ABC is targeting its social media audience with a newscast designed for Facebook. Starting December 1st, the channel will post a clip every weekday featuring additional, behind-the-scenes footage of ABC World News Tonight.…
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Looks like web TV is going to be as expensive as cable — unless you use an antenna
Dish wants you to use an antenna for local broadcast channels to keep the price of its internet TV service down. Sony on the other hand is reportedly eyeing a $60 to $80 price tag.…
Read MoreGlenn Britt, the former CEO of Time Warner Cable, has died
Glenn Britt spent four decades in the cable industry and saw the transition of the pay TV business from selling analog TV to selling digital services, including broadband.…
Read MoreWhy your iOS device may be a better cable box than the Apple TV
Watching your favorite television channel may not be possible using the Apple TV, but using an app from Apple's iOS App Store may prove to be a more likely scenario, if you set it up yourself.…
Read MoreFelix Salmon is leaving Reuters for the Fusion network because the future of media is “post text”
Financial and media blogger Felix Salmon says he is leaving Reuters to join Fusion, a cable channel co-owned by ABC and Univision, because the future of storytelling and communication is not in text but in video, animation and other digital experiments…
Read MoreVodafone reportedly in talks to buy Spain’s Ono for $10B
Vodafone(s vod) may buy Ono, a major Spanish cable company, for around $10 billion. According to sources quoted by Reuters and Bloomberg,…
Read MoreEverything you need to know about the proposed $45B Comcast-Time Warner merger
Comcast has offered to merge with Time Warner in a $45-billion deal that would combine two of the country's largest cable providers. Here's what you need to know about the potential impact of such a merger and whether it is likely to be approved or not…
Read MoreBroadband blockbuster: Comcast bids for Time Warner Cable (roundup)
Here's a roundup of all of our coverage on Comcast buying Time Warner Cable.…
Read MoreApple reportedly in talks with Time Warner Cable for new Apple TV content
Apple is yet again said to be negotiating with Time Warner Cable to deliver content to the new Apple TV, which might be introduced in April and released in time for the holidays.…
Read MoreHere’s what the internet’s arteries look like in 2014
Telegeography has published the 2014 edition of its submarine cable map, providing an excellent representation of the infrastructure that makes global connectivity global.…
Read MoreMajor consolidation in Dutch cable industry as Liberty reveals $9.4B Ziggo buyout
The world's largest broadband provider outside China is about to get a bit bigger, as it is buying out what it doesn't already own of Dutch cableco Ziggo. Newly-installed Ziggo CEO Rene Obermann will leave if the transaction goes through.…
Read MoreTwo charts that show how crappy U.S. broadband is
The U.S. is taking a beating in the price of broadband in a recent series of charts issued by research firm Point Topic. It ranks 58 out of 90 countries for cost of broadband.…
Read MoreJohn Malone’s Charter wants to buy Time Warner Cable for $62 billion. Why more deals will follow
Charter offered to buy Time Warner Cable in a deal valued at more than $61 billion. So far Time Warner Cable has said no thanks, but here's what's behind John Malone's persistence.…
Read MoreLiberty Global close to sealing Ziggo cable deal, report says
The Dutch cable market may be about to see some major consolidation, as the biggest broadband provider outside China continues its expansion plans.…
Read MoreNetflix desires cable deals to bring original content to set-top boxes
Netflix is trying to woo cable companies into a special place on their set-top boxes.…
Read MoreNFC: If it’s Not For Commerce, what is it for?
NFC is unlikely to ever become the default technology for mobile payments that many have envisioned. But its penetration in smartphones is growing substantially, and it should prove a useful tool for mobile marketing.…
Read MoreVodafone clears shareholder hurdle in Kabel Deutschland takeover bid
Enough Kabel shareholders have agreed to sell in order to allow the sale to go through. However, there may be further resistance from hedge funds, and regulatory approval is also still needed.…
Read MoreVerizon could win the TWC/CBS standoff if it just took my money
With Time Warner Cable and CBS engaging in endless bickering, Verizon has the opportunity to swoop in and make gains -- if they'd just roll out to needed places already.…
Read MoreApple’s agnostic approach to TV: better than Google’s but not a win for viewers
Two tech giants took new steps this week to shake up the TV industry -- in the long term, Apple is the best bet to emerge a winner.…
Read MoreReruns, faster: BET will show episodes of Scandal just 8 days after they air on ABC
Starting this fall, cable network BET will run new episodes of Scandal just eight days after they air on ABC.…
Read MoreAlcatel-Lucent squeezes record-breaking 31Tbps through single “undersea” fiber
The latest tests by Alcatel-Lucent's venerable Bell Labs division could presage submarine internet cables that are three times more capacious than those deployed today.…
Read MoreHere’s how cable will hit gigabit speeds and create a tricky business problem in the process
Executives at this year's annual Cable Show are trying to figure out their industry's future. The technology for delivering faster broadband is ready, but the business model of the future isn't.…
Read MoreEgyptian Navy arrests divers over major broadband cable cut
It looks like Wednesday's internet slowdown in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia may have been the result of sabotage, rather than the sort of accident that usually knocks out submarine cables.…
Read MoreSay it with me now. Data caps are about profits, not recovering fixed costs
The cable industry has tweaked its justification for capping broadband, but a report from the Open Technology Institute is having none of it.…
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