Verizon has opened a pair of 5G Experience Labs with two more planned in early December to provide subscribers and prospects a feel for how the technology could impact their lives. The Labs are in the same markets where Verizon…
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Altice Launches Symmetrical Gigabit Service
New York — September 10, 2018 — Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) today announces the launch of its Altice Gigabit fiber symmetrical internet service over its new fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, now available to residential customers in select areas of Long Island. The…
Netflix Subscribership by Tier: Premium Tier Sees Big Jump, Says Parks
Thirty percent of Netflix subscribers are on the premium tier, according to new research about Netflix subscribership by tier from Parks Associates. This is almost 50% more than late last year when 21% were in that category. The basic tier…
fuboTV Is First Virtual MVPD To Launch 4K HDR Beta
NEW YORK – JULY 2, 2018 – fuboTV (fubo.tv), the leading sports-first live streaming TV service in the U.S., has launched 4K HDR10 support in Beta, becoming the first virtual multichannel video programming distributor (vMVPD) to offer content in ultra-high definition and high dynamic…
CTA: Smartphone Penetration Second Only to TV in U.S. Households, and Closing Fast
Smartphone penetration has hit 87% of homes in the United States, according to the Consumer Technology Association’s “20th Consumer Technology Ownership and Market Potential Study.” Only televisions, which are present in 96% of U.S. homes, are ahead of smartphones. With laptops…
Report: U.S. TV Households Have More Connected TV Devices Than Pay-TV STBs
Seventy-four percent of U.S. TV households have one or more devices connected to the Internet, according to new smart TV research from Leichtman Research Group. This compares with 65% in 2016, 44% in 2013 and 24% in 2010. The firm…
Charter Spectrum App Coming to Apple TV, Expands Charter Availability Beyond STBs
Charter will offer its Spectrum pay-TV service as an app on Apple TV later this year. The Apple TV Charter app will provide access to the Charter lineup to nearly 50 million households, according to an Apple press release. In…
Smart TV Preferences: User Experience is Key, Voice Control is Lacking
User experience is the driving factor behind smart TV and streaming media preferences, according to a smart TV preferences survey from Parks Associates. Nearly half (45 percent) of all broadband households in the U.S. already have a smart TV, according…
Comcast Introduces Netflix in 4K on Xfinity X1
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — October31, 2017 –Just in time for season two of Stranger Things, Comcast today announced the availability of Netflix Ultra HD (UHD) 4K programming on Xfinity X1. Featuring seamless access to the entire Netflix catalog of UHD 4K in the…
Video Viewing Habits Research: VOD Will Nearly Equal Linear TV Viewing in 3 Years
The video landscape has changed drastically during the past few years. However, a video viewing habits survey conducted by Ericsson ConsumerLab predicts that even more dramatic changes lie ahead. In three years, video on demand will be almost equal to…
SES 4K Ultra HD Trials Now Include 30 Operators, Reaching 10 Million Subscribers
Nine additional pay-TV operators in the United States have joined SES’s 4K Ultra HD trials, bringing the total companies participating to 30, according to the company. Thirty operators with a total of more than 10 million subscribers now have entered…
Research: Screen Penetration Still Led by TVs, Smartphones Closing In
Household smartphone penetration jumped six percentage points year-over-year to reach 80 percent, but that only gets them to second place for screen penetration, according to CTA’s (Consumer Technology Association) “19th Annual Consumer Technology Ownership and Market Potential Study.” Americans own…
