- Cable, Broadband Companies To See 'Relatively Stable' Business Through COVID-19 Crisis: Moody's
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Compared to the U.S. economy as a whole, cable TV operator/broadband companies will "remain relatively stable" through the COVID-19 crisis, says Moody's Investors Service -- with a slight 2% revenue ...
- Internet Showing Strain, Despite Streamers' Bit-Throttling Moves
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, March 27, 2020
Download speeds rose as broadband speeds declined last week in some parts of the U.S. and Europe, reported "The New York Times." And while Netflix didn't explain the cause, some ...
- Study: U.S. Households Value Broadband Service Over Pay TV
Television News Daily, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Some 60% of households say they would cancel pay-TV subscriptions before losing broadband, per a new report. ...
- FCC Extends Deadline For Net Neutrality Comments
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Faced with the current COVID-19 outbreak, the FCC has agreed to extend the deadline for the public to weigh in on how the repeal of the Obama-era rules affects public ...
- Virgin Media Down, 'The Independent' Reports
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Yesterday, "The Independent" was reporting on the mobile phone networks having issues as Britain worked from home, today it's Virgin Media's turn to go down as demand soars. ...
- Google Closes Fiber Retail Stores
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Google is shuttering Fiber retail stores and ceasing "outbound sales processes," but will install service for new customers, the company said. ...
- FCC Urged To Extend Deadline For Net Neutrality Comments, Due To Coronavirus
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 16, 2020
"Maintaining the current comment deadline would require agencies on the front line of managing the COVID-19 crisis to divert resources away from protecting public health and safety," advocates argue. ...
- AT&T Suspends Home Broadband Data Caps After FCC Commissioner Calls For 'Aggressive Action'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 12, 2020
The FCC's Jessica Rosenworcel is calling for "aggressive action" to expand broadband availability, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. ...
- California Drops Challenge To T-Mobile Merger With Sprint
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
T-Mobile's proposed $26 billion acquisition of Sprint inched closer Wedneday, when California's Attorney General Xavier Becerra dropped his opposition to the deal in exchange for concessions. ...
- Could Video Conferencing Home Workers Slow Down Britain's Broadband?
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
"The Telegraph" has been speaking to experts who are warning Britons working from home to avoid the risk of coronavirus could cause broadband networks to freeze now that video conferencing ...
- Rural Mobile Broadband Project Back On Track
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
A deal to bring mobile broadband into rural areas has been rescued after nearly collapsing. The "BBC" understands that the Government will put in 50% of the GBP1bn the project ...
- Enquiry To Probe Whether Boris Can Keep His 2025 Promise On Broadband
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 5, 2020
Boris has promised every household and business high speed broadband by 2025 and now a parliamentary enquiry will look into exactly how feasible that is, "Sky News" reports. ...
- Record Labels Ask Judge To Uphold $1 Billion Piracy Judgment Against Cox
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 2, 2020
"Time and time again, Cox made clear that it unreasonably prioritized collecting subscription fees from infringers over addressing its rampant infringement problem," a group of record labels argue to U.S. ...
- Broadband Customers in UK Charged For Keeping Their Old Email Addresses
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 2, 2020
Telecoms in the UK are charging broadband customers a monthly fee for retaining their old email addresses when they switch providers. This has provoked criticism and could lead to action ...
- Firefox Starts Encrypting Domain Names
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 25, 2020
The move could help prevent broadband access providers like Comcast and AT&T from using subscribers' personal data for commercial purposes. ...
- AT&T Can't Shake Class-Action Suit Over Broadband Throttling
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 21, 2020
In a defeat for AT&T, a federal appellate court has refused to let the company shake a long-running class-action lawsuit alleging it violated California law when it throttled "unlimited" subscrib ...
- Maine Privacy Battle Could Shape Nationwide Laws
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 20, 2020
"If the ISPs win this First Amendment argument, it's difficult to see how we're ever going to have any kind of privacy law in the United States," Public Knowledge's Harold ...
- FCC To Study Impact Of Net Neutrality Repeal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 19, 2020
On Wednesday, the FCC sought comment on whether the repeal of the Obama-era net neutrality rules affects public safety. ...
- Broadband Carriers Sue To Block Maine Privacy Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Broadband carriers seek to block a Maine privacy bill that requires Internet service providers to obtain consumers' opt-in consent before drawing on their web activity for ad targeting. ...
- New York Abandons Challenge To T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 17, 2020
"We hope to work with all the parties to ensure that consumers get the best pricing and service possible," New York Attorney General Letitia James stated Sunday. ...
- Altice Loses 107,000 Video Subs In 2019, Buys NJ Cable Operation
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, February 14, 2020
CEO says the video subscriber loss rate of 3.3% is in line with or better than the overall video industry's rate. The NJ operation acquisition is part of Altice's ongoing ...
- Altice USA Q4 Revenue Inches Up, Broadband 11% Higher, Cable TV Down 6%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, February 12, 2020
While broadband revenue continues to rise -- up 11% to $826.5 million for Q4 -- video revenues at Altice's cable operations continues to slip, down 6% to $969.0 million. ...
- Court Won't Reconsider Net Neutrality Repeal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 7, 2020
In a defeat for net neutrality advocates, a federal appellate court has left in place a decision upholding the repeal of the Obama-era broadband rules. ...
- More Than 40 Million In U.S. Lack Broadband Access, Report Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 6, 2020
The FCC significantly underestimated the number of people who lack access to broadband service, according to new research by BroadbandNow. ...
- Watchdog Tells T-Mobile To Revise TVision Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 4, 2020
T-Mobile should revise an ad that implies the new streaming service TVision Home is wireless, an industry watchdog recommended in an opinion released Tuesday. ...
- Cox Urges Judge To Nix $1 Billion Piracy Verdict
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 3, 2020
"The evidence shows that Cox had an active and effective policy of discouraging infringement," the company writes in a bid to reverse a decision that holds it responsible for piracy ...
- FCC Urged To Collect Broadband Pricing Information
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 22, 2020
"Even if broadband is deployed to every community in America, millions of people would still not be able to afford to subscribe, and what is the point of deployment if ...
- Yahoo Mail Is Down In The UK: Reports
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The problems began with broadband supplier BT, and complaints peaked around noon GMT. ...
- USIM Lands Broadband/Cable Provider Sparklight
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, January 10, 2020
USIM is continuing its new business streak early in the new year, landing TV, broadband and telecommunications provider Sparklight's media services account. Phoenix-based Sparklight, formerly Cable One, serves more than ...
- Smart TVs Show Continued Growth, Young Consumers Are Major Buyers For OTT
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Parks Associates says 77% of smart TVs in broadband homes are now connected to the internet -- up from 62% in 2014 -- while 90% of U.S. broadband households own ...
