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 →
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 →
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 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 →
NEW TV TECHNOLOGY: WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? Are you in the market for a new TV set? You may want to look into some of the new TV technology becoming available now and in the near future. Organic Light-Emitting…Continue Reading →
XFINITY X1: COMCAST’S MOST ADVANCED INTERNET, TV, AND PHONE SERVICE XFinity X1 platform is Comcast’s most advanced vehicle for HD video, digital phone, and broadband internet service. The X1 platform offers a TV service with more than 260 channels available,…Continue Reading →
HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE TV: WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? As you consider getting a more advanced TV set, you face a bewildering array of options for improved picture and sound. The most obvious change in standards is the move from…Continue Reading →
BANDWIDTH: WHY WE’LL ALWAYS NEED MORE No matter how much internet bandwidth is available to us, we’ll always want more. As the telephone industry grew, the average amount of data per user didn’t change much. Advances in voice transmission increased…Continue Reading →