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Broadband providers! They love to make noise about how dedicated they are to improving your service, rolling out new features, and generally adhering to both the law and their own code of ethics. So h
A new report from U.S. consumer rights and privacy advocacy group, the Center for Digital Democracy, has set out the case for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to tighten data protection rul
A bug discovered by security researchers Eric Taylor and Blake Welsh can change a standard customer feedback system called Aptean SupportSoft into a method for hackers to grab passwords, credit card i
Comcast has dropped its plans to merge with Time Warner Cable.
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/23/comcast-may-walk-away-from-its-45b-deal-to-buy-time-warner-cable/">Bloomberg reported yeste
The $45 billion marriage of Comcast and Time Warner Cable may be left at the altar, after reports surfaced today that Comcast itself might walk away from the deal. According to Bloomberg, an announcem
This week HBO finally announced the arrival of HBO Now, a streaming over-the-top access pass to HBO content for $14.99 a month. It will debut exclusively on the Apple TV for a three-month period (the
Comcast is trying to win public support for its planned $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable, which the company announced earlier this year. Today at the CODE Conference, Comcast CEO Brian Rob
Earlier today Rep. Doris Matsui called for a Congressional hearing on the proposed deals between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, and AT&T and DirecTV. The massive deals would further consolidate th
Comcast announced today it's reached a deal to divest 3.9 million cable subscribers through a series of transactions with Charter Communications that it hopes will improve the chances of getting appro
Last year, I got a sneak preview of Fan TV, a next-generation streaming set-top box from the makers of the Fan (née Fanhattan) iPad video discovery app. Now, 11 months later, the product is going to
A few months ago, Comcast announced its plans to purchase Time Warner Cable in one of the biggest acquisitions in the broadband or pay TV market. In a filing sent to the FCC and an extensive blog post
Just a few months after it was first reported that the second-largest cable firm in the nation was looking to be acquired, Comcast, the number one cable provider, has made an offer of $45.2 billion fo
If you were worried about the consolidation of ISPs, telcos, and media companies, this should make you uncomfortable: Charter Communications has bid a massive $61.3 billion for Time Warner Cable. Acc
The TWC TV app for Xbox Live, which <a target="_blank" href="http://www.techmeme.com/130628/p11#a130628p11">was announced back in June</a>, is now available for download from the Xbox Live Marketplace
Subscribers to Time Warner Cable might not be able to watch CBS shows over the next few weeks, as a result of the latest contract fallout between a network and a pay TV operator. But at least one expe
Apple TV got HBO Go and Watch ESPN and some other content yesterday. Cool. Am I supposed to care?
It’s asinine that the technology for producing quality content is so incredible (Blackwater Bay,
One cable provider is arguing that because Netflix isn't offering it Super HD or 3D content, that it is essentially discriminating against ISPs based on whether they deploy Open Connect boxes. Here's
Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia investor conference today, Time Warner Cable's president and COO Rob Marcus explained during a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news
<a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4990d85e-c6cd-11e0-bb50-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1V6C9ozUv">Rumors</a> about the news <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/business/media/time-warner-i
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