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The real Google TV: Google preps fiber pay-TV service in Kansas City
Google is one step closer to launching a pay-TV service in Kansas City, Missouri — one of its fiber Internet testbeds — that would directly take on cable and satellite companies. The company filed for...
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Why Cablevision wants à la carte TV pricing for itself, not you
GUEST: Christopher Kaminski is the founder and CEO of Deluxis. Cablevision is suing Viacom because Viacom is allegedly forcing Cablevision to buy channels it doesn’t want. But that doesn’t mean the...
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Intel close to signing TV content deals with NBC, Viacom, & Time Warner
Intel is apparently making some progress on bringing content for its forthcoming pay-TV service that’s expected to launch before the end of the year. The company is nearing deals with a handful of...
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AT&T still wants a satellite TV company — reportedly eyeing DirecTV
AT&T may still be looking at a satellite TV acquisition to bolster its weak pay-TV presence. The company has approached DirecTV about a potential acquisition, the Wall Street Journal reports. The...
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Apple said to be in talks to launch streaming TV service
Apple has been in talks with television content owners to acquire content for a Netflix-style streaming TV service. Re/code reports that Apple may assemble “bundles” of programming, but not the full...
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Comcast’s trump card in TWC merger case is bullcrap
OPINION: Comcast is now fighting an uphill battle to get approval for its monstrous $45.2 billion merger with Time Warner Cable. And the best card it has to play — the promise of low-cost broadband...
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TV viewing survey shows rise of tablets, decline of pay TV, and boost for...
TV viewing habits are changing in the age of anywhere, anytime media. A survey from Tivo’s Digitalsmiths division shows the rise of tablet viewing, a decline in pay TV, and a boost in “cord cheaters,”...
View ArticleWith Bloomberg TV, Aereo takes the first step in truly disrupting the old pay...
IAC-backed television service Aereo recently announced that it’s reached a deal to bring the Bloomberg TV cable network to its lineup of available channels, according to a Wall Street Journal report....
View ArticleDirecTV to raise prices by 4.5% due to higher programming costs
Satellite television provider DirecTV said its subscription prices would rise in the following year, according to a message it released today via a customer support page. The increased pricing is...
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MobiTV raises $21 million for pay TV delivery system
MobiTV has raised $21 million in funding so it can deliver pay TV services using next-generation internet protocol (IP) video delivery technology. The Emeryville, California-based company raised the...
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BitTorrent Live returns as a Snapchat-like social media app
BitTorrent is relaunching BitTorrent Live -- a Snapchat-like service it introduced in 2011 and shut down in 2017 -- as a social media platform.Read More
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