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BroadbandVision: Practical Advice, a Glimpse at the Future
The BroadbandVision conference in Las Vegas this week offered network operators the opportunity to share business tips with one another and to learn about new business and technology developments heading their way. The event brought…
NFL and DIRECTV Extend NFL SUNDAY TICKET in New Multi-Year Deal
NEW YORK & EL SEGUNDO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The National Football League and DIRECTV have extended and expanded DIRECTV’s exclusive rights to carry NFL SUNDAY TICKET and its package of every Sunday afternoon out-of-market game through…
Viacom/ Suddenlink Dispute Brewing Over Price Hikes
Cable operator Suddenlink is warning customers that they could lose Viacom channels if the two companies cannot agree on what Suddenlink should pay to carry that programming. Viacom owns several popular cable channels, including Comedy…
J.D. Power Finds Improved Phone, TV, Internet Customer Satisfaction
Performance, reliability and connection speed problems declined from last year as TV and Internet service providers (ISPs) continue to upgrade networks, according to three U.S. wireline studies released September 25 by J.D. Power. Surveying residential…
Stankey: AT&T Fixed Wireless Broadband Will Use Fallow Spectrum
AT&T Group President and Chief Strategy Officer John Stankey today offered additional details about the fixed wireless broadband offering that the company previously agreed to make available in some rural areas if the company’s plan…
FCC Announces Merger Review Teams for Comcast-TW Cable and AT&T-DirecTV
July 7, 2014 — Washington, D.C. – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced today the members of an inter-bureau steering committee and the working team leaders established to coordinate the agency’s review of merger…
ACSI: ISP, Pay-TV Customer Satisfaction Lowest of 43 Industries Studied
U.S. consumers aren’t particularly pleased with the overall quality of their Internet Service Providers (ISPs), or their pay-TV services and providers for that matter, according to the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) report. Americans…
ABI: Set Top Box Market Ripe for Consolidation
As IPTV, cable and satellite providers merge there is a corresponding need for consolidation among set-top box (STB) manufacturers, according to ABI Research. AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV highlights the need for STBs that can serve…
ACSI Sees Drop in Pay-TV, ISP Customer Satisfaction
Customer satisfaction with subscription-TV and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) dropped to the bottom of the American Consumer Satisfaction Index’s (ACSI) latest annual ranking of communications industry participants. Customer satisfaction with Time Warner Cable and Comcast…
AT&T to Buy DirecTV, Would Expand Broadband Outside Home Turf
AT&T’s plan to acquire DirecTV, announced yesterday afternoon, will give the merged company “an opportunity to redefine the future of video for a high-speed world,” said AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson on a conference call with…
Temkin: TV Service Providers Rank Low on Customer Satisfaction
Bright House and DirecTV were the best among a bad bunch when it comes to customer experience in the TV services industry, according to the “2014 Temkin Experience Ratings,” which surveys 10,000 consumers to rank…
IHS: IPTV Providers Buck the Trend, Add Pay-TV Subscribers in 2Q
Cable and now satellite subscriber numbers may be declining, but Americans continue to sign up for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), the only segment of the U.S. pay-TV market to experience growth in this year’s second…