Cable consolidates: Liberty Global buys Virgin Media in massive $23.3B deal

U.S. cable giant Liberty Global has agreed to purchase hot U.K. cable and broadband provider Virgin Media in a $23.3 billion cash-and-stock deal, the two companies announced this morning.

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.

Apple’s television revolution is on pause

Yet another report has surface indicating that Apple won't be releasing a new Apple television device this year, and for the foreseeable future.

Over 2.6 million U.S. subscribers have cut out cable since 2008

As much as cable companies don’t want to admit that their users are getting rid of traditional TV and using services like Netflix and Hulu to fill their watching needs, new research shows North Americans dropping cable at a fast …

AT&T could buy Dish to gobble up its precious wireless spectrum

After conspicuously losing its bid to acquire T-Mobile, AT&T is still out in the cold when it comes to wireless spectrum. But a new report says the telecom company could now buy Dish Network at a considerable premium to obtain …

Lame: Verizon is abandoning its FiOS TV & internet service to pursue wireless partnerships

Communications giant Verizon is scaling back efforts to grow its FiOS television and Internet services, according to comments made by the company’s Chief Executive Lowell McAdams during the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York Wednesday.

McAdams said …

Former Apple exec Gassée speculates how Apple iTV could work — and how it would be awesome

If Apple is planning an interactive television, former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée has a pretty good idea of how it will work.

Gassée’s explanation, on his “Monday Notes” blog, takes a little careful reading, but it builds a compelling argument …