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Tag: Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable Business Class Expands Its Global Calling Plan
July 28, 2015 — NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Time Warner Cable Business Class (TWCBC) today announced more enhancements to its Business Class Phone (BCP) Global Calling Plan. The service has been enhanced to include more mobile destinations…
Roku Looks to Expand Service Provider Partnerships for Streaming and OTT
Roku may well be the most familiar streaming OTT device to consumers, thanks in large part to an aggressive retail strategy. But Roku is also now turning their attention to service provider partnerships to help…
Moffett: AT&T FTTH Commitment is Bad News for Cablecos
Pending approval of its DirecTV acquisition, AT&T’s commitment to a major expansion of its fiber-to-the-premises network could create some major challenges for cable companies, notes Craig Moffett, senior analyst for financial research firm Moffett Nathanson…
Atlantic Broadband/ MetroCast $200 Million Deal Highlights Ongoing Cable Consolidation
Consolidation in the pay-TV market isn’t limited to tier 1 companies, as an announcement today from tier 2 cable operators Atlantic Broadband and MetroCast Communications illustrates. Atlantic Broadband, owned by Canada’s Cogeco Cable, said it…
ACSI: Pay-TV, ISP Customer Satisfaction Declines
U.S. customers are less satisfied with pay-TV and Internet providers than they were last year at this time, according to the latest University of Michigan ACSI (American Customer Satisfaction Index) report. Customer satisfaction with pay-TV…
Charter, TWC, Bright House Deal Valued at $89 Billion
Just days after FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler reportedly told executives of Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications that the commission might approve certain cable industry mergers, the two companies today announced plans to merge in…
High-Tech Lobbying Expenditures: Report Finds Big Jump from Google
Political lobbying aimed at influencing what’s written into new and revised federal legislation and regulations is a core activity for the world’s multinational information and communications technology (ICT) companies. Google, for instance, spent a record…
Charter/ Bright House Deal: Cable Industry Looks More and More Like Telecom
The cable industry is looking more and more like the telecom industry with Charter Communications’ announcement today that it plans to acquire Bright House Networks. Charter already was positioned to be the nation’s second largest…
LRG: Top ISPs Net 3 Million Broadband Subscriber Additions in 2014
The 17 largest U.S. cable and telephone companies added a net 3 million new high-speed Internet subscribers in 2014, according to the latest market data from LRG (Leichtman Research Group). Collectively, the cable and telco…
Report: DOCSIS Shipments More than Double in One Year
DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) channel shipments reached record-high levels in 2014 as cable operators continued to invest in technology that delivers higher data transmission speeds. DOCSIS channel shipments more than doubled, rising…
NTCA, ITTA, and COMPTEL Launch ‘Don’t Comcast the Internet’ Campaign
Trade associations representing incumbent and competitive carriers have joined forces on a “Don’t Comcast the Internet” campaign opposing the pending Comcast – Time Warner merger. The associations include NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association, which represents small…
Smithville Communications and City of Jasper Embark on Gigabit Public-Private Partnership
There is a land rush of sorts underway to create gigabit capabilities for towns and cities across the country. Rightly or wrongly, government and economic development leaders are quickly equating economic development and community competitiveness with…