NEW YORK — The satellite pay television business continues to eat cable TV’s lunch — and is eyeing its dinner as well. EchoStar Communications reported Monday that its Dish Network added ...

Time Warner Cable is attempting to lure satellite-TV subscribers back to cable. The city’s largest cable company is offering cash and three months’ worth of free digital cable service to ...

So what does this have to do with a la carte cable? The point is CNN is too valuable to Dish -- even if its ratings are declining -- for Dish to say it doesn't need the network in its bundle.