While some broadband providers are exiting the video business, one company that has launched a new video offering is DFT Communications, which serves western New York and parts of Pennsylvania. The company’s offering is an example of a vMVPD service,…
Although some people like to talk about a digital media revolution, a new media usage report from YouGov suggests that it’s more of an evolution. Researchers studied 12 categories of media activities, including digital activities requiring internet connectivity and traditional…
Charter and Comcast clearly have high hopes for their joint venture streaming venture announced earlier this year. And now the initiative has a name: Xumo. The JV is in the process of transitioning from a free ad-supported streaming TV service…
Cable and broadband industry cooperative NCTC has inked a streaming deal with streaming platform MyBundleTV. The deal will bring a simplified streaming aggregation platform to NCTC’s 700+ broadband operator members. MyBundleTV is a streaming platform that aggregates 150 different streaming…
BELLEVUE, Wash. — August 29, 2022 — The Un-carrier just made binge-watching even easier. Today in a video announcement, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert shared that T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) will include Apple TV+ in its most popular plan Magenta MAX. Apple…
The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) has inked a new partnership aimed at making simplified streaming TV solutions available to its members and their customers. The offering relies on a partnership with MyBundle.TV, a company that offers products aimed at…
It’s time to add “broadcast internet” to your broadband glossary if you haven’t added it already, as news this week from two companies involved in the emerging technology – Auton and Anywave – illustrates. Telecompetitor talked to Vern Fotheringham, chairman…
7/25/22 – NFL+ – the National Football League’s exclusive video streaming subscription service – officially launches TODAY. With NFL+, fans can take their game on the go. NFL+ offers access to live out-of-market preseason games, live local and primetime regular season and postseason games (phone and…
Comcast and Charter, the two largest fixed broadband providers in the U.S., are launching a new joint venture for streaming platforms. Apparently, Comcast and Charter got tired of Roku, Amazon, and Apple having all the “fun” with streaming devices. The…
Lumen Technologies and Disney Streaming are working with other companies under the umbrella of the Streaming Video Alliance (SVA) to make streaming more efficient by standardizing content delivery network (CDN) configuration metadata and application programming interfaces. SVA is comprised of…
Apple TV+ has launched across Comcast’s U.S. entertainment platforms. These include Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex and XClass TV — according to Comcast. The rollout began Monday and will be available across eligible devices “in the coming days,” the company said….
While a sizeable portion of respondents to a survey about mobile connected TV (CTV) say are interested in streaming content during flights and on long distance trips, relatively few have actually done so. This, according to marketing solutions provider Vericast,…
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