News tagged with cable television company
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, ...
May 17, 2012 |
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The future of gaming technology
Microsoft, creator of the Xbox Live -- an online multiplayer video gaming and digital media delivery service -- has announced it would offer mainstream television programming to its subscribers, creating direct ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Cable firms branch out into home-security services
For decades, the only theft the cable industry worried about was people trying to get MTV and HBO without paying for them.
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Verizon pays $3.6 bn to buy spectrum from cable firms
US cellphone giant Verizon Wireless said Friday it will pay $3.6 billion to buy wireless spectrum from three leading cable providers which are bowing out of plans to plunge into the cellphone business.
Dec 04, 2011 |
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Comcast 3Q earnings up 5 percent
(AP) -- Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable television company, said Wednesday that its profit rose 5 percent in the third quarter as revenue climbed 51 percent.
Nov 02, 2011 |
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US cable TV giant adding Skype calls
US cable TV giant Comcast announced plans to add video chat to television viewing through a partnership with Skype.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Survey of viewers shows extent of TV time shifting
(AP) -- If you've never time-shifted a prime-time television series - watched it later on a DVR, over the Internet or ordered it on demand - you're now in the minority.
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Broadcasters adapt to Web, but fear its encroachment
Last fall, Apple Inc.'s head of Internet services began making the Hollywood rounds with a proposal to launch a subscription television service that would offer a package of broadcast shows for $10 a month.
May 19, 2010 |
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Comcast bid for NBC Universal could be sealed next week: source
Comcast's bid to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal from General Electric could be sealed next week if GE reaches an agreement with Vivendi, a source close to the matter said Wednesday.
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Washington Post stems tide of red ink
The Washington Post Co. reversed its slide and posted a quarterly profit on Friday despite a steep decline in advertising revenue at its flagship newspaper.
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Hulu.com lets you legally watch premium video content
Most of us don't watch television the way we did just a few short years ago. Back then, we had to watch TV shows when they were aired, a slave to the broadcasting schedule whim of the networks.
Feb 27, 2009 |
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