News tagged with cable company

Cable cos to share access on 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots

(AP) -- Cable TV companies are trying to give their customers another reason not to cancel their service: better access to Wi-Fi hotspots.

Technology / Telecom

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technology convergence may widen the digital divide

(Phys.org) -- Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the digital divide during this convergence, ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Time Warner Cable profit up 18 pct in 1Q

(AP) -- Time Warner Cable Inc. reported an 18 percent increase in first-quarter net income Thursday, as acquisitions and new broadband customers boosted revenue.

Technology / Business

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Verizon to auction spectrum worth billions

Verizon Wireless on Wednesday said it will auction a parcel of radio frequencies, which could be worth billions of dollars in an industry scrambling to offer consumers more cellular broadband.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Flood of streaming-video options could confound TV watchers

Streaming video is about to hit its tipping point. Competing online video services have become so successful that about one-third of Americans have streamed a movie or TV show on Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Crackle or another Net-based ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cables spanning Pacific ocean seafloor to give ocean science a new edge

Scripps researchers, NOAA and TE SubCom agree to pursue science ports on transcontinental fiber optic cable lines to help monitor earthquakes, tsunamis and other forces.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google to sell Clearwire stake at 94 percent loss

(AP) -- Google Inc. on Friday said it will sell its stake in Clearwire Corp., the struggling operator of a wireless data network. The search company is taking a 94 percent loss on the originally $500 million investment made ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google hints at TV service for ultra-fast broadband test

Google Inc. has sent an ever-clearer signal that it could be bringing a TV service to the Kansas City market.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Cable cos. shut down interactive ad venture

(AP) -- The country's largest cable TV companies are shutting down the bulk of a venture that let viewers interact with TV ads, laying off 120 employees.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Startup sends live local TV to the iPhone

(AP) -- A startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller has launched a service that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads. But the service may be short-lived, since TV stations are likely to challenge ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Comcast subscribers almost stop cancelling cable

(AP) -- It's become the routine in the cable industry that subscribers stream out the door every quarter, hanging up on cable in favor of service from satellite or phone companies. But in the October to December ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices

(AP) -- A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox

Challenging Netflix, phone company Verizon Communications Inc. says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.

Technology / Telecom

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Viacom 1Q earnings shredded by 'Rock Band'

(AP) -- Viacom Inc., the owner of Paramount Pictures, MTV and Comedy Central, on Thursday posted a 65 percent drop in net income for the latest quarter, as it took a charge related to the "Rock Band" series ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cox agrees to sell wireless spectrum to Verizon

(AP) -- Cable company Cox Communications on Friday said that it has agreed to sell some of its airwave licenses to Verizon Wireless for $315 million and will resell Verizon service in its stores.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0