The purpose of the on-screen guide has shifted. By connecting the guide to content-recommendation engines and advertising platforms, service providers and connected-TV device manufacturers are using the EPG as an access point for understanding consumers and reaching out to them to own the living room. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
More than 64 percent of broadband subscribers in the U.S. have a cap on their usage. Are you one of them? This story shows which ISPs are capping your broadband, the structure of those plans and explains why caps are a big business. Read more »
Perhaps Netflix has found a friend in its lonely battle against broadband caps, as a U.K. paper is reporting that gamers playing the OnLive service can use up to 20 GB in six hours. Can an outraged gaming community help eliminate broadband caps? Read more »
ISPs sometimes send out letters to subscribers whose broadband usage hits a certain threshold to educate them about their usage. But are these messages the beginning of an attempt to turn bandwidth into a precious resource that should be metered or is it a useful service? Read more »
Texas customers of cable TV provider Suddenlink will soon receive their first TiVo DVRs, but one crucial feature will be missing from those devices: Netflix is contractually not allowed to deliver its service to gear deployed by cable companies. The reason? Hollywood wants to protect VOD. Read more »
Though I get a wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing kinda feel from it, different cable and media execs talked up the opportunities of online video at The Cable Show in Washington, D.C., yesterday. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said that web video could be a friend of the cable industry because […] Read more »
