about the internet from this noble failure?
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMar 29, 2016
Your Secret Amiga
In the '90s, the Prevue Guide—the scrolling spreadsheet of a cable channel that told you what was on the air—kept the Amiga alive way after Commodore died.
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