What hath Sling TV wrought? Dish Network’s rollout of its independent streaming-only video platform has provoked a reaction in kind from its most prominent telecom and cable competitors. “If Dish Network can do this”, they evidently think, “then we can…Continue Reading →
WiFi THROUGH YOUR TV SET? Most of us are accustomed to receiving wireless phone and internet signals via WiFi connections. We wouldn’t expect to get the signals from a local TV broadcast station. According to researchers at Rice University, though,…Continue Reading →
COMCAST: WE’LL OFFER 10 GB/S BROADBAND TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS BY 2018 This is brave talk. Will Comcast be able to back it up? On Friday, August 21, an executive of the largest cable system operator in the United States said…Continue Reading →
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. This seems to be the thinking of Comcast, the second-largest pay TV provider in the U.S., now that AT&T bought DirecTV. Tired of seeing its customers and advertising revenue poached by internet video upstarts such as Facebook and YouTube,…Continue Reading →
STARBAND TO CEASE OPERATING The party’s over. It’s time to call it a day. They’ve burst your pretty balloon and taken the moon away. It’s time to break up the masquerade. Take off your makeup. The piper must be paid……Continue Reading →
CHARTER BUYS TWC & BRIGHT HOUSE Consolidation in the cable TV and internet industries is not over. On Tuesday, May 26, Charter Communications announced that Time Warner Cable had accepted its buyout offer, pending approval by the FCC and the…Continue Reading →
10 GB/S BROADBAND TESTED BY VERIZON The race to offer the fastest residential broadband speed just got much more interesting. Verizon Wireless announced on August 11 that it had successfully tested a blistering 10 gigabit per second (10 GB/S) broadband…Continue Reading →
FCC HEAD OKAYS AT&T/DTV DEAL Very likely, this will be the biggest media merger in history. Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has confirmed reports that he sent a letter to the other commissioners recommending approval of…Continue Reading →
AI can flirt Will your computer flirt with you? It may happen sooner than you expect. Artificial intelligence (AI) software has advanced rapidly in the last two years, and “flirtation” in a computer operating system may not be far off….Continue Reading →
COMCAST GIVES UP ON TWC MERGER It was to have been the biggest media merger of all time. Had it gone into effect, the deal would have combined the largest and second-largest cable TV and internet systems in the United…Continue Reading →