June 3rd, 2015
Apple has announced that there won’t be a major upgrade to their TV service — which hasn’t seen much of an improvement since 2012.
At Apple’s developer conference next week we’ll hear all the software goodies the company has planned in 2015, but we may not get any news about one of its most highly anticipated pieces of hardware: its new set-top box, the Apple TV. Read more
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May 28th, 2015
While Comcast may have just failed to pick up TWC, Charter clearly seems to think they have a better chance, no doubt because of their higher standing with customers, bureaucrats and legislatures alike. Comcast failed purportedly for BBB/Customer Service reasons as opposed to technical, but if Charter does run into net neutrality concerns, it’s working to cool those doubts already. Read more
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May 27th, 2015
Merely a month after the FCC finally nixed the TWC/Comcast deal, Charter Communications has struck a contract to buy its larger rival Time Warner Cable (TWC) for $56.7 billion, a partnership that would make it the nation’s second largest broadband provider after Comcast, the companies announced today. Read more
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May 21st, 2015
Likely as a response to Google Fiber’s encroachment and PR fallout from their recent FCC-blocked purchase of TWC, Comcast has been pushing to install gigabit internet speeds in Knoxville, Tennessee. Read more
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May 20th, 2015
FierceCable.com is reporting that Citigroup’s management is pushing Verizon to purchase Dish Network, on the heels of their $4.4 billion dollar purchase of AOL two weeks ago. Read more
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May 15th, 2015
DISH Network, the second largest satellite TV provider is looking to become a full-fledged telecom provider too. Read more
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May 14th, 2015
When the internet was created, it had space for 4.3 billion addresses. That might seem a lot, but we could be running out soon — and techies aren’t agreed on what to do about it. Read more
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May 12th, 2015
In a move that’s sure to bring back memories of dial-up modems and A.I.M Instant Messenger, Verizon has purchased AOL for $4.4 billion dollars.
The amount seems high, but is a paltry amount compared to AOL’s pruported worth of $222 billion in just 15 years ago. (That’s a loss of $39 million a day since 2000.) Read more
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May 11th, 2015
Launching on May 13 is another curious move by up-and-coming T-Mobile, which looks to not want to settle for fourth (and distant) place in the cell wars between AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. Read more
Categories: DISH & TV news • Equipment & Remotes
May 10th, 2015
How are they doing it?
Via Reuters and the Nielsen ratings company, Dish Network Corp reported a 3.6 percent rise in quarterly revenue as it earned more per user in its core pay-TV business, making up for a fall in subscribers. The second-largest U.S. satellite TV company said average revenue per user rose to $86.01 from $82.36. The company slightly raised prices in February, and said net pay-TV subscribers fell by about 134,000 to 13.84 million in the first quarter ended March 31. Read more
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