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  • DirecTV Cuts Satellite Broadband Deals With ViaSat, Hughes To Blanket U.S.

    DirecTV announced agreements with satellite broadband providers ViaSat and Hughes Network Systems -- which is owned by Charlie Ergen's EchoStar -- promising it will offer TV and high-speed Internet bundles across the entire U.S. later this year.



  • Youa re only worth $1.21 to Facebook

    NEW YORK - How much does Facebook value its users? In strictly monetary terms, about as much as a bag of chips.



  • Viacom, Time Warner Cable settle dispute over app

    Viacom Inc., the parent of pay TV networks MTV and Comedy Central, has settled a dispute with Time Warner Cable Inc.



  • Jennifer Lopez Tops Forbes' List of "Most Powerful Celebrities;" Bieber, Katy, Rihanna in Top Ten

    A few years ago, Jennifer Lopez's career seemed to be floundering. Not any longer -- she's now topped Forbes magazine's annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, displacing last year's #1, Lady Gaga.



  • Comcast Skypes Onto TV In 10 Markets

    Comcast this week is launching Skype on Xfinity, a new HD video calling service priced at $9.95 per month, in 10 markets including Boston, Seattle, Chicago and Atlanta.



  • Permits To Be Revoked; Cell Tower Fight Rages On

    During a special Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday evening at Richboro Middle School , Northampton Township officials announced they will meet Wednesday morning to find a justifiable cause to revoke the permit that allows American Tower Corporation to install pole-based distributed antenna systems and nearly 40 miles of fiber optic cables across ... (more)



  • AT&T, U.S. Cellular Looking to Buy Spectrum from Cox

    AT&T and U.S. Cellular filed separate applications with the Federal Communications Commission today seeking permission to purchase spectrum licenses from Cox Communications.



  • Comcast CTO: VOD To Xbox Goes Over A Dedicated IP Path

    Rebutting accusations that Comcast is violating the FCC's network neutrality rules, chief technology officer Tony Werner said the MSO is sending VOD to Xbox 360 consoles over a separate, additional segment of IP bandwidth but isn't "prioritizing" that over Internet traffic.



  • CIBC hopes to steal clients with "mobile wallets"

    Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is hoping its deal with Rogers Communications to allow customers to pay for purchases with smartphones will help it steal clients from banking rivals who must now rush to match the offering.



  • Upfronts 2012: Bratches: Watch ESPN Affiliate Base to Reach 80 Million over Next Year

    There are going to be a whole lot more pay television subscribers that can watch Watch ESPN in the next year.



  • New coalition opposes Verizon and cable spectrum deals

    Mobile, Sprint and other members say the spectrum and research deals would limit competition between Verizon and the cable providers A proposed sale of mobile spectrum from a group of cable providers to Verizon Wireless, along with accompanying marketing and research agreements, will lead to higher prices for broadband and mobile customers, a ... (more)



  • American Tower - Analyst Blog

    AMT ) have revised their estimates. The brokers have revised their estimates based on the belief that the company will do well based on the strong demand for tower leasing to support high-speed wireless voice, data and on-demand video services.



  • How consumer-electronics makers are faring

    April 19: Microsoft Corp. says it shipped 1.4 million Xbox 360 consoles during the first three months of the year, about half of the 2.7 million shipped a year earlier.



  • Study: Phone co customer satisfaction evens out

    A study of customer satisfaction at the Big 4 wireless carriers finds no significant difference between them.



  • Subscriber data from Internet service providers

    April 19: Verizon Communications Inc. added 193,000 FiOS Internet customers in the first three months of the year to end the quarter with 5 million.



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