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Communication service providers are wary and feel the need to focus on rural markets

MindbogglinG. This is the word that comes to mind as you look at the growth

American television viewers in search of challenging, original drama are flipping past broadcast networks and going straight to the source: cable channels.

After three seasons, ‘‘Mad Men,’’ the television series about advertising in the 1960s, has attained a level of popular- culture cachet. There have been magazine cover articles, calendars and

Darryl is 35, has a steady job, a stable home and good marriage and enjoys a few beers in front of the TV most nights

There are two distinct industries which are always sitting on the edge of technological innovation — mobile phones and cars. Other consumer goods do adopt latest inventions but

BURBANK, California: Remember when “Chuck” was a show about a helpless newcomer maneuveuring ineptly through a world of espionage and danger? Ch­erish those memories.