It took a while, but the U.S. Department of Justice is finally acknowledging that big cable companies may have the power to suffocate online video service, which people turn to as an alternative to paying an expensive monthly cable TV …
Comcast is helping the little guy avoid getting screwed. For once.
The massive media conglomerate is refusing to comply with court-ordered requests to deliver the names and contact information of its customers to porn studios. The studios claim that Comcast’s …
“T-Commerce” is the annoying and hokey term PayPal is using to describe its next big opportunity to grow revenue through transactions on regular television sets.
As such, the company just forged a partnership with DVR service and set-top box maker …
Verizon is launching a new video search platform called Viewdini that will aggregate videos from a variety of different services for use on mobile devices, the company’s CEO Dan Mead said during a panel today at The Cable Show event.…
Comcast is finally rolling its new X1 cable/DVR set-top box for the Boston, Mass. market, with a handful of other major markets following soon after, the company announced today.
We first heard about Comcast’s enhanced TV service nearly a year …
It’s rarely a good thing when the country’s biggest cable providers partner up, but subscribers might be okay with today’s news.
Customers of Bright House, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, and Time Warner will soon be able to connect to each …
Cable TV and Internet service provider Comcast is revising its policy on data caps, the company announced in a very thorough blog post today.
Previously, Comcast limited its residential Internet service subscribers to a 250GB data cap per month, meaning …
Comcast is finally letting Xfinity TV subscribers get access to ESPN’s live streaming sports service, WatchESPN.
The cable and Internet service giant announced today that its customers can now log into the WatchESPN iOS app using their Xfinity ID to …
Providence Equity Partners, the only one of Hulu’s four owners that isn’t a media company, has sold its 10 percent stake in the premium TV streaming video site for $200 million, reports Bloomberg .
Providence was nearing a deadline on …
Earlier this year we reported quite a bit on Aereo, a New York startup that offers customers the ability to watch network TV (the free stuff you get over rabbit ears) on any internet-connected device. It is now embroiled …
Netflix head honcho Reed Hastings isn’t one to keep quiet when he thinks his company isn’t getting a fair shake against the competition. But unlike most CEOs who use official channels like press releases or company blogs, Hastings doesn’t hesitate …
Earlier this week, Comcast was rumored to be in discussions about letting its subscribers finally access HBO Go on the Xbox. Friday, the company made it official, saying that “early next week” Comcast subscribers can watch their favorite HBO shows …
Comcast is finalizing a deal to make the HBO Go Xbox app available to its 22.3 million customers, reports the New York Times.
That means Comcast customers will be able to watch new episodes of Game of Thrones anytime they …
Eat your heart out Humpty Dumpty. Comcast has managed to put the Internet back together again with just a few simple keystrokes and mouse clicks. But before you go patting the company on the back, you should know that it’s …
Using Comcast’s Xfinity TV app on Xbox Live won’t count against data caps for those that subscribe to Comcast’s internet service, according to the company’s Frequently Asked Questions page.
The Comcast App, which launches today along with HBO Go, is …
This week, we cover a smattering of tech news in our weekly video round-up — but first, we conduct a blind taste test of Pepsi’s newest soda pop-style beverage.
Irrelevant? Perhaps. But we were so excited that Pepsi picked us …
At a Senate judiciary committee hearing Wednesday, top executives from Verizon and Comcast reaffirmed their stance that consumers would benefit from the approval of a multibillion-dollar spectrum deal between the largest U.S. carrier and the country’s biggest cable television providers.…
The largest cable TV and Internet service provider Comcast said it has no interest in partnering with video rental service Netflix, the company told trade publication Fierce Cable yesterday.
It’s hardly surprising that Comcast isn’t interested in an alliance with …
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings is typically associated as one of the leading faces for the “cord cutting” movement, which is made up of people who canceled their expensive cable or satellite television subscriptions in favor of relying on streaming …
Comcast is launching a new streaming video service called Xfinity Streampix, which takes aim at similar services from Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime.
The move is most likely a response to the growing number of people who are ditching their …
