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Comcast-GE Reach Agreement on NBC Universal
12/3/09 at 9:24 AM by Telecompetitor
Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company
Philadelphia, PA and Fairfield, CT - December 3, 2009
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) and General Electric (NYSE: GE) announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture that will be 51 percent owned by Comcast, 49 percent owned by GE and managed by Comcast. The joint venture, ...
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Will Comcast-NBCU Be Too Powerful?
11/23/09 at 10:13 PM by Bernie Arnason
Should Comcast be successful in its bid to buy NBC Universal, it may be too powerful say some detractors, including smaller cable companies. Comcast already controls significant content properties, including several regional sports networks. Adding NBCU’s content empire will catapult Comcast into one of the ...
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Skitter and NTTC Partner for Video Content Licensing
9/29/09 at 9:46 AM by Telecompetitor
September 28, 2009 (Atlanta) — Skitter, Inc. and the National Telco Television Consortium, LLC, (NTTC) today jointly announced a partnership to provide content licensing, programming services and marketing support to telecommunications service providers using the Skitter.TV video platform. NTTC will work with Skitter.TV customers to help secure both national and local broadcast and cable content licensing, advise the service ...
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Suddenlink Now Has 250K Phone Subscribers
8/18/09 at 11:24 PM by Bernie Arnason
Suddenlink announced they have reached the 250K phone subscriber milestone. The cable MSO began offering phone service in 2007. According to Suddenlink, their IP voice subscribers place and receive "up to six million calls a day, about twice as many daily calls as the company’s network handled ...
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NRTC Signs More Telcos for Programming
7/21/09 at 9:44 AM by Telecompetitor
Opportunity for Recurring Revenue, Flexible Packages and Exclusive Online Tools Figure In Their Decision.
For Immediate Release
DATE: July 20, 2009
Contact: Andrea Cumpston
Phone: 703-787-7156
E-mail: acumpston@nrtc.coop
July 20 , 2009 [Herndon, VA] –The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) has announced that more of its telco members are building their competitive advantage by signing on to deliver the Cooperative's programming for Internet Protocol television (IPTV). ...
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At the End of the Day, Content Still Matters Most
9/10/08 at 10:39 PM by Telecompetitor  It’s cliché, but oh so true – content is king. Look at most industry conference agendas these days, whether they be broadband or wireless focused, and content is the center of attention. The tag line for this year’s IBC Conference, a leading global telecom industry event taking place next week in Amsterdam, is “the world of content creation management delivery.” Most of the CTIA I.T. and ...
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NCTC Eyeing Telcos?
9/8/08 at 9:07 AM by Telecompetitor  I got word last week that the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) may be relaxing some of its membership rules to allow IPTV providers to join. NCTC is one of the original aggregators of video content. Small cable companies formed NCTC to pool subscriber counts and get access to programming at rates that they could not get on their own. NCTC’s legacy has historically been tied to small cable ...
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Sprint Goes Hollywood With Own Mobile Content
10/16/07 at 7:51 AM by Telecompetitor  Sprint has announced the launch of Sprint Exclusive Entertainment (SEE), its own network of originally produced content for Sprint mobile phones. SEE, which will initially focus on sports, music, and other entertainment focused programming, will offer brief on-demand programs averaging two minutes in length. Sprint produces the content themselves and expects to deliver up to 150 programs each week. SEE illustrates the continuing trend of service ...
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