The nation’s largest cable operator reported a 38 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, helped by a sharp decline in capital spending and higher cable TV rates.

The nation’s largest cable operator also said it expects to exceed its free cash flow growth forecast of at least 20 percent in fiscal 2008.

The F.C.C. has ordered administrative hearings in the N.F.L.’s programming dispute with Comcast about placing the NFL Network on its digital cable package.

Comcast, one of the country’s largest Internet providers, will put a 250 gigabyte-a-month cap on residential users, a move certain to create tension.

After regulators ordered Comcast to devise a new method for managing its traffic, the company said it would reduce top speeds for the heaviest users for 10 to 20 minutes.

The Comcast Corporation plans to slow service to its heaviest Internet users during certain periods after regulators ordered the company to devise a new method for managing its Web traffic.

As Verizon begins to roll out FiOS in its hometown, New York, the company argues that the service is proving to be more successful than it promised when it started the project.

As Verizon begins to roll out FiOS in its hometown, New York, the company argues that the service is proving to be more successful than it promised when it started the project.

As advertisers grow more sophisticated about behavioral targeting, and online privacy standards vary, regulators and privacy advocates are becoming concerned.

Comcast said it would buy DailyCandy, a publisher of net newsletter, for $125 million.