Net neutrality rules to go into effect after court rejects bid to block them
In what FCC chairman Tom Wheeler calls ‘a huge victory,’ the rules will go into effect Friday despite a handful of lawsuits challenging them ...
View ArticleAs TV Goes Online, Suddenlink Latest To Hook Up with Hulu
TV watchers are going online, and cable companies are following them there. Suddenlink, which has 1.1 million TV subscribers, is the latest to hook up with Hulu. It said Wednesday that it will be...
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Time Warner Cable is the largest cable operator in Dallas and No. 2 in the U.S. It earned over $2 billion in profit last year. Yet it keeps accepting offers from merger partners, first Comcast and now...
View ArticleA look back at the consolidation wave sweeping TV providers
NEW YORK (AP) — Cable and satellite TV providers are joining together to get more heft as the Internet shakes up the television industry. By combining forces, cable companies can bulk up on...
View ArticleWhat Charter-Time Warner Cable deal could mean for consumers
NEW YORK: As the Internet has upended their business, cable companies have been racing to reinvent themselves as dominant broadband providers and distributors of online video. Charter Communications'...
View ArticleHERE WE GO AGAIN
inline-left ">Cable giants Comcast: 27.2 million customers AT&T (pending deal with DirecTV): would give it 26.4 million TV customers and 16.1 million fixed Internet customers as well as tens of...
View ArticleFCC net neutrality rules go into effect
With a simple declaration on its website, the Federal Communications Commission launched a new era of Internet oversight by touting that its tough regulations for online traffic were now in place. The...
View ArticleUS net neutrality rules to go ahead
12 June 2015 From the section Technology Protesters outside FCC headquarters Rules that prevent net firms from blocking or slowing down online traffic can go ahead, a US federal appeals court has...
View ArticleWhy Charter Thinks It Can Succeed Where Comcast Failed
Comcast, one of the most influential lobbying powerhouses in Washington, failed to get government approval for its bid to buy Time Warner Cable last month. So why does Charter Communications think it...
View ArticleLyons: Understand the economics of cable mergers
Daniel Lyons 12:07 a.m. EDT June 3, 2015 Jason Gumbs is vice president of sales and marketing for Comcast. Comcast show off the all-new X1 platform, ComcastÕs XFINITY¨ TV, together with NBCUniversal,...
View ArticleHow Netflix keeps finding itself on the same side as regulators
JAMES B. STEWARTNY Times Syndication Friday, May 29, 2015 7:31pm Whatever the outcome of the latest proposed mergers and acquisitions in the media industry, a clear winner has already emerged, and it's...
View ArticleNet neutrality rules go into effect, for now
A federal appeals court made an instructive point about net neutrality Thursday by doing nothing. Well, OK, that's not entirely accurate. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...
View ArticleCourt declines to stop net neutrality rules from taking effect Friday
A federal court on Thursday declined to halt implementation of tough new net neutrality regulations.lRelated BUSINESSPotential for a bipartisan bill on net neutrality emerges in CongressSee all related...
View ArticleFCC net neutrality rules go into effect despite industry objections
WASHINGTON — Tough new regulations for Internet traffic went into effect Friday after federal judges declined to stop them, beginning a new era of oversight that already has reverberated through the...
View ArticleNet neutrality rules go into effect
NEW YORK (AP) — New rules that treat the Internet like a public utility and prevent companies from blocking or...
View ArticleFCC wins early battle in Net neutrality legal war
Controversial rules the FCC adopted in February to protect the Internet will go into effect on Friday after a federal appeals court denies opponents' request to delay the rules. by June 11, 2015 2:58...
View ArticleFCC OPEN INTERNET RULES NOW IN EFFECT
The Federal Communications Commission’s long-awaited rules to ensure Internet openness took effect Friday. Whether you’re a casual Web user or a so-called “cord cutter” who’s ditched pay-TV service in...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Rules Take Effect: What It Means for You
The net neutrality rules approved earlier this year by the Federal Communications Commission go into effect today after a federal judge blocked challenges from cable and phone companies. Net neutrality...
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NEW YORK — New rules that treat the Internet like a public utility and prohibit blocking, slowing and creating paid fast lanes for online traffic took effect Friday. Cable and telecom industry groups...
View ArticleNet Neutrality in Effect For Now, But the Battle Continues
After a federal court rejected attempts by cable and phone companies to stop net neutrality on Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission's plan for new Internet rules went into effect. Under the...
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