Telecompetitor

Depending on who you ask, Qwest is either very shrewd or a little dumb, at least in the context of video services. Unlike their RBOC brethren, AT&T and Verizon, Qwest has chosen not to deploy their own subscription video model through IPTV or traditional cable. They instead ...

Walmart has been busily trying to implement a digital media strategy as it’s DVD sales cash cow begins to fade. They initially launched a competitive service to Netflix, but gave up on it after a while. We reported earlier that Walmart was looking ...

FiOS TV Customers Are First To Have Access to HBOGO.com Featuring Over 600 Hours Of HBO Programming Online – Any Time, Any Place NEW YORK – Verizon and HBO announced today that Verizon's FiOS TV customers will be the first to gain access to HBOGO.com, HBO's online video destination featuring over 600 hours of HBO programming. Starting tomorrow, FiOS customers who ...

First-Ever All-in-One Service Integrates Live TV, On-Demand Movies and Programs, and Web Video; Breakthrough Pricing Starting at Less Than $5 a Month BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sezmi today announced an introductory release of its all-in-one television service, available in the greater Los Angeles area exclusively through Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). The first-of-its-kind personal TV service seamlessly integrates live television, on-demand movies and television ...

Market Leaders Combine the Best of Linear TV and Over-the-Top Services SAN MATEO, Calif. & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Entone, a market leader in broadband video and home connectivity solutions, announced today that it is taking orders for 2Q2010 delivery of its VUDU enabled Janus Media Hub and Amulet IPTV Receiver. Entone’s new line of broadband TV devices integrates the latest VUDU technologies including ...

Frontier is now offering a web based TV service called my fitv. The free service aggregates Internet based video content into a single portal, allowing customers to search for TV shows, movies, sports, and in some cases, local content. The portal ...

Overall I thought the Super Bowl ads were pretty weak this year. What was up with all those multiple men in underwear commercials – kind of ruined my appetite, even with my impressive snack spread. But one commercial really caught my eye – the ...

New research from Parks Associates suggests that the hype surrounding the threat of  Over-the-Top (OTT or Internet delivered video) video encouraging ‘cord cutting’ of subscription video services like cable TV, IPTV, and DBS are just that – hype. According to their “...

Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console has long been eyed as a perfect over-the-top video vehicle. Xbox LIVE, its online entertainment portal for the Xbox 360 console, is now in 20 million homes. Compare that to Comcast, the nation’s largest cable MSO, ...

The over-the-top video threat, in which consumers bypass local video service providers (cable, IPTV, and DBS) for Internet based content, is well documented. Service providers fear their significant investment in broadband networks that deliver subscription based video services is at risk if enough consumers cut the video cord in favor of ...