Netflix predicts HBO will launch ‘direct-to-consumer’ streaming video service...
After reporting that Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) gained 1.16 million U.S. streaming video subscribers during the third quarter, CEO Reed Hastings told investors that he expects HBO to launch a standalone...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable expected to post 35% increase in Q3 profits; Comcast...
Cable industry news from across the web: > Wall Street analysts expect that Time Warner Cable will report a 9.6 percent increase in third quarter revenue and a 35 percent increase in profits when it...
View ArticleFCC could attempt to regulate usage-based broadband pricing, commissioner Pai...
Republican FCC commissioner Ajit Pai warned Thursday that the FCC could attempt to regulate the pricing of usage-based broadband packages next year if its net neutrality rules are upheld by an...
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Verizon, Comcast, Charter top Netflix rankings of fastest ISPs
Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) FiOS Internet, Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) and Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR) are the fastest national broadband providers when it comes to delivering Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX)...
View ArticleCableLabs names HP veteran VP of communications; Time Warner Cable hiring 200...
Cable industry news from across the web: > Time Warner Cable is hiring 200 "retention representatives" to staff a customer care center in Milwaukee, Wis. Article > Netflix said it will report...
View ArticleCablevision leasing Roku set-tops to OMGFAST wireless broadband subs
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) is beginning to supply subscribers on its OMGFAST wireless broadband system in Florida with Internet video set-tops from Roku, charging $5 monthly to lease the devices. Last...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable to offer free WiFi during March Madness; thePlatform cuts...
Cable industry news from across the web: > Comcast's thePlatform subsidiary said BT Vision and YouView are using its mpx cloud-based video publishing system. News release > Netflix said it struck...
View ArticleRoku ships 5 millionth streaming video set-top
It has taken Roku nearly five years to ship 5 million Internet video set-tops, CEO Anthony Wood said Wednesday. Saratoga, Calif.-based Roku began selling its over-the-top video boxes in May 2008,...
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