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Tag: Cablevision
Altice is Latest Cable Company to Offer Mobile Service, Priced at $20 a Month for Life
The $20 Altice Mobile price is available only to customers of the company’s Suddenlink and Optimum offerings. The company joins Comcast…
2016: A Big Year for Telecom M&A
At least 2 dozen telecom M&A deals were announced or completed in 2016, including a cable mega-merger, incumbent telco acquisitions of competitive carriers
Breaking with DOCSIS 3.1 Cablecos, Altice FTTH Plans Include Path to 10 Gbps
Altice FTTH plans extend to the entire cable serving area the company acquired from Cablevision and most of the areas it acquired…
Altice Cablevision Purchase Completed; Investment Plans Include New CPE, WiFi
With the Altice Cablevision purchase complete, Altice has big plans for its U.S. network, including a customer interface that will…
FCC Approval for Charter TWC Bright House Merger Received
FCC approval for Charter TWC Bright House merger comes with conditions, including a requirement to offer low-income broadband, to build out . . .
Dual-Use Public-Private Wi-Fi Forecast: 366 Million Routers in Use by 2020
A dual-use public-private Wi-Fi forecast from Juniper Research calls for 1 in 3 Wi-Fi routers to be used publicly and privately by 2017.
Cablevision, Viacom Reach Settlement on Forced Programming Carriage Lawsuit
A content provider and cable operator have settled their forced programming carriage dispute. Altice’s plan to purchase Cablevision…
With Cablevision Acquisition, European Conglomerate Altice to be Major U.S. Broadband Player
Altice continues its aggressive move into the U.S. market with it’s Cablevision acquisition positioning the European conglomerate as the fourth largest cable MSO in the U.S.
Moffett: AT&T FTTH Commitment is Bad News for Cablecos
An AT&T FTTH commitment will see high-speed broadband deployed to 11.7 million households, potentially reducing cable companies’ broadband market share in those
ACSI: Pay-TV, ISP Customer Satisfaction Declines
Pay-TV and ISP customer satisfaction declined in the first quarter of 2015 — and it wasn’t very high to begin with, notes the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
Cablevision Offers Hulu Plus, Courts Cord Cutters Again
Cablevision offers Hulu Plus to meet a rapidly changing video landscape, where the emergence of broadband TV compels traditional cable companies to embrace
Cablevision Cord Cutter Package Reveals Shifting Attitudes
Cablevision cord cutter offerings include digital TV antennas to capture over-the-air broadcast signals, both embracing and perhaps encouraging subscribers to cut the cord
MagicJack magicApp Premium: Stand-Alone Mobile OTT Voice and Text
MagicApp Premium lets iOS devices place calls or send texts using mobile data or Wi-Fi, threatening traditional wireless service.
LRG: Top ISPs Net 3 Million Broadband Subscriber Additions in 2014
The top 17 U.S. ISPs saw 3 million broadband subscriber additions in 2014, according to Leichtman Research Group.
Cablevision’s WiFi Calling Service Freewheel Now Available For Sale Nationwide
Cablevision Systems Corporation today announced that Freewheel, its new low-cost WiFi-exclusive phone service providing unlimited data…
Cablevision Sues Verizon for False and Misleading Advertising Claims about WiFi Service
Cablevision Systems is filing a lawsuit in federal court against Verizon Communications seeking an end to its false, misleading…
First Cable Wi-Fi Mobile Service, Freewheel, Will Challenge Mobile Industry
Cablevision will launch the first wi-fi mobile service, to be known as Freewheel. It will offer unlimited calling across Wi-Fi for a monthly fee of …
CableLabs Wi-Fi App Available Through mPortal
CableLabs has licensed new Wi-Fi application software developed with Cablevision and other member companies to mPortal
Cablevision Sues Viacom Over Carriage Requirements
Cablevision announced it has filed an antitrust suit against Viacom saying Viacom forced the company to carry unwanted networks in order to
FCC: ViaSat, FiOS, Cablevision, Comcast Beat Advertised Broadband Speeds
Customers of Cablevision, Comcast, Verizon FiOS and ViaSat/Exede routinely receive higher broadband upload and download speeds during peak usage periods than what their service provider advertises, the FCC
Charter to Acquire Optimum West from Cablevision
FiOS and Cablevision Tops on FCC Speed Tests
Consumers’ actual broadband speed increased from 10.6 Mbps last year to 14.6 Mbps this year, suggesting customers actually receive service at speeds slightly above what they subscribe to.
Cable Industry Joins Forces for Wi-Fi Roaming
CableWifi is a Wi-Fi roaming arrangement between major cable operators that will make 50K current Wi-Fi hotspots available to these companies’ mutual subscribers.
Cablevision Sees Strong Video Game Use on iO TV
Cablevision iO TV digital TV service subscribers are playing more than 10 million free interactive games per month.