Twitter might be making TV deals with Viacom & Comcast

If a rumored music service wasn't enough to push Twitter into the territory media, now the company might be trying to get TV content playing through the service.

Comcast says the free ride is over for basic cable — encryption is coming

Years ago you could just connect a coaxial cable to your television for access to a ton of cable channels, which eventually was disabled after cable providers decided to start encrypting the bulk of those channels. And now, they're all going to get encrypted.

Comcast sees ‘double digit’ increase in TV show ‘binge watching’ during Watchathon week (exclusive)

All week long, Comcast customers with an Xfinity TV account were granted access to full seasons of a slew of hit television shows -- thus enabling viewers to embark on what's known as binge watching (aka watching an entire season in a single sitting).

Netflix ranking reveals 17 fastest ISPs in America

Who better than Netflix to know how fast your ISP is?

Comcast will now hijack your browser if it suspects you of piracy

Comcast's new anti-piracy system may not be the most novel, but it might just be the most effective.

Comcast to buy GE’s stake of NBC Universal for $16.7B

Giant media company and TV/Internet service provider Comcast has decided it wants to own all of NBCUniversal, offering minority shareholder GE a huge bag of cash.

Cable industry calls for revival: it’s not your ‘grandmother’s cable business’

To better understand how to stay relevant in a mobile and hyper-connected world, the cable industry is turning to Silicon Valley's tech entrepreneurs.

How home automation could save cable companies

Cable companies such as Comcast and Cox need to take a good look at their technology as streaming services Netflix and Hulu take away their profits. In order to avoid becoming obsolete, it makes sense for cable companies to recycle their infrastructure into home automation.

Zeebox and Comcast team up to enhance live TV with a second screen

Comcast forged a new partnership with media startup Zeebox today to infuse live broadcast TV shows with a dose of interactivity.

Cable TV giants might be plotting cloud gaming service to take on Xbox, PlayStation

With all the major game consoles repositioning themselves to become platforms for the next generation of television, some major cable TV service providers are turning their attention to gaming.

More sad news on why Americans pay so much for crappy Internet and phone service

In his new book The Fine Print, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston tell us, among other things, what's wrong with the Internet in America. The answer is fairly depressing: It's too slow, too expensive, and too controlled by a duopoly of AT&T and Verizon.

Verizon grows even larger: FCC approves spectrum deal with big cable

Federal Communications Committee has approved a deal that will see Verizon purchase a portion of wireless spectrum from a handful of big cable television providers.

Comcast confirms 305 Mbps Internet tier, doubles other tier speeds for free

Comcast announced its plans to offer a new, ultra high-speed broadband Internet tier today, confirming rumors first reported last week.

The new tier will be called Xfinity Platinum Internet and will offer download speeds of up to 305 Mbps and …

Comcast may take on Verizon FiOS Quantum with its own super fast broadband

Comcast is planning to offer a new ultra-fast broadband Internet speed tier in markets shared by rival service Verizon FiOS, according to Broadband Reports.

Comcast’s new broadband tier would offer customers the option of getting downstream speeds of up to …

Microsoft and NBC break up their online news partnership

Microsoft and NBC have broken off their web news partnership. The MSNBC.com web site will now become NBCNews.com while Microsoft will create its own site.

Early next year, MSNBC.com will relaunch as a stand-alone site for the cable channel MSNBC. …