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Verizon and the NFL announced the continuation of their broadband partnership, which brings NFL Network games to Verizon’s broadband customers. Verizon initially offered this service during the NFL pre-season. The games are available online to customers who subscribe to both Verizon broadband service (FiOS or DSL) and Verizon TV service (FiOS or DirecTV). NFL Network Game ...

Cox has announced they will launch TV Caller ID, joining a variety of cable and telcoTV providers who do the same. The most notable cable company who has recently added TV Caller ID is Comcast, who made a similar announcement back in July. Cox’s TV Caller ID version joins their interactive television (iTV) platform which provides a variety of interactive features for the ...

Cox will begin offering a free online storage product to its premium high speed Internet customers in its Northern Virginia/suburban Washington D.C. markets. The service, branded as “Media Store and Share,” will provide 5 GB of storage for media and other computer files. The service also allows customers to share the files with friends and families. “Customers can back-up their files in their own secure, online ...

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We keep seeing snippets of the future of entertainment. Verizon announced one, with their NFL Network Game Extra service, now being provided to Verizon video and wireline broadband subscribers. Viewers of the service are given a “virtual control booth” enabling them to watch live, online broadcasts of NFL Network preseason and Thursday Night Football games while selecting from multiple camera feeds. Subscribers will have access to ...

Need to know which competitive bar to reach for with video service – look to DirecTV. Their PGA Championship golf tournament coverage is the type of differentiating program package that allows them to compete quite effectively, despite the lack of a triple play bundle. I’ll admit, the sports enthusiast in me is somewhat in awe, nevertheless, the PGA Championship package being offered by DirecTV is just ...

Time Warner Cable has launched Start Over in its New York City market of Staten Island. Start Over allows customers to restart a program in progress without the need for an in-home DVR. The service is available on both standard and high definition channels. The service is offered free of charge to digital cable subscribers and is currently available on 40 channels.

AT&T is leveraging their broadband wireless capability with DSL service to provide a converged broadband to go service. Branded as AT&T Net Reach, the new $79.95/month service targets laptop carrying customers with seamless access to Wi-Fi, 3G wireless, and home DSL/Wi-Fi service. Net Reach provides a laptop broadband connection manager that automatically connects with the strongest available broadband service among AT&T's 17,0000 Wi-Fi hotspots, 3G GSM ...

True2way,, the cable industry’s newest interactive platform is all the rage, at least early on at the Cable Show, taking place in New Orleans this week. In a “nutshell” tru2way is an open platform for interactive application development that the cable industry is banking on for some competitive advantage. The hope is that third party application developers will grab hold of tru2way and begin developing a ...

According to a recent survey conducted by Rubicon Consulting, 47% of iPhone users switched wireless carriers to AT&T to gain access to the iPhone. That equates to 1.4 million new accounts for AT&T, which possibly would not be with them if not for the iPhone. That’s a nice weapon to have in your arsenal (I wonder how many of those new customers are ...