WHY THIS MATTERS:Film adaptations have taken on more relevance in a crowded television marketplace that features more than 400 current scripted shows offered by cable, broadcast and digital streaming services.
WHY THIS MATTERS:Intermittent outages had blocked eight HD channels, including cable news networks FNC and CNN, from DirecTV subs for two days last week, prompting conspiracy theorists to speculate on the timing as the channels disappeared less than a week before tomorrow's presidential election.