Comcast basic cable prices up most

Time Warner Cable was the only major pay-TV company to reduce the price of basic cable TV over the past four years. The New York cable company reduced the advertised price of TV service by 2.5 percent between 2009-13, according to Free Press. Meanwhile, Comcast, which moved in April to buy TWC for $45 billion, raised its advertised basic TV rates by 68 percent over the same period.