LOCAL NOW ON SLING TV Sling TV, Dish Network’s semi-independent IP video streaming platform, continues to upgrade its service. On Friday, March 4, Sling TV announced that its Local Now service will be available through Roku devices. Local Now, produced…Continue Reading →
ABC & CINEMAX NOW ON SLING TV Sling TV continues to expand its channel lineup. Barely one year old, Dish Network’s internet video streaming platform has grown quickly. At the beginning, Sling TV’s core package, called The Best of Live…Continue Reading →
NETFLIX: LOOK OUT FOR AT&T AT&T, the second-largest wireless service in America, wants to be involved in virtually every aspect of your life. It already handles pay TV, wireless phone and data, wired internet, and home automation services. It will…Continue Reading →
SLING TV ANTENNA DISCOUNTS Last year, Dish Network launched a semi-independent internet video streaming platform. Called Sling TV, the spinoff company attracted heavy coverage in the technical press, and its subscriber base grew rapidly. It hasn’t released any subscription figures since…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 →
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 →
VERIZON SMALL BUSINESS BUNDLE After being very unhappy with my business internet and phone services, I switched to Verizon. Not only was the process easy, but I got far more than I expected. Verizon worked with me to make the…Continue Reading →
VERIZON FiOS CUSTOM TV The customary pay TV bundle may soon be tossed onto the ash heap of history. Smaller and more flexible channel packages are gaining ground in the multichannel TV market, as cable and satellite system operators scramble…Continue Reading →
COMCAST 2 GIGABIT INTERNET Comcast has just raised the stakes in the high-speed residential internet market. On Thursday, April 2, the nation’s largest cable system operator announced that it would offer a 2 gigabit-per-second (2 GB/S) internet service to 1.5…Continue Reading →