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Month: April 2014

Online Video

Comcast deals lands MGM movies, TV titles on its digital store

April 30, 2014 Jim O’Neill

LOS ANGELES – Comcast at the Cable Show today announced MGM content soon will be available through the Xfinity On Demand digital store, giving the service more clout as it competes against electronic sell through Read More

Pay TV

Google Fiber scores a big win in deal for SEC Network carriage

April 30, 2014 Jim O’Neill

If sports is gold to service providers, football from the Southeastern Conference has got to be platinum. So count Google Fiber’s deal with the SEC Network as a big one, even only one of the Read More

No Picture
Broadband

Wheeler talks tough on net neutrality at The Cable Show

April 30, 2014 Jim O’Neill

Some tough talk from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler opened Day 2 of The Cable Show with the former head of the NCTA telling the group “Reports that we are gutting the Open Internet rules are Read More

Mergers & Acquisitions

Rumor mill: AT&T – yet again – reported to be weighing DirecTV acquisition

April 30, 2014 Jim O’Neill

It’s that time of year again, when rumors of mega-deals start to make the rounds. This time its AT&T floating a possible acquisition of satellite Goliath DirecTV, a match that would rival Comcast’s pending acquisition Read More

AT&T
Broadband

AT&T plans in-flight broadband service to compete with GoGo

April 29, 2014 Jim O’Neill

GoGo in-flight Wi-Fi changed business flying from a time to catch up on a good book to just another day at the office. AT&T says its new in-flight connectivity product will do that and more. Read More

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Online Video

Cable Show: Panel nods at Netflix impact, plague of poor customer service

April 29, 2014 Jim O’Neill

Make no mistake, said Liberty Global CEO and President Michael Fries, Netflix has had a huge impact on the cable industry. Fries, part of a panel at The Cable Show 2014, disagreed with a member Read More

No Picture
Content Deals

Yahoo joins Netflix, Amazon et al, launching its own original content

April 29, 2014 Jim O’Neill

Add Yahoo to the growing list of new-era Internet-based broadcasters offering original content online. The Internet portal says it will launch two original comedy series on Yahoo Screen in 2015, taking on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu Read More

Online Video

Cable Show 2014 opens in LA not with a bang, but with a band… really

April 29, 2014 Jim O’Neill

The opening general session of the 2014 Cable Show kicked off with the UCLA Marching Band and NCTA President and CEO Michael Powell comparing the cable industry to, well, baseball, mom and apple pie, part Read More

No Picture
Online Video

Content costs, OTT, authentication head list of challenges to cable industry

April 29, 2014 Jim O’Neill

Cable operators are in an arms race for content, said panelists during the opening session of the Cable Show in Los Angeles, and it’s one they’re not 100% convinced they’ll win. “The demand for content Read More

Online Video

Charter CEO: We can do the same thing Dish is doing with Disney OTT play

April 28, 2014 Jim O’Neill

Continuing a gentle subscriber rebound in the cable industry, Charter Communications today reported it added 18,000 video subscribers in the first quarter, along with 136,000 Internet customers. Nevertheless, it lost 66,000 video subscribers Y/Y and Read More

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