Telecompetitor

The FCC offered its opinion in the recent spat between cable MSOs and Verizon. Several cable companies lodged a formal complaint with the FCC claiming Verizon was illegally trying to stop customers from defecting to cable triple play offers. The complaint alleged that once Verizon got notice of a telephone number porting request, they aggressively pursued that customer with offers to keep them ...

Several cable companies, including Comcast, Brighthouse, and Time Warner Cable have filed a complaint with the FCC about Verizon’s “retention marketing” practices. First reported in Multichannel News, the cable operators claim that Verizon is using their knowledge of number porting requests to target customers who have already committed to switch phone service to cable competitors. Such a practice is against FCC rules. Carriers are only permitted to try to ...

Bright House Networks announced the launch of a large Start Over deployment for its Tampa, FL market. Start Over, developed by Time Warner Cable, allows subscribers to start a program from the beginning if they start watching it after its already started. The technology allows subscribers to “start over” during a window of time equal to 2 ½ times the length of ...

You know the competitive landscape is quite mature when competitors resort to blimps. That’s just what’s happening between DirecTV and its central Florida cable competitors. It all revolves around the cantankerous issue of the NFL Network. The NFL Network is battling cable companies to get carriage on their basic tiers. Many cable companies are resisting, and putting NFL Network on a digital or “sports” tier. ...

Bright House Networks will launch a “start over” feature in certain Florida markets. The start over feature allows subscribers who may have missed the beginning of a scheduled program to start it over. The service is accessed by a button on the remote control and may be started over up until the end of the program. Bright House will offer the service at no additional ...